From: Barry S. <phi...@bu...> - 2015-02-07 17:35:36
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is-transformation-of was originally included in RO for cases of what are called substantial change; these occur where some x is an instance of some universal U1 at time t1 and an instance of some universal U2 at time t2. the classical examples were fetus transformation-of embryo corpse transformation-of human organism Since most people prefer viewing those cases not as substantial change, but rather as a change in qualities or phenotypes, with an underlying substantial identity (identify of bearer); thus there seems to be no room for the transformation-of relation BS On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 5:31 PM, Melanie Courtot <mco...@gm...> wrote: > Hi, > > Following up on the case of methylation of a protein, it was recommended > to use transformation instead of derivation [1]. > However, the definition of “transformation of” is very circular and > doesn’t really clarify what is a transformation "x transformation of y if x > is the immediate transformation of y, or is linked to y through a chain of > transformation relationships” > > It also is a sub property of "developmentally related to”, which > definition reads "A relationship that holds via some developmental process > (GO:0032502)”, and where GO:0032502 is developmental process defined as “A > biological process whose specific outcome is the progression of an > integrated living unit: an anatomical structure (which may be a subcellular > structure, cell, tissue, or organ), or organism over time from an initial > condition to a later condition.” [2]. > > It therefore seem that this may not be suitable for a methylation process > - should I just use something along the lines of output of a methylation > process, or is there another relation that would work? > > Cheers, > Melanie > > [1] https://code.google.com/p/obo-relations/issues/detail?id=42 > [2] http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0032502 > > -- > Mélanie Courtot > Post-doctoral research associate > Brinkman Lab, MBB Department, Simon Fraser University, > Hsiao lab, BC Public Health Microbiology & Reference Laboratory, > Rm SSB7121, 8888 University Drive > Burnaby, BC, Canada, V5A 1S6 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, > sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is > your > hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought > leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a > look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ > _______________________________________________ > Obo-relations mailing list > Obo...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/obo-relations > > |