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@z_chiang It's just a word. Which becomes more precise the more strict the definition is, and meaningless in practice if one goes for the bottom right square. https://t.co/IR2XJb7sxV
@z_chiang It's just a word. Which becomes more precise the more strict the definition is, and meaningless in practice if one goes for the bottom right square. https://t.co/IR2XJb7sxV
RT @kevolutn: @jgschraiber A view from Brenner: https://t.co/hMom1hfYyB
A prescient view on ontology terms from Brenner...
I found this article shared by @kevolutn in the discussion about the usefulness of GO terms, an interesting reading. This 2002 story is still relevant nowadays regarding "data -> knowledge -> understanding" and the language of biological objects we