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May 3, 2012

Curator Timestamps

• Determining what data was provided directly by curator vs. what was populated automatically (e.g. mapping scripts)
• Older data provided by curators that are no longer here will be problematic
• We should archive all data-processing scripts in GitHub
• Scripts can be made to create a unique timestamp that identifies that script after the fact

Interaction model change

• Pulling Variation, Transgene, Antibody, and Expr_pattern tags out of the Interactor_info hash and into the main model
• This was originally to be able to capture intragenic interactions
• The problem is the inherent disconnect between an interactor entity (e.g. gene) and these objects
• Making this change would force a post-curation mechanism that ties these entities together for intuitive data display
  • Such a linking mechanism may be error prone, faulty, and potentially a headache for the web team
• Is there a better way to handle this type of data?
• Chris will discuss with Todd to see how much of a problem this would pose to the web team

May 17, 2012

Life_stage model

• Include species tag?
• Create an ontology of life stages for different species
• There are differences in nomenclature
• Include Matt Berriman and Mark Blaxter in conversation on this
• Could include species abbreviation as prefix: e.g. Ppa_L1, Cbr_L3, etc.