Physiological processes

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OGMS currently does not have a term for normal bodily processes. The term  
BodilyProcess has only one child -  PathologicalBodilyProcess. We can add 
PhysiologicalBodilyProcess as another child of BodilyProcess.
E.g: Hemoglobin oxygen binding, breathing, sleep process, swallowing, cardiac 
cycle, etc.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by arab...@gmail.com on 16 Sep 2009 at 6:32

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It's likely already covered by the Gene Ontology so we could just import GO's
Biological Process (GO:0008150).

Oxygen binding: GO:0019825
Sleep process: GO:0030431

However, if it's a question of "level of granularity" (for example, 'breathing' 
has
the status of a broad synonym in go, and neither inhaling nor exhaling are in 
GO, nor
is swallowing), then there might be a need for a new term in OGMS complementary 
to
GO's Biological Process.

Original comment by hoga...@gmail.com on 9 Nov 2009 at 5:58

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I think you are right in putting it as a granularity issue. Maybe even as a 
'scoping' issue.   GO defines Biological 
Process as a 'series of events or molecular functions'. Also, I do not readily 
see differentiating between 
'physiological' and 'pathological' processes. 

On the other hand, from clinical medicine point of view, this differentiation 
is important. As you mentioned, 
we may need to reconcile the GO term with the OGMS:

bfo-span:Process
        GO:BiologicalProcess (GO:0008150)
                  OGMS:BodilyProcess
                            OGMS:PathologicalBodilyProcess
                            OGMS:PhysiologicalBodilyProcess

Original comment by sivaram....@gmail.com on 9 Nov 2009 at 7:22