Re: [sbgn-libsbgn] Meeting notes for March 10, 2011

[Nicolas Le N. <le...@eb...>]

> * Regarding proposal 2, the part before the implicit xor in an
> assignment arc doesn't really have a name, although it has its own look
> (i.e. no arrow head)

It is a logic arc. Same as in PD. We have to add it as such in the spec. 
Can someone file a tracker item?

> ** Advantage: allows to support more use cases, which can draw in more users
> ** Disadvantage: if an extension becomes too popular, this might cause
> the same issues as any non-standard format.

I think I disagree here. If an extension becomes too popular, we need to 
liaise with its supporters, and try to understand why it is so popular and 
what we can do to integrate it in SBGN. Proprietary extensions of SBGN-ML 
are still SBGN-ML. I see them as test-beds really. There is a difference 
between SBGN and SBGN-ML. The opposite risk, having people using something 
completely different is more severe IMHO.

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