Updates to OMIM Namespace Data

[fschiettecatte]

Hi, I am the lead developer for the OMIM website and would like to have some of the information updated, it is not clear from the website how one would go about doing this.

[cthoyt]

hi @fschiettecatte, it's the case that the Identifiers.org team hasn't been able to respond to issues for the last few years. While you're waiting, you could consider looking int the Bioregistry project, which does something similar but has a much more community-focused governance and curation model. You can see the OMIM page on https://bioregistry.io/registry/omim, and let us know what would be the most appropriate updates via our issue tracker https://github.com/biopragmatics/bioregistry/issues/new/choose

Edit: see follow-up discussion on https://github.com/biopragmatics/bioregistry/issues/497

[renatocjn]

Hello @fschiettecatte, Could you describe the changes that you wish to be made?

We currently do not allow users to directly update their entries since we wish for our curator team to validate them beforehand.

[fschiettecatte]

Hi @renatocjn

I am not asking for access at all, and there is extensive discussion in https://github.com/biopragmatics/bioregistry/issues/497 as to what we are asking for.

Thanks!

[renatocjn]

Hello,

From what I saw in the discussion, we would need to change the LUI pattern of the OMIM namespace of identifiers.org but the URL pattern seems to still work. The current patterns use the "/entry" component. Do you wish to remove the component from our URL pattern as it seems resolution also works without it?

You also ask in the discussion to add alternative names to the namespace in order to resolve OMIM, omim, mim and MIM prefixes. It seems that you changed your mind during the discussion and you just need the "mim" prefix to work. is that current? Just FYI, identifers.org does not support alternative prefixes to namespaces with its current implementation but it is case-insensitive.

Have I missed anything?