NAME

Bio::Chado::Schema::Sequence::FeatureSynonym - Linking table between feature and synonym.

ACCESSORS

feature_synonym_id

  data_type: integer
  default_value: nextval('feature_synonym_feature_synonym_id_seq'::regclass)
  is_auto_increment: 1
  is_nullable: 0
  size: 4

synonym_id

  data_type: integer
  default_value: undef
  is_foreign_key: 1
  is_nullable: 0
  size: 4

feature_id

  data_type: integer
  default_value: undef
  is_foreign_key: 1
  is_nullable: 0
  size: 4

pub_id

  data_type: integer
  default_value: undef
  is_foreign_key: 1
  is_nullable: 0
  size: 4

The pub_id link is for relating the usage of a given synonym to the publication in which it was used.

is_current

  data_type: boolean
  default_value: false
  is_nullable: 0
  size: 1

The is_current boolean indicates whether the linked synonym is the current -official- symbol for the linked feature.

is_internal

  data_type: boolean
  default_value: false
  is_nullable: 0
  size: 1

Typically a synonym exists so that somebody querying the db with an obsolete name can find the object theyre looking for (under its current name. If the synonym has been used publicly and deliberately (e.g. in a paper), it may also be listed in reports as a synonym. If the synonym was not used deliberately (e.g. there was a typo which went public), then the is_internal boolean may be set to -true- so that it is known that the synonym is -internal- and should be queryable but should not be listed in reports as a valid synonym.

RELATIONS

feature

Type: belongs_to

Related object: Bio::Chado::Schema::Sequence::Feature

pub

Type: belongs_to

Related object: Bio::Chado::Schema::Pub::Pub

synonym

Type: belongs_to

Related object: Bio::Chado::Schema::Sequence::Synonym