DBXrefs

[Pankaj Jaiswal]

Leonore Reiser wrote:

> Im just curious about when these DBXrefs are being used and for what
> purpose.
> So when I included say TAIR:lr in a reference for a definition, I did to
> to  mean
> 1) I wrote this definition myself from my own head OR
> 2) When used with another citation (eg. ISBN:XXXXXX) it means the
> definition has been paraphrased or modified from its original text.
> 
> 
> I never used it to say-- these terms came from TAIR or whereever. Thats
> why we all have numberspaces... like the GO... and we track who added the
> terms in CVS...
> 
> Do I understand the usage of these dbxrefs correctly?
> Leonore
> 

Yes you understood it correctly. Didn't I say the same thing.

Pankaj

>>>>On Fri, 16 Apr 2004, Pankaj Jaiswal wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Hi Everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>>Here are the my suggestions for DBxrefs. Please use the consistent
>>>>>style
>>>>>by configuring the DBXrefs in your DAG-Edit DBXref library. Try to
>>>>>use
>>>>>lower case letters for your initials. Unless you have modified the
>>>>>definition available from another source do not add your id in
>>>>>addition to
>>>>>the source DBXref. If the definition is completely given by the
>>>>>developer
>>>>>based on his/her understanding, then the use of dveloper id DBXref is
>>>>>valid.
>>>>>
>>>>>I hope this will clear up some of the inconsistencies.
>>>>>
>>>>>Pankaj