> In article:
> <Pine.OSF.3.91.960205134220.26303A-100000@iona.cryst.bbk.ac.uk>
> p.murray-rust@mail.cryst.bbk.ac.uk writes:
>
>
> I suggest you clean out anything not specifically related to protein
> structure, such as enzymes. You'll find the existing links already
give
> groups implicitly.
> Then start grouping and splitting. In my experience this is pretty
> contraversial as people fall into splitters or groupers thus leading
to
Well said , lesley. This is an area where everyone will have ideas an
there is no 'right' way of doing it. It's quite easy in such cases to
get into religious, or flame- wars :-) So we *must* remember that 'my'
view is not the only one, although it certainly deserves an airing.
> hours of discussion. In the end, pragmatism about how you search and
> your search tools must drive your groupings.
Yes. I hope that Hyper-G may help here. Let's assume that we have a
term that fits into 2 concepts (both of hierarchival nature). Examples
8could* be : enzymes and structural families. So TIM is an isomerae and
a TIM-barrel. (In that case we should produce them independetly and try
to crosslink)
>
> I'd like to introduce Alan Gilchrist (dbarlow@cura1.win-uk.net) to
this
> discussion, as an expert on thesaurus construction. Please be patient,
> as he is catching up with emails and subscribing to the list server
> today.
Alan - welcome! We are delighted to have your company. We feel we have
reached what we call 'virtual critical mass'. You'll find that we are
almost all novices at terminology (I only know what I do through going
to tampare in December :). BUT there is a lot of enthusiasm and a
global
vision which can - if we get it right - take off. I am particulalry
keen
that the hyperglossary idea is self-reproducing - that people can take
it
and set up their own glossaries without hierarchical control. Whatever
happens it will be exciting and rewarding.
P.
> L.
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> Tel: 44 (0)181-255-1725 Fax and Tel: 44(0)181-977-4361
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>
Peter Murray-Rust, Glaxo Research & Dev. (pmr1716@ggr.co.uk); (BioMOO:
PeterMR)
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