- From: Pat Hayes <phayes@ihmc.us>
- Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:16:31 -0500
- To: Phillip Lord <phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk>
- Cc: Oliver Ruebenacker <curoli@gmail.com>, Mark Wilkinson <markw@illuminae.com>, W3C HCLSIG hcls <public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org>
On Mar 26, 2009, at 7:20 AM, Phillip Lord wrote: > Oliver Ruebenacker <curoli@gmail.com> writes: >> Hello Philip, All, >> >> On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Phillip Lord >> <phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk> wrote: >>> My own feeling is that it's biology which wove the web; we're just >>> caught in the middle. What role for the web and semantics? Well, I >>> think >>> we need a coordinated, controlled and defined way of expressing our >>> mutual confusion. I'd love to have a clear definition of gene (or >>> protein). In it's absence, a good way of expressing "err..." is >>> probably >>> the best we can do. >> >> I don't know whether the BioPAX Level 2 definition of protein is the >> most useful one, but at least it sounds clear to me: >> >> protein = anything containing exactly one polypeptide chain >> >> Clear enough? > > > So insulin is not a protein, wheras a dipeptide is? > > Besides which, the issue being discussed here is one of equality. When > are two proteins the same protein? TWO proteins are never the same protein. Two mangelwurzels are never the same mangelwurzel, either. What 'same' means, is that there is ONE thing with two names. Being the same as is never a relationship between two different things. Pat > > Phil > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ IHMC (850)434 8903 or (650)494 3973 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office Pensacola (850)202 4440 fax FL 32502 (850)291 0667 mobile phayesAT-SIGNihmc.us http://www.ihmc.us/users/phayes
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