[MOBY-l] need help in populating a simple DB with biomobyservices

Edward Kawas edward.kawas at gmail.com
Mon Oct 1 23:41:13 UTC 2007


> All services and all datatypes do have LSIDs 
> right?  I need a unique primary key and LSID is my best shot 
Yes they do each have an LSID. Make sure to read up on the lsid spec! an
lsid can uniquely identify something, but there can be revision information
associated with the LSID. BioMOBY uses revision information.

> here :) One more question the "HAS" and "HASA" relationship 
> types allow me to determine if there are multiple instances 
> of the same datatypes i.e. whether it is a record or a bag... right?
Yes, a record of a bag of records.

Eddie




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