biological vector role

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OBI deprecated 'biological vector role' 
(http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBI_0000109). The term is defined as subClassOf 
'material to be added role' with subClass 'cloning vector role'.

The modeling of 'biological vector role' is outside of the scope of OBI if it 
is meant to cover disease vectors in the wild and the current modeling is 
incorrect as the only realization of this role would be in protocols, but the 
definition implies that this could also happen in the wild. 

The term seems in the IDO scope since 'vector organism' as relevant to 
infectious diseases. 

Original issue reported on code.google.com by zhengj2...@gmail.com on 15 Jul 2015 at 6:07

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Related OBI tracker is:
https://sourceforge.net/p/obi/obi-terms/102/

Original comment by zhengj2...@gmail.com on 15 Jul 2015 at 6:08

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If the term "biological vector role" from OBI is intended to cover the uses of 
vectors in assays (like reporter vectors), then it may be quite different from 
the relevant vector terms currently in IDO.  I will start by describing those 
so we can discuss possible changes that may be needed for IDO or OBI.

Currently in IDO, we have the term "infectious agent vector role" 
(http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IDO_0000417), which is defined as "An 
infectious agent transporter role that is borne by an organism active in the 
transfer of an infectious agent to an organism of another Species and in which 
the agent is infectious." We include the following clarifying comment: "The 
role is realized in a transmission process.  A bearer of a vector role is also 
a bearer of a host role."

For reference, the parent term, "infectious agent transporter role" 
(http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IDO_0000417) is defined as "A role borne by a 
material entity in virtue of the fact that an infectious agent is located in or 
on the entity and the entity has the capability to transfer (either actively or 
passively) the infectious agent from one location to another." We include the 
following clarifying comment: "The role is realized in a process that transfers 
an infectious organism from one location to another."

Also for reference, "transmission process", as referred to in the clarifying 
comment associated with "infectious agent vector role", is a term from the 
Transmission Ontology and is defined as follows "A process that is the means 
during which the pathogen is transmitted directly or indirectly from its 
natural reservoir, a susceptible host or source to a new host."

Based on http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBI_0000109, it sounds as if this may 
be a term which could have the IDO term "infectious agent transporter role" as 
a subtype, and then an OBI term corresponding to cloning vectors etc also as a 
subtype.  If others agree, the question is, where does the parent term reside.

Thank you for raising the issue.

Lindsay

Original comment by lindsay....@utsouthwestern.edu on 17 Jul 2015 at 12:37

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Thanks for quick response. I will bring it back to OBI developers.

Jie

Original comment by zhengj2...@gmail.com on 23 Jul 2015 at 2:51