Latest files

P. Murray-Rust (mbglx@s-crim1.dl.ac.uk)
Thu, 2 Feb 1995 10:21:18 +0000 (GMT)

(Mainly for curators)
The "latest files" has now been fixed so that it looks at the *.dat files
rather than the *.html files (The problem was that every *.html was
updated even if the *.dat had not been changed). To update
glossary/since .html, simply go to the glossary directory and issue :
list_since.csh 7 since.html
(where 7 is the number of days). I will shortly put this under the
secret curators URL.

(everyone)
I am really pleased how every day there are new terms. Please post here
what additional attributes you would like in each term. I also think we
need to split them further. Here are some examples:

(terminology as in *.dat files). At present we have, say
glossary.urls
glossary.synonyms,
etc.

I think we have to subdivide this further, as in:
chemical.molform
chemical.molwt
chemical.smiles
chemical.2d
chemical.3d

organism.latin
organism.english

crystallography.cif #points to the CIF dictionary

medline.url

biochem.ecnumber

Special fields:
glossary.curator
glossary.indexterm
etc.

Within each glossary the curator will select those terms which can or
must be filled in. This will be done through forms and will much
increase the consistency. It also leads to much easier indexing and
searching.

I also think I will hack the *.dat to be human-writable! At present it's
OK but breaks if humans edit it. Humans should always come before
machines. So I'll have a fomrat like:

*glossary.curator
LesleyWest
StefanSack

*chemical.smiles
CCNOCSC

*organism.latin
Rana temporaria

etc.

Suggestions?

P.

Peter Murray-Rust (pmr1716@ggr.co.uk) Glaxo Research & Development, Greenford,UK
mbglx@seqnet.dl.ac.uk, http://www.dl.ac.uk/CBMT/pmr.html (Thanks to AlanBleasby)