Please disregard last email, not meant for the list. I was still half asleep ... sorry
Dominic Philippe wrote: > Hi Nicklas, base-developpers, > > Dominic an myself are currently working on a > MAGE-TAB*(http://www.mged.org/mage-tab/) importer for BASE2. > The format allows specifying Units to qualify descriptors such as > protocol parameter, experimental factors, biomaterial descriptors. > I can be quite handy for instance when having to report doses ranges of > various compound fed to animals. > When trying to get the unit information in BASE2, we are facing the > following: > Essentially, in order to retain unit information, we have to 'squeeze > the information in an Annotation Type of type string that will get the > numerical value + the unit value represented in the MAGE-TAB document. > > Several drawbacks in using this mechanism in BASE2 > - loss of data type > - loss of data validation capability offered by BASE2 Annotation Type > - loss of computation (using BASE formulas for instance) over numerical > Annotation types. > > The other option of creation several Annotation Type of type float with > different labels to reflect unit changes, has serious User friendlyness > issues. > > Are there any plans to provide a support for units in BASE2 Annotation > Type, and if so on which timeline ? > > Is it a viable options to alter Float Value and Integer Value for > Annotation Type in BASE2 to allow for specification of units (possibly > as free text in a first go) ? > (I reckon this would requires changes to the interface..) > > Are we the only BASE2 users confronted with this units/annotation type > pb and would there people out there interested in developing this > feature and contribute it to BASE2 ? > > Thanks for your input. > > Philippe > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > The BASE general discussion mailing list > basedb-users@lists.sourceforge.net > unsubscribe: send a mail with subject "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Dominic Oyeniran ******************************* NET Project - Software Engineer European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD, United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1223 492 561 Fax: +44 (0)1223 494 468 Url: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/~oyeniran Project page: www.ebi.ac.uk/net-project ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ The BASE general discussion mailing list basedb-users@lists.sourceforge.net unsubscribe: send a mail with subject "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
