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Cellular_component #152

Closed obi-bot closed 7 years ago

obi-bot commented 15 years ago

The imported GO term cellular_component shouls be remove from the ontology. The definition does not fit with the BFO definition of material

Reported by: fgibson_sf

Original Ticket: obi/obi-terms/151

obi-bot commented 15 years ago

To further highlight this need the class anatomical_entity seems to overlap with cellular component. Anything that is a cellular component would also seem to be and anatomical_entity however, this does not reason as such

Original comment by: fgibson_sf

obi-bot commented 14 years ago

Original comment by: mcourtot

obi-bot commented 14 years ago

I am not sure why - care to develop? definition of cellular component: "The part of a cell or its extracellular environment in which a gene product is located. A gene product may be located in one or more parts of a cell and its location may be as specific as a particular macromolecular complex, that is, a stable, persistent association of macromolecules that function together." definition of material entity: "Definition: An independent continuant [snap:IndependentContinuant] that is spatially extended whose identity is independent of that of other entities and can be maintained through time. Note: Material entity [snap:MaterialEntity] subsumes object [snap:Object], fiat object part [snap:FiatObjectPart], and object aggregate [snap:ObjectAggregate], which assume a three level theory of granularity, which is inadequate for some domains, such as biology."

Assigning to Alan as our local BFO guru.

Original comment by: mcourtot

obi-bot commented 8 years ago

Original comment by: zhengj2007

obi-bot commented 8 years ago

Discussed on 2016-10-24 OBI call. The issue is not relevant any more.

Original comment by: zhengj2007