When dealing with a design, I often find that there are multiple equivalent ways to refer to a single item.
For example:
- An iGEM part can be referred to with or without the BBa prefix (e.g., J23101 vs. BBa_J23101)
- A small molecule can be referred to by its PubChem or CHEBI identifier (e.g., Arabinose is both pubchem.compound:439195 and CHEBI:17535)
- An aliquot can be referred to by an SBOL Implementation or a LIMS system identifier.
Right now, I track these relationships with special-purpose code, mapping from aliases to a preferred canonical form. I think it would be better to have a standardized way of recording and tracking such relationships, similar to what was done with the SBOL Project Dictionary.
I don't think we have enough use cases to go straight to a standard yet, but it would be good to begin experimenting with this.
When dealing with a design, I often find that there are multiple equivalent ways to refer to a single item.
For example:
Right now, I track these relationships with special-purpose code, mapping from aliases to a preferred canonical form. I think it would be better to have a standardized way of recording and tracking such relationships, similar to what was done with the SBOL Project Dictionary.
I don't think we have enough use cases to go straight to a standard yet, but it would be good to begin experimenting with this.