[DAS2] das2 validator name

[Chervitz, Steve]

I like Das Boot too (motto: ³Giving DAS a Boot²), but the armadillo
symbolism is fitting since armadillos are very tough and robust, and that¹s
good symbolism for a validation suite.

Here¹s another more tenuous connection between DAS and armadillos:

 * Some folks connected with DAS come from Drosophila labs (Gregg, Suzi)
 * Drosophila embryos have genes that are expressed in a striped pattern,
akin to the 9-banded armadillo (and there is a Drosophila gene called
armadillo: 
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Grap
hics&list_uids=31151 )

Steve

> From: "Helt,Gregg" <Gregg_Helt at affymetrix.com>
> Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 13:30:00 -0700
> To: Lincoln Stein <lstein at cshl.edu>, <das2 at portal.open-bio.org>
> Subject: RE: [DAS2] das2 validator name
> 
> Good one, I'm changing my vote from Dasypod to Das Boot!
> 
> gregg
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: das2-bounces at portal.open-bio.org
> [mailto:das2-bounces at portal.open-
>> bio.org] On Behalf Of Lincoln Stein
>> Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 1:23 PM
>> To: das2 at portal.open-bio.org
>> Subject: Re: [DAS2] das2 validator name
>> 
>> How about "Das boot"?
>> 
>> Lincoln
>> 
>> On Wednesday 04 May 2005 16:07, Andrew Dalke wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>>    I've been working on the DAS2 validator.  I'm trying to
>>> come up with a better name than "DAS2Check".  The two
>>> names I've come up with so far are "Dascyllus" (a name for
>>> a type of damselfish) and "Dasypod" (the name for armadillos).
>>> 
>>> The advantages are:
>>>   - they have "Das" in the name :)
>>>   - it's easy to get a pretty pictures for either
>>>   - the phylogenetic name gives a loose tie to genomics
>>>   - my test set can pull from existing sequences
>>>   - I can't find any other software with either name
>>> 
>>>   - for "dascyllus", a friend of mine does research
>>>         in damselfish phylogenies
>>> 
>>> The disadvantages:
>>>    - "dascyllus" sounds similar to "bacillus"
>>>    - I had to ask that same friend how to pronounce "dasypod"
>>>        ("da'-see-pod" and not "day-zy-pod")
>>>    - a non-descriptive name requires one extra level of
>>>       indirection. "DAS2Check" gives a clue as to what it does.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I also came across "dasturi" which seems great given both
>>> the "DAS" and the "URI".  But it means a tip or a bribe or
>>> skimming off the top.  Perhaps "DasUri"?  Hmm....
>>> 
>>> Since I'm having trouble, perhaps someone here has a better
>>> idea or a comment on the above ideas?  Otherwise, I'm
>>> leaning towards Dasypod.
>>> 
>>> Andrew
>>> dalke at dalkescientific.com
>>> 
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