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Minimum Information about any (X) Sequence” (MIxS) specification
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Widen tax_class [MIXS:0000064] definition #747

Open LynnDelgat opened 9 months ago

LynnDelgat commented 9 months ago

Current term details Please supply the current details of the term that you would like to update:

Term name - taxonomic classification
Term ID -  MIXS:0000064
Structured comment name - tax_class
Definition - Method used for taxonomic classification, along with reference database used, classification rank, and thresholds used to classify new genomes
Expected value - 
Value syntax -
Example - vConTACT vContact2 (references from NCBI RefSeq v83, genus rank classification, default parameters)
Preferred unit - 
Package(s) - 
Relationship to other MIXS terms [if applicable] -

Suggested update(s) Please supply the new suggestions for any of the details listed below (only insert text to those details that should be updated):

Term name - 
Structured comment name - 
Definition - Method used for taxonomic classification, along with reference database used, classification rank, and thresholds used to classify sequences
Expected value - 
Value syntax -
Example -
Preferred unit - 
Package(s) - 
Relationship to other MIXS terms [if applicable] -

Additional context The current definition restricts the use of this term to taxonomic classification of genomes, but it would be useful if this term could also be used for taxonomic classification of (meta)barcoding sequences. If the definition is updated, it could be added to MimarksS and MimarksC.