[Open-bio-l] seq namespace method

[Hilmar Lapp]

According to BioSQL, sequences (bioentries) live in a namespace, e.g., the name of the databank that maintains and/or serves them.

None of the Bio:: seq objects/interfaces have a method for that.

I propose to add one, specifically to the lowest level Bio::PrimarySeqI (bioentries are pretty general, and a namespace is needed for /any and all/ bioentries). To me, the namespace doesn't have to do much with whether this seq is going to be stored in BioSQL or not. A sequence with an accession number has (implicitly or explicitly) a namespace in which this accession number is valid. PrimarySeqI has an accession.

Anyone has other suggestions, objections?

	-hilmar
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Hilmar Lapp                            email: lapp at gnf.org
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