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An open-source software package to power microbial genomic databases
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Prettify `insdc_ingest_user` and `insdc_ingest_group` fields for user comprehension #2292

Open emmahodcroft opened 2 months ago

emmahodcroft commented 2 months ago

Currently if a sequence originates from INSDC, the submitter and submitting group show up as insdc_ingest_user and insdc_ingest_group, respectively. While we all know what this means, it's a bit opaque to users, I realised when writing up the FAQs.

For example, when writing how users could identify if a sequence came from INSDC or was directly uploaded, one currently writes see if the 'Submitter' isinsdc_ingest_user` - but this may feel like a random-code-word they have to remember.

One option might be to just change these fields to be a little more readable 'as is': automatic_insdc_sequence or something (though this perhaps still isn't super obvoius).

Another would be to add some customDisplay fields so that these show up as something more 'human readable' in the sequence view (and possibly in downloads). For example: Sequence from INSDC in both fields (since submitter and group don't really make sense here anyway).

anna-parker commented 1 month ago

So we have already updated the group info: image but yes having some sort of displayName for insdc_ingest_user would be nice