On 2011-10-25 09:22, Pawel Sztromwasser wrote: > Hi > > Working with the MageTab export I have noticed that it would be great to > have additional properties for experiments that could hold MGED Ontology > annotations, e.g. Experiment Design, Replicate Type, Quality Control > Type. Up to now we've been using the Experiment Design and Experiment > Type fields of experiments to hold this information, but it is a bit > counterintuitive and does not restrict to available MO terms. > > In order to attach a fixed vocabulary term to an experiment it is > probably easiest to make experiments annotatable and create one > annotation type with selection of terms for every property. Further, the > MO annotation types could be present in BASE by default (like the > default protocol types), together with selections of MO terms. What do > you think?
I have also noticed that many of the experiment properties are annotation-like and that it would be better to simply use annotations instead. Unfortunately, it's too late to include this in the BASE 3 release, so I guess it will have to wait for BASE 3.1. Making the experiment annotable is fairly easy. The existing information must stay as it is. Regarding default annotation types, I think it is best to not include any in a standard installation. Ontologies tend to change every now and then, so it's better to let administrators handle that. /Nicklas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev _______________________________________________ The BASE general discussion mailing list basedb-users@lists.sourceforge.net unsubscribe: send a mail with subject "unsubscribe" to basedb-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net
