[Bioperl-l] GFF and LocatableSeq refactoring

[Chris Fields]

On Aug 18, 2009, at 10:46 AM, Hilmar Lapp wrote:

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> On Aug 17, 2009, at 7:42 PM, Robert Buels wrote:
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>> I can see how this might be a good idea, or it might be overkill.  
>> Anybody have thoughts on having feature _sources_ strongly typed  
>> with ontology terms?
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> It's how BioSQL and Chado would store it anyway. I'm not sure  
> whether GFF3 requires it, possibly not.

Might be worth bringing up with Lincoln to get his thoughts.

> But when you make everything else ontology-typed, why exempt one  
> property that also stands to benefit from more predictable values?
>
> 	-hilmar

What I'm thinking as well.  You can always implement it that way, and  
if we deem it too heavy-weight then revert back.  Or have it evaluated  
lazily and get the benefits of both.

That's the magic of doing this on a branch, it gives you much more  
latitude to try things out.

chris