Synonym file

[Katica Ilic]

...which means we should be swithcing to OBO sooner rather than later, right?

Katica

On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, Pankaj Jaiswal wrote:

> GO did it at the time they were trying to switch over to the new synonym
> formats to become compatible with the UMLS system. This method is no more
> required because the new OBO format takes care of it in a very nice
> format.
>
> Managing a separate file is no more required.
>
> Pankaj
>
> Katica Ilic said:
> > Pankaj,
> >
> > Another question: I noticed that GO has a separate txt file with synonyms,
> > describing exact type of the synonyms, IDs and relationships. This file is
> > created manually, and now that GO has switched to OBO, it is no longer
> > needed.
> >
> > How about us at POC, currently we are not using any other type of synonyms
> > but the exact one (which has a lot of disadvantages). Should we stick to
> > this till we move on to OBO, or do we need such a file very soon?
> >
> > Any thoughts on this?
> >
> > Katica
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The Arabidopsis Information Resource 	Tel: (650) 325-1521 ext. 253
Carnegie Institution of Washington 	FAX: (650) 325-6857
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