[Open-bio-l] BioSQL schema: some questions

[Ewan Birney]

On Sat, 27 Apr 2002, Hilmar Lapp wrote:

> > 
> > molecule = where it came from (eg mRNA)
> > 
> > alphabet = how it is encoded (DNA/RNA etc)
> >
> 
> Shouldn't then molecule be an attribute of Bioentry? Likewise, shouldn't alphabet be added to Bioentry?

One would hope these are both biosequence properties, in partuclar the
alphabet

>  
> > 
> > > > 17) Aren't Dbxref.dbname and Biodatabase.name redundant? 
> > Shouldn't there
> > > > be a FK?
> > > 
> > > pass
> > > 
> > 
> > Not dbref.dbnames will be biodatabase.name, in particular in 
> > things like
> > swissport which going link-tastic v. quickly.
> > 
> 
> Sorry. I'm not sure I understand what you mean.
> 


Swissprot has alot of DR lines with alot of databases, most of which one
does not want to instatiate a database entry for (although one
could...) each which has it own pecularities about id tracking.



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