[Psidev-ms-dev] CV param readability

[Kessner, D. E. <Dar...@cs...>]

I would like to propose using standard acronyms in the CV term names
when it is clear what they mean.

 

We currently have:

<cvParam cvLabel="MS" accession="MS:1000075" name="matrix assisted laser
desorption ionization" value=""/>

<cvParam cvLabel="MS" accession="MS:1000079" name="fourier transform ion
cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer" value=""/>

 

I think this is more readable:

<cvParam cvLabel="MS" accession="MS:1000075" name="MALDI" value=""/>

<cvParam cvLabel="MS" accession="MS:1000079" name="FT-ICR MS" value=""/>

 

The full name can still be available in the term description field.

 

I have an ulterior motive for this -- in the code generation of the
MSData library, the above terms become constants:

    MS_matrix_assisted_laser_desorption_ionization = 1000075,

    MS_fourier_transform_ion_cyclotron_resonance_mass_spectrometer =
1000079,

 

But I think the following is more programmer-friendly:

    MS_MALDI = 1000075,

    MS_FT_ICR_MS = 1000079,

 

 

 

Darren

 

 

 

Darren Kessner

Scientific Programmer

Dar...@cs...

310-423-9538

 

Spielberg Family Center for Applied Proteomics

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

http://www.sfcap.cshs.org/

 

 

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