POC Conf. Call 3-13-12
POC meeting, Webex Conference Call; Date: Tuesday Mar 13th, 2012 10am PST/1pm EST
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Collaborators: none
Any changes or corrections (additions/deletions, etc) needed in the minutes from the POC_Conf._Call_3-8-12?
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Notes on the in-progress papers
IAWA meeting report
Some wood anatomists take issue with the idea that a vessel is a portion of xylem tissue. They think it should be part of xylem, but don't have a suggestion for what the is_a parent should be, because that is not the way they traditionally think of it.
We will need to talk more about the definitions of xylem and phloem, plus vessel and sieve tube. For the short publications, there is not a lot of space to go into a detail explanation of how the PO defines a portion of tissue, but we should talk about how the classic or conventional way of learning that says vessel is part of xylem, but the ontology defines it as a type of xylem.
For this short paper, should use a simple image, perhaps just showing tracheid is_a tracheary element, and removing vessel.
RW will make new, simpler figure, and LC will set up a conference call with the whole group for next week.
AJB and PO anatomy papers
LC is putting together figures from the data analysis for the PO anatomy paper. Should have draft ready by next week (but see discussion below about release, in which we decide to have paper ready by April 15).
The two papers should fit together nicely, so that they are complimentary. We need to make sure that the content is not overlapping too much.
Finishing up the wood types:
Started discussing this on POC Conf. Call 3-8-12
sapwood (PO:0004513):
Current def.: Outer part of the wood of stem or root containing living cells and reserves and in which conduction of water takes place. Generally lighter colored than the heartwood.
Proposed def.: A portion of secondary xylem (PO:0005848) that has as parts living secondary xylem parenchyma cells (PO:0004525).
comment: Sapwood contains reserve materials and may function in the conduction of water and minerals. It is generally lighter colored than the heartwood (PO:0004512) and is located between the heartwood and the vascular cambium (PO:0005598) of a plant axis (PO:0025004). Sapwood forms during a secondary xylem development stage (PO:xxxx).
Could use secondary xylem in these names, but these are the names in common use.
Add relation secondary xylem development stage has_participant sapwood.
These don't currently have part_of relation to anything, because the part_of relation could be in secondary xylem. However, it turns out that we can't put secondary xylem part_of plant axis, because DWS showed us some examples of plants that have secondary xylem in their needles, and multiple examples of petioles with a vascular cambium that produce secondary xylem.
We can put sapwood and heartwood part_of plant axis.
In the actual definition, we can say they are part of root axis and shoot axis. We should go back and change other definitions of secondary xylem to say root axis or shoot axis, plus need to put in comment that it can be in other organs.
heartwood (PO:0004512)
Current def.: The inner layers of secondary xylem that have largely ceased to function in storage and conduction and in which reserve materials have been removed or converted into heartwood substances; generally darker colored than the functioning sapwood.
Proposed def.: A portion of secondary xylem (PO:0005848) that lacks living secondary xylem parenchyma cells (PO:0004525).
comment: Heartwood has ceased to function in storage and conduction, and the reserve materials have been removed or converted into heartwood substances. It is generally darker colored than sapwood (PO:0004513) and is found in the center of a plant axis (PO:0025004), interior to the sapwood. Heartwood forms at the end of a cell death stage of secondary xylem (PO:xxxx).
OK
early wood (PO:0004515):
Current def.: The wood formed in first part of a growth ring and characterized by a lower density and larger cells than the late wood.
Proposed def.: A portion of secondary xylem (PO:0005848) that has lower density and larger cells than late wood (PO:0004516) and is formed in the first part of a growing season.
Comment: The transition from early wood to late wood may be gradual and is not always easy to distinguish.
part_of growth ring
synonyms: earlywood, spring wood
late wood (PO:0004516):
Current def.: The secondary xylem formed in the later part of a growth ring; denser and composed of smaller cells than the early wood.
Proposed def.: A portion of secondary xylem (PO:0005848) that has higher density and smaller cells than early wood (PO:0004515) and is formed in the later part of a growing season.
Comment: The transition from early wood to late wood may be gradual and is not always easy to distinguish.
part_of growth ring
synonyms: latewood, summer wood
growth ring/layer (PO:0004514):
Current def., growth ring: A growth layer of secondary xylem or secondary phloem as seen in transection of stem or root; may be an annual ring or a false annual ring.
Would "growth layer" be a better primary name? This is a layer of tissue that looks like a ring when viewed in transverse section.
Proposed def.: A portion of secondary xylem (PO:0005848) that has as parts a single layer of early wood (PO:0004515) and a single layer of late wood (PO:0004516) from the same growth season and is part of a plant axis (PO:0025004).
comment: Forms a ring in a plant axis when viewed in transverse section. May be an annual ring or a false annual ring.
growth ring boundary (PO:0004517):
Current def.: Boundary between two growth rings.
The boundary is the transition between the outermost late wood of one growth ring and the earliest early wood of the next growth ring. This is not a portion of tissue, but an anatomical surface (CARO:0000010). Alternative is to define it as the portion of tissue that includes the latest part of one ring and the earliest part of the next ring.
Could use anatomical surface (CARO:0000010) or BFO:object_boundary as a parent. However, some species have indistinct boundaries, which makes them harder to define.
object boundary (from BFO):An independent continuant [snap:IndependentContinuant] that is a lower dimensional part of a spatial entity, normally a closed two-dimensional surface. Boundaries are those privileged parts of object [snap:Object] entities that exist at exactly the point where the object [snap:Object] is separated off from the rest of the existing entities in the world.
comment: Boundaries are theoretically difficult entities to account for, however the intuitive notion of a physical boundary as a surface of some sort (whether inside or outside of a thing) will generally serve as a good guide for the use of this universal. Definition: An independent continuant [snap:IndependentContinuant] that is a lower dimensional part of a spatial entity, normally a closed two-dimensional surface. Boundaries are those privileged parts of object [snap:Object] entities that exist at exactly the point where the object [snap:Object] is separated off from the rest of the existing entities in the world. Examples: the surface of the skin, the surface of the earth, the surface of the interior of the stomach, the outer surface of a cell or cell wall Synonyms: substance boundary.
Proposed def.: A plant anatomical surface that is the boundary between the outermost (last formed) late wood (PO:0004516) of one growth ring and the innermost (earliest formed) early wood (PO:0004515) of the next growth ring (PO:0004514).
Alternative def.: A portion of secondary xylem that includes the outermost (last formed) late wood (PO:0004516) of one growth ring and the innermost (earliest formed) early wood (PO:0004515) of the next growth ring (PO:0004514).
Open SourceForge Tracker for coleoptile emergence:
This section was moved to Items_for_future_meetings- will be wrapped up on 3-20-12.
Update on linking to images from PlantSystematics.org
This was discussed at the Monday Ontology Development meeting- see the associated wiki page: PO_PlantSystematics_conference_call_03-11-12#Links_to_images_from_PO
KN will be visiting the NYBG next week
What is the status of the images and the annotation software?
It would be good to have a set of test or sample images in the Ontology for the upcoming release. This wil help move it forward.
Next PO Release:
On POC_Conf._Call_2-21-12, we set the following goals: Need to be revised...
Timeline:
- Target date for finishing edits: March 21st
- Target date for release: Before March 30th
icons
LC should send email to PJ about which icons are needed, what letters he should use.
Goals and Priorities:
First major revisions of PSDS (formerly PGDSO):
- Status to 2-30-11: This needs to be updated...
-22 new terms added, many existing terms have been modified, eg changed all the 'phase' names to 'stage'
All terms PSDS terms names are now singular. Some still need to have "stage" appended.
-most of the recent work has been on the whole plant development stage (PO:0007033) and its children
* Addition of Wood development stages (See: SF tracker), started at the NYBG Workshop
New and Revised Terms for the PAE
- Addition of new terms and revisions to existing terms to encompass wood- see Goal_1._Anatomical_Entities
- Please see New terms and obsolete terms-March 2012 Release for a complete list
- Complete old user requests/SF tracker items:
- This is an ongoing process
New association files:
- Physcomitrella (released Jan 2012), small set of cotton annotations (TBA Feb 2012)
Glossary of PO terms
This was discussed at the RCN meetings 2011, plan is to eventually replace APWeb Glossary. This will be useful for users of APWeb Glossary who need a glossary, but don't want to use AmiGO browser. We could eventually incorporate other terms from APweb into PO if needed.
what is the status of this?
Other Items
- Fix dbxrefs for Fragaria annotations
- ABRC annotations to PO and TO terms: These are descriptions of mutant phenotypes from Arabidopsis stock center, based on free text descriptions
- Links to images on PlantSystematics.org - Update? See notes above
Translations
Will need to update translations for PAE terms before release. Can JE generate a file (after we stop editing) that includes all terms without Spanish or Japanese translations?
Collaborative projects:
- Mapping of Flora of North America Glossary to PO terms:
We now have id's for FNA terms. Can finish adding synonyms before this release. Still need to add new terms from the FNA list and create mapping file.
Are we okay with using these FNA ids? They are UUID and are very long and contain dashes (e.g., 40b5fa5d-a75b-49d8-8328-b4c28d54ea66). See antheridium (PO:0025125) on dev browser for an example of how it will look.
Where did this synonym go? It is still there, just doesn't show up in AmiGO.
RW is working on modifying a perl script from JE to insert FNA synonyms into the PO file. May needs some help from JE.
-What are the plans after this?
Once mappings are done, want to see how PO shows up in their data base. Show utility of PO for recovering descriptors from free text.
FNA is using natural language processing to map their descriptions to PO. We are starting with plant structures and later will add phenotype descriptors. We will start with leaf characters.
Will use PATO as it has terms available, and add PO terms as needed. Will also help show utility of PO to systematists.
-Others (These may be longer term than the next release):
- Linking ontology terms to character matrices using Morphobank.
Upcoming meetings and Presentations 2012:
Maize Genetics Meeting, March 15-18, 2012
The maize meetings are being held in Portland, OR this year.
For more info see: Maize Genetics Meeting 2012
LC will present a short talk abstract Friday march 16th, 5:45pm
No PO-Gramene workshop is planned
Katherine Esau Research Symposium
Integrating Plant Structure with Function, Development and Evolution
Hosted by the Katherine Esau Fellowship Program,
Date and location: Thursday, March 29, 2012, 1002 Giedt Hall, UC Davis
Space is limited and registration will close at 5 pm on March 10th.
Organizer; Neelima Sinha (Sinha@ucdavis.edu) The PO will not take part this year, because the timing is too short. We will look at attending next year.
5th International Biocuration Conference
April 2-4, 2012, Washington DC
• Abstract was submitted and has been selected for a poster presentation.
See link: File:Abs Biocuration 2012 (LC 12-9-11).pdf
- PJ is planning to attend, may do a talk. LC is planning to attend
The early bird registration is now closed.
SPNHC 2012
Annual meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections
Yale University, New Haven Connecticut June 11-16, 2012
Any interest in making a PO presentation at this meeting? Perhaps RW and/or DWS could just go for the day of the presentation, since it is local (New Haven, CT).
The theme for the meeting is "Emerging Technology and Innovation in Natural History Collections Management" (focus on the tools, innovative methods and collaborations that will move the natural history collections community forward).
From PJ: If we can show progress in the FNA work or Morphobank yes we should
Crop Ontology Workshop
We are looking at the tentative dates of either: June 11-13th or Aug 6th to 8th
The focus of the workshop will be on mostly development stages and traits for the crop plants
Botany 2012
July 7 - 11, 2012 - Columbus, Ohio
- PO workshop for Sunday, July 8th
The organizer have listed it as a whole day workshop, but it is planned for a half day and will be changed on the schedule. Also need to correct link to abstract (currently goes to wrong abstract).
Workshop goal will be to teach people (mostly botanists) how to access and use the PO, including how to send feedback, suggest new terms, etc.
PJ: suggest that we go there with a 'draft' version of the Plant Phenotype Ontology and show them how to use these in character matrices.
exhibitor's booth
We should also consider hosting an outreach booth.
Not a bad deal for non-profits: $500 for A 10 x 10 Booth Space at Botany 2012, and 2 complimentary registrations for the conference. (plus all the extras!)
• 2 months of Rotating Banner Ads in the online American Journal of Botany
• A Rotating Banner Ad in one edition of the online Plant Science Bulletin
• A Rotating Banner Ad on the Botany 2012 abstract submission site
• A Rotating Banner Ad on the 2012 Conference Registration site.
PJ will check with Gramene and Doreen Ware to see if they want to co-host a booth.
- Annotation wiki: JP may also give a talk on the new annotation wiki at this meeting, as part of the genomics section.
Bio-Ontologies SIG 2012
Where: July 13 - 14, 2012, Long Beach, CA. Co-located with ISMB 2012
When: Submissions Due: April 13th, 2012 (Fri)
Three types of submissions.
- Short papers, up to 4 pages. - Poster abstracts, up to 1 page. - Flash updates, up to 1 page
Successful papers will be presented at the Bio-Ontologies SIG.
Poster abstracts: time will be allocated during the 2 days for at least one poster session.
Flash updates are for short talks (5 min) giving the salient new developments on existing public ontologies. Authors of posters can also provide a flash update. Unsuccessful papers will automatically be considered for poster presentation.
ASPB Plant Biology 2012
July 20 - 24, 2012 - Plant Biology 2012, Austin, TX
Link to meeting page: ASPB2012
Abstract was submitted for submission for minisymposia consideration.
Joint workshop is planned with PO, Gramene and TAIR
Registration is open, early Bird Registration: by May 11
Advance Discounted: May 12-June 15
ICBO 2012
International Conference on Biomedical Ontologies (ICBO 2012), July 22nd-25th, Graz, Austria
co-located with the 7th International Conference on Formal Ontologies in Information Systems (FOIS 2012)
RW and BS (with JE, AG, DWS and PJ) submitted a short paper describing a plant disease extension of the Infectious Disease Ontology. This paper was accepted and is being revised. Wiki page for notes on Plant Disease Ontology.
Relevant dates
- Feb. 28th, 2012: Notification of paper acceptance
- April 15th, 2012: Poster, early career symposium, software demonstrations and workshop papers submission deadline
- May 15th, 2012: Notification of poster, early career symposium, software demonstrations and workshop paper acceptance
- June 30th 2012: Deadline for all camera-ready copies for the proceedings
RW is working on an abstract summarizing the PO-FNA collaboration, with the folks from FNA. Will circulate soon. This will be either for a poster or a short talk in the Early Career Researcher session.
BS will be organizing an OBO Foundry meeting the afternoon of the day before the conference starts
