[Bioperl-l] OntologyTermI

Hilmar Lapp hlapp@gnf.org
Mon, 2 Sep 2002 16:32:28 -0700


On Sunday, September 1, 2002, at 09:43  PM, Chris Mungall wrote:

> I like this
>
> however, as Bio::Ontology::Graph is likely to be a completely generic
> graph module, why not just use the namespace Graph:: and have it as a
> seperate CPAN module (but possibly keeping the cvs in 
> bioperl-live)? just
> a thought.

Graph:: is not only taken but also contains a seemingly complete 
implementation (by Jarkko Hietaniemi). I don't think it's within the 
realm of bioperl to maintain a completely generic graph module. I'd 
rather have this tied to use cases, and simple to use.

	-hilmar

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