symbiotic relationship for Symbiont-associated (SA) package

[only1chunts]

New term details

Term name - symbiotic relationship
Structured comment name - symbiotic_rel
Definition - Type of host dependence for the symbiotic organism.
Expected value - enumeration 
Value syntax - [facultative\|obligate]
Example - obligate 
Package(s) - symbiont-associated 
Already assigned MIXS ID : MIXS:0001315

Additional context This is a term requested as part of the Symbiont package

[only1chunts]

How does this term differ from observed biotic relationship #168 ? @ndheilly, Could the observed biotic relationship be expanded to include this use case?

[ndheilly]

The two terms "observed biotic relationship" #168, are "symbiotic relationship" #169 and must remain so for several reasons:

• symbiotic relationship is mandatory: it determines whether the association with the host is facultative or obligate.
• observed biotic relationship is conditional because it is often unknown, and because the relationship can vary between species, strains of host and parasite, and changes over time

[ramonawalls]

We agreed to change the name of this term to “host dependence” so it will be more distinct from “observed biotic relationship” (#168 ) and “type of symbiosis” (#170 ).

Updated spreadsheet.

[only1chunts]

Just for clarity: New term details

MIXS ID : MIXS:0001315
Term name - host dependence
Structured comment name - host_dependence   
Definition - Type of host dependence for the symbiotic host organism to its host.
Expected value - enumeration 
Value syntax - [facultative\|obligate]
Example - obligate 
Package(s) - symbiont-associated 

inMIxS v6 Term Updates sheet and included in v6 update log

[ndheilly]

Can the term (#169) name be changed to type_dependence given that it already assumes that the organism is dependent to a host? The term Update MIXS:0000028 - observed biotic relationship (#168) could be named host_dependence to question whether the organism is dependent to a host or not.

MIXS ID : MIXS:0001315 Term name - type of host dependence Structured comment name - type_dependence
Definition - Type of host dependence for the symbiotic host organism to its host. Expected value - enumeration Value syntax - [facultative|obligate] Example - obligate Package(s) - symbiont-associated

Term name - dependence to a host Term ID - MIXS:0000028 Structured comment name - host_dependence Definition - Please indicate if the sampled organism was free-living or in a symbiotic relationship at the time of sampling. For symbiotic organisms you may wish to consider using the symbiont-associated package that includes terms for type_of_symbiosis [MIXS:0001307] and host_of_host term details. Expected value - enumeration Value syntax - [free living|symbiotic] Example - free living Preferred unit - Package(s) - MIxS core