[Bioperl-l] Bio::BioEntry

[Hilmar Lapp]

I'm thinking about creating a Bio::BioEntry object (no definitive 
name yet) that would basically map to a bare-bones row in the 
Bioentry table in BioSQL (you know that's where I'm coming from 
presently don't you).

BioEntry would be different from PrimarySeq in not having a sequence 
associated with it. Nonetheless, it would have a stable ID and live 
in a namespace; it also has an optional description. Hence, 
technically,

	Bio::BioEntry is-a Bio::IdentifiableI
	Bio::BioEntry is-a Bio::DescribableI

and that's about it.

Note that I'm not describing an ontology term, there is no hierarchy 
or whatever here.

I'm undecided yet whether or not this is really going to help me, 
but as a preliminary poll, if anyone has thoughts on this please 
share.

	-hilmar
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Hilmar Lapp                            email: lapp at gnf.org
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