en $Revision$ The curation status of the term. The allowed values come from an enumerated list of predefined terms. See the specification of these instances for more detailed definitions of each enumerated value. curation status specification Better to represent curation as a process with parts and then relate labels to that process (in IAO meeting) curation status specification GROUP:OBI:<http://purl.obofoundry.org/obo/obi> PERSON:Bill Bug OBI_0000266 GROUP:OBI:<http://purl.obofoundry.org/obo/obi> For external terms/classes, the ontology from which the term was imported imported from imported from editor note GROUP:OBI:<http://purl.obfoundry.org/obo/obi> PERSON:Daniel Schober An administrative note intended for its editor. It will not be included in the publication version of the ontology, so it should contain nothing necessary for end users to understand the ontology. editor note PERSON:Daniel Schober alternative term An alternative name for a class or property which means the same thing as the preferred name (semantically equivalent) alternative term GROUP:OBI:<http://purl.obofoundry.org/obo/obi> PERSON:Daniel Schober example of usage example GROUP:OBI:<http://purl.obofoundry.org/obo/obi> A phrase describing how a class name should be used. May also include other kinds of examples that facilitate immediate understanding of a class semantics, such as widely known prototypical subclasses or instances of the class. Although essential for high level terms, examples for low level terms (e.g., Affymetrix HU133 array) are not GROUP:OBI:<http://purl.obofoundry.org/obo/obi> definition PERSON:Daniel Schober definition The official OBI definition, explaining the meaning of a class or property. Shall be Aristotelian, formalized and normalized. Can be augmented with colloquial definitions. preferred term preferred term PERSON:Daniel Schober GROUP:OBI:<http://purl.obofoundry.org/obo/obi> The concise, meaningful, and human-friendly name for a class or property preferred by the ontology developers. (US-English) formal citation, e.g. identifier in external database to indicate / attribute source(s) for the definition. Free text indicate / attribute source(s) for the definition. EXAMPLE: Author Name, URI, MeSH Term C04, PUBMED ID, Wiki uri on 31.01.2007 PERSON:Daniel Schober GROUP:OBI:<http://purl.obofoundry.org/obo/obi> definition source definition source definition editor GROUP:OBI:<http://purl.obofoundry.org/obo/obi> Name of editor entering the definition PERSON:Daniel Schober definition editor in branch OBI_0000277 has curation status OBI_0000281 information content entity example to be eventually removed metadata complete Class has all its metadata, but is either not guaranteed to be in its final location in the asserted IS_A hierarchy or refers to another class that is not complete. placeholder This isn't a class that OBI will keep - it's a placeholder for edits that are underway. The class name should start with an underscore ready for release Class has undergone final review, is ready for use, and will be included in the next OBI release. Any class lacking "ready_for_release" should be considered likely to change place in hierarchy, have its definition refined, or be obsoleted in the next release. Those classes deemed "ready_for_release" will also derived from a chain of ancestor classes that are also "ready_for_release." metadata incomplete Class is being worked on; however, the metadata (including definition) are not complete or sufficiently clear to the branch editors. uncurated Nothing done yet beyond assigning a unique class ID and proposing a preferred term. pending final vetting All definitions, placement in the asserted IS_A hierarchy and required minimal metadata are complete. The class is awaiting a final review by someone other than the definition editor.