Ontology Structure

Note: this page may get merged with Ontology_Development

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DONE

Create separate editorial version of ontology

Purpose: provide buffer between ontology users and editors to allow implementation of new features in a way that is non-disruptive

Currently we have

 go/
   ontology/
     gene_ontology.obo
     gene_ontology_edit.obo

this was designed to be a separate editors and for-public version of the ontology. However, the editors version has been advertised as the file to download for the public wishing to get obof1.2 features.

One possibility is to migrate to the following:

 go/
   ontology/
     gene_ontology.obo            -- for-public, currently obof1.0, may switch to obof1.2
     gene_ontology_edit.obo       -- deprecated, obof1.2
     gene_ontology.obo_1_0        -- for-public, GUARANTEED obof1.0
     gene_ontology.obo_1_2        -- for-public, GUARANTEED obof1.2
     gene_ontology_editorial.obo  -- for-editors

This may be done in the context of the Versioning_Proposal