spatial terms

[Peter Stevens]

>Hi Everyone,
>
>I just now started working on the leaf section and encountered the 
>problem on how do we represent the spatial organization. Since 
>PATO/phenotype attribute ontology is way off from implementation 
>what are our rules on this.
>
>here are a few spatial attribute examples which I think are 
>necessary to describe a gene's transcript/protein expression profile 
>or a phenotype.
>
>
>first
>second
>third
>fourth
>fifth
>	e.g.
>	first leaf
>	second leaf
>	first / second internode
>	first / second node
>basal
>uppermost ; synonym:topmost
>lower
>upper
>	e.g.
>	basal / uppermost internodes
>	topmost leaves
>	lower floret
	upper floret
>primary
>secondary
>	e.g.
>	primary / secondary panicle branches
>	spikelets of the primary branches


By analogy with leaf venation, first-order (i.e. midrib/main axis), 
second order, etc., branches may well be best here - used in 
inflorescence descriptions as well.



And you may need the general adaxial/abaxial to describe surfaces of 
the leaf, and then there is ad/abmedial...

P.