GO accession numbers

Vincent, Leszek Leszek at missouri.edu
Fri Jun 22 17:46:20 EDT 2001


Hi all,

I like Pankaj's approach, specifically the Plant ontology (PO) and Trait
ontology (TO) components, because it is generic enough to encompass so many
domains. I think I was trying to be too specific by suggesting the prefixes
for the specific domains within PO. But clearly that's unnecessary (in fact
probably very undesirable!). Having a browser similar to that at FlyBase for
browsing the PO will enable folk to locate their area of interest without
having a myriad of prefixes to comprehend. 

I'm having some difficulty accommodating Fungal ontology within Plant
ontology (raises taxonomic questions! & it may be 'politically incorrect?).
The algal ontology too might need looking further. I need to review the
current perspectives on Kingdoms etc.

I was wondering if the Trait ontology (TO) format would be adequate for the
traits of all possible taxa - but pondering this further I think it would
work.

So, according to Pankaj's scheme we would recommend just two prefixes - PO &
TO - am I understanding this correctly??

I'll stew on this over the w/end but I think it will work.

I look forward to 'hearing' what others think.

Regards,
- Leszek
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P. Leszek D. Vincent Ph.D., FLS
Plant Science Unit, Dept. of Agronomy, 209 Curtis Hall,
University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211-7020, USA. Ph: (573)
884-3716 (Agronomy), Fax:(573) 884-7850;
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Email: Leszek at missouri.edu
Plant Systematist on the Maize Mapping Project - NSF award 9872655 -
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pankaj Jaiswal [mailto:pj37 at cornell.edu]
> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 1:41 PM
> To: gramene at brie.cshl.org; Vincent Leszek; Richard Bruskiewich; Leonor
> Reiser
> Subject: Re: GO accession numbers
> 
> 
> Hi everyone, 
> 
> Please have a look at the follwoing scheme text: I am suggesting this
> format. This way we can remain more generic, by
> not being too strict with the individual plant categories. for the
> anatomical  and morphological terms, as everyone
> knows that we have a choice of having plant anatomy/anatomy, as a more
> generic one or if one really prefers 
> can be more specific. However the difference is not much. 
> Eventually we
> will come across similar child-parent
> relationships. I am open to that category, which ever way one 
> wants. the
> terms will not be that many in number 
> that we can't fit everything under PO IDs with 0-9999999. traits TO i
> would like them once again to be more
> generic and can go under TO. no need to extrapolate into PTO etc. you
> will notice chemical (CO and clinical KO
> ontology thing in the picture. well this is just for the 
> future because
> at some point chemists and clinician(already
> there with human genone) would be interested in joining. For teh fly i
> would even suggest that 
> theer should be one Animal_ontology AO and fly should be 
> there under the
> phyla representing the insects (and
> not as FB). Well i should not to say much about animals, but as far as
> possible i intend to be more generic for
> plants atleast and stick to the classical way of presenting the terms
> rather than experimenting  in a new way
> (sometimes its good also). What do you guys say? 
> 
> -thanks 
> pankaj 
> 
> ps:For the gramene project people, This is not the final word. the
> matter is still under discussion! 
>   
>   here is the scheme:
> 
> $Ontology ; 
>  %Chemical_ontology (CO) ; 
>   %elements ; 
>   %molecules ; 
>    %inorganic ; 
>    %organic ; 
>  %Clinical_ontology (KO) ; 
>  %Gene 0ntology (GO) ; 
>   %Biological function ; 
>   %cellular component ; 
>   %molecular function ; 
>  %Plant ontology (PO) ; 
>   %algal_ontology ; 
>   %angiosperms_ontology ; 
>    %Dicot_ontology ; 
>     %dicot_anatomy ; 
>      %root ; 
>      %shoot ; 
>     %dicot_morphology ; 
>      %root ; 
>      %shoot ; 
>    %Monocot_ontology ; 
>     %monocot_anatomy ; 
>      %root ; 
>      %shoot ; 
>     %monocot_morphology ; 
>      %root ; 
>      %shoot ; 
>   %bryophyte_ontology ; 
>   %Fungal_ontology ;
>   %Gymnosperm_ontology ; 
>   %Pteridophyte_ontology ; 
>  %Trait_ontology (TO) ; 
>   %genetic trait_ontology ;
>    %plant genetic trait_ontology ; 
>     %agronomic traits_ontology ; 
>     %Plant Morphological traits_ontology ; 
> 
> 
>   
>   
> 
> "Vincent, Leszek" wrote: 
> 
>   "Vincent, Leszek" <Leszek at missouri.edu>,Leonor Reiser
> <lreiser at acoma.stanford.edu> 
>   Subject: RE: [Fwd: Re: GO accession numbers] 
>   Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 09:50:26 -0500 
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> 
>   Hi folk 
> 
>   Here's my briefly considered suggestion. I think it would be useful
> for us 
>   to have a prefix which includes an identifier for the 
> relevant taxon 
>   (monocot & dicot) & another identifier for the specific domain that
> the 
>   prefix encompases. 
> 
>   For the taxon identifier I suggest we use M for monocot & D 
> for Dicot
> (not 
>   very original but botanically pretty useful) (If/when we get to
> include 
>   gymnosperm, pteridophyte folk etc. I think there will be room even
> then to 
>   use a single letter identifier e.g. G for gymnosperm, P for
> pteridophytes - 
>   but that's looking way ahead perhaps). 
> 
>   For the domain identifier - here's the list that I think is 
> relevant 
>   (hopefully I haven't left out one): Developmental, Anatomy,
> Morphology, 
>   Phenotype, Trait. If we use the 1st letter of each & combine it with
> the 
>   taxon identifier we would get the following: 
> 
>   MD - monocot developmental 
>   MA - monocot anatomy 
>   MM - monocot morphology 
>   MT - monocot trait 
>   MP - monocot phenotype 
> 
>   DD - dicot developmental 
>   DA - dicot anatomy 
>   DM - dicot morphology 
>   DT - dicot trait 
>   DP - dicot phenotype 
> 
>   I think the taxon identifiers & domain identifiers will ring good
> 'bells' 
>   with non-ontologists interested in our activities/joining 
> in. I think 
>   they're reasonably understandable & carry enough info. to enable one
> to 
>   understand the coverage of each prefix. These are just my thoughts &
> I'm not 
>   wanting to be presciptive. Let's see what the rest of us suggest
> before we 
>   get back to Suzie & Lincoln. (PS I was thinking of 
> discussing this at
> the 
>   Bar Harbor meeting but there's no time like the present). 
> 
>   - Leszek 
> 
> 
> 
> Lincoln Stein wrote:
> 
>   Hi Folks,
> 
>   The GO consortium thinks we should make up a prefix for the 
> phenotype
>   terms and let them know.  So please send Suzi Lewis the prefix(es)
>   when you've chosen them.
> 
>   Lincoln
> 
>   Suzanna Lewis writes:
>    > >
>    > > My monocot database group is happily creating ontologies for
> plant
>    > > traits and anatomies.  Your group has been great at helping us
> get the
>    > > ontology editor up and running.
>    > >
>    > > A question: when we create these parallel ontologies, 
> what prefix
>    > > should we use for the accession numbers?  Should we make one up
> and
>    > > tell you what it is later?
>    > >
>    >
>    > I think that is best. Pavel Tomancak here in Berkeley is doing
>    > something similar for the fly anatomy and developmental stages. 
> For
>    > these we are using the FB identifiers and I think this 
> situation is
>    > analogous.
>    >
>    > -S
> 
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> Laboratory
>   lstein at cshl.org                                   Cold 
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> Dept. of plant Breeding
> Cornell University
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