Agenda

Annotation Contributions from External Groups (Kimberly)

How do we decide when to allow an external group to use Protein2GO (or any other annotation tool) for contributing annotations?
I've been working closely with a group that wants to submit lncRNA annotations and they would like to annotate a number of papers.
So far, we've been exchanging annotation data in a spreadsheet, but it would be easier to work with a curation tool.
Also, the group is annotating lncRNAs, but there is also protein data in the papers. Should we ask groups to curate everything in a paper or would we be okay with just taking a subset of annotations?

Survey closed on Nov 15th. We had 600 responses, with ~1500 free-text responses. Paola is working on a report.

FYI, link to survey on website not very useful - had 2 responses only.

Preliminary data that may be useful for grant application:

You access GO annotations or ontology via...: (Multiple choices allowed)
GO website 65%; AmiGO 36%; QuickGO 21%; Other 40%.

How easy is it to find the information you want on the GO website?
~80% of respondents said moderately easy or very easy.

How easy is it to understand the information on the GO website?
~80% of respondents said moderately easy or very easy.

How responsive was the GO helpdesk to your questions?
~70% of respondents said very responsive or extremely responsive.

Did the GO helpdesk solve your issue?
~85% of respondents said yes.

In general, how useful are the GO ontologies, annotations or GO website to you?
~70% of respondents said very useful or extremely useful.

How would you rate the breadth, depth and quality of current GO annotations?
~75% of respondents said good, very good or excellent.