[base] MO terms (annotations) for experiments

2011-10-25 Thread Pawel Sztromwasser
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

[base] Project defaults in batch-import and experiment validator

2011-10-25 Thread Pawel Sztromwasser
Hello, I was wondering if the project defaults are used in batch importing, i.e. when a property is not specified in tab-delimited file but set as default in an active project? I did a quick test and it didn't work, so I thought I could suggest it. This way setting project properties upfront

Re: [base] Project defaults in batch-import and experiment validator

2011-10-25 Thread Bob MacCallum
More feedback: I've extensively used the no column-use project default functionality, and I think it's logical to do it that way, but the expression-based enhancement sounds like a good next step forward. On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Nicklas Nordborg nick...@thep.lu.se wrote: On 2011-10-25

Re: [base] Project defaults in batch-import and experiment validator

2011-10-25 Thread Pawel Sztromwasser
That I didn't know. So when no column mapping is provided for a property, the project default is used (since the property is regarded as not initialized, and not null). I also like the expression solution in column mappings. It has an advantage over a plugin parameter because it allows to

Re: [base] MO terms (annotations) for experiments

2011-10-25 Thread Pawel Sztromwasser
I see your point with changing ontologies. The reason I asked about making them predefined in the first place is that (for example) the export plugin could expect an annotation of certain name/id to exist in BASE, and could automatically pick it up for a user. No need to configure the plugin