Talk:How do we incorporate evidence codes?

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As is we can likely do this with "confidences" in mx, or we could morph the Confidence object into an broader EvidenceCode type class. -- matt

The Teleost group added the relationship homologous_to in order to make connections with other ontologies. E.g., we could have hind wing (HAO:00000479) homologous_to haltere (FBbt:00004783) with some evidence code, like "inferred from developmental similarity" (ECO:0000067). That then opens up all the literature associated with the development and phenotype of the haltere as it may apply to hymenopterans. --Ardeans 18:17, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

follow-up: The Teleost group maintains a table (separate from the anatomy ontology) of homology statements, and these are for those structures/terms for which there is potentially some controversy. An example from Hymenoptera: mesosoma and alitrunk (term used in ants only?) If these terms clearly and unequivocally refer to the same structure one should be a synonym of the other, and the preferred term is the only one to get an HAO id. If there is some controversy each term gets added to HAO with its own ID, and no relationship is established between them. In a separate table we would then say one is homologous to the other based on some evidence code. We then reconcile these terms later if necessary (i.e., we merge the two tables). --Ardeans 18:34, 18 March 2009 (UTC)