synonym problem

[Pankaj Jaiswal]

That's fine as long as we do not go farther by creating a parent term 
rachis and both leaf and inflorescence rachis as its instances.

If that's an agreed resolution please say YES
After hearing from everyone may be Katica should include it in our 
development SOPs.

Pankaj

Toby Kellogg wrote:

> Makes sense to me too.  I might argue that inflorescence rachis and
> peduncle are not actually the same thing, but that's a separate issue.
> toby
> 
> 
>>>This kind of problem may well crop up quite frequently and a
>>>solution like this seems essential.
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>>P.
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>>>After having a quick look at the last release here in one potential
>>>problem which the curators might face.
>>>
>>>example
>>>
>>>term name: rachis.
>>>The term appears twice in the ontology. Once as a term itself
>>>
>>>Rachis:PO:0020055: The main axis of a pinnate or more highly compound leaf.
>>>
>>>
>>>and second time as a synonym of
>>>Peduncle:PO:0009053, The stalk of an inflorescence.
>>>
>>>Can we adopt a rule here to always prefix the second anatomy term
>>>like leaf/inflorescence thus making it distinguishable. In this
>>>example it will be
>>>leaf rachis  PO:0020055
>>>and
>>>Peduncle:PO:0009053 synonym; inflorescence rachis
>>>
>>>Pankaj
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> Elizabeth A. Kellogg
> Department of Biology
> University of Missouri-St. Louis
> 8001 Natural Bridge Road
> St. Louis, MO 63121
> phone: 314-516-6217
> fax: 314-516-6233
> http://www.umsl.edu/divisions/artscience/biology/Kellogg/Kellogg/
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