Dear Scott and HCLS people
we have a new format for BioSamples database at the EBI which models
these relationships more precisely as derived-from. I agree that has
characteristic is rather weak modelling of this reln. Derived-from can
be used to model e.g. DNAs derived from a cell line, a blood derived
from a person etc. We will be using this in the BioSamples database and
its derived format Sample-Tab. We have an extension of the Limpopo
parser for SampleTab under test.
SampleTab docs here:
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/microarray-srv/biosd/static/st.html
Contact Adam Faulconbridge [email protected] and Tony Burdett
[email protected] for further information
regards
Helen
On 26/04/2012 18:44, M. Scott Marshall wrote:
We had an interesting discussion with Jim McCusker about Linked Data /
RDF representations of MAGE-TAB and some issues, such as choices of
predicates to make describe a human sample.
how to encode "is a sample originating from human"
closest now is "has characteristic"
Jim showed us some linked data versions of MAGE-TAB containing
descriptions and data of studies. Very nice!
The minutes are here:
http://www.w3.org/2012/04/23-HCLS-minutes.html
Cheers,
Scott
--
Helen Parkinson, PhD
Team Leader
Functional Genomics Group
EBI
EBI 01223 494672
Skype: helen.parkinson.ebi
www.ebi.ac.uk/fgpt/
