[Biopython-dev] [Bug 2833] Features insertion on previous bioentry_id

[Peter]

On 6/9/09, Hilmar Lapp <hlapp at gmx.net> wrote:
>
> I actually don't think it mimics BioPerl. The recommended practice
> should be that if you don't have a value for an optional attribute,
> leave it undefined ...

I presume you are talking about bioentry.identity fields, and what if
anything should be recorded there (e.g. the NCBI GI number from
a GenBank file).

I'll have to refresh my mind on how BioPerl stores arbitrary FASTA
files in BioSQL where you don't have an NCBI accession & version,
or an NCBI gi number - just some identifier string. You're not saying
in BioSQL bioentry.identifier should for an NCBI GI number *only*,
are you?

Peter