Re: Clarity in naming genes (Was RE: A precedent suggesting ...)

2006-08-15 Thread kei cheung
Booth, David (HP Software - Boston) wrote: From: kei cheung . . . I agree that gene names are interesting use cases for URI/LSID. In addition to synonyms (different terms may be used to refer to the same concept), we need to deal with homonyms (the same term may mean different things). As

RE: Clarity in naming genes (Was RE: A precedent suggesting ...)

2006-08-15 Thread Booth, David (HP Software - Boston)
> From: kei cheung > > . . . > I agree that gene names are interesting use cases for URI/LSID. In > addition to synonyms (different terms may be used to refer to > the same > concept), we need to deal with homonyms (the same term may mean > different things). As discussed in the BioRDF call y

Re: Clarity in naming genes (Was RE: A precedent suggesting ...)

2006-08-15 Thread kei cheung
Drew McDermott wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quoting "Miller, Michael D (Rosetta)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: You're correct here but it is the state of the art. Interestingly enough, I've found that in general the biology-based scientists and investigators are not all that bothered by this c