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  sigmoid^''inheres_in''(vertebra 1) ''is_a'' sigmoid
 
  sigmoid^''inheres_in''(vertebra 1) ''is_a'' sigmoid
 
  sigmoid^''inheres_in''(vertebra 1) ''inheres_in'' vertebra 1
 
  sigmoid^''inheres_in''(vertebra 1) ''inheres_in'' vertebra 1
This can be stated differently as "some anatomical entity, in a particular taxon, has some quality":
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This annotation can be stated differently as "some anatomical entity, in a particular taxon, has some quality":
 
  vertebra 1^''in_taxon''(Danio rerio) ''has_quality'' sigmoid
 
  vertebra 1^''in_taxon''(Danio rerio) ''has_quality'' sigmoid
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The entity is a post-composition with the following properties:
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vertebra 1^''in_taxon''(Danio rerio) ''is_a'' vertebra 1
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vertebra 1^''in_taxon''(Danio rerio) ''in_taxon'' Danio rerio
  
 
==Taxonomically variable ontology relationships==
 
==Taxonomically variable ontology relationships==
  
 
==Homology annotations==
 
==Homology annotations==

Revision as of 02:40, 4 March 2009

Our phenotype annotations currently employ linking a phenotype composition to a taxon via an exhibits relation. However this model has not provided an obvious way to employ taxon-specific homology annotations to the anatomical entities being annotated. This page describes an alternative representation of phenotype annotations which seems to provide a solution for employing homology annotations as well as anatomical relations which are taxon-specific.

Phenotype annotations

Our current phenotype annotation model has the form "a particular taxon has some phenotype, consisting of some quality inhering in some anatomical entity":

Danio rerio exhibits sigmoid^inheres_in(vertebra 1)

The phenotype is a post-composition with the following properties:

sigmoid^inheres_in(vertebra 1) is_a sigmoid
sigmoid^inheres_in(vertebra 1) inheres_in vertebra 1

This annotation can be stated differently as "some anatomical entity, in a particular taxon, has some quality":

vertebra 1^in_taxon(Danio rerio) has_quality sigmoid

The entity is a post-composition with the following properties:

vertebra 1^in_taxon(Danio rerio) is_a vertebra 1
vertebra 1^in_taxon(Danio rerio) in_taxon Danio rerio

Taxonomically variable ontology relationships

Homology annotations