[Data-modeling] Hormone type in the Medicine domain

[Faye Li]

Ah, right -- that was by oversight rather than design. I've corrected 
it. Thanks!

-- Faye


Jeff Prucher wrote:
> The "subfamily" and "subfamily of" properties on the type "receptor family"
> should be a master/reverse pair -- right now they both go to unreciprocated
> properties. I'd also rename "subfamily" to "subfamilies" since I presume
> there can be more than one. Otherwise, the model looks good to me. I can't
> help with the biological questions, alas!
>
> Jeff Prucher
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: data-modeling-bounces at freebase.com 
>> [mailto:data-modeling-bounces at freebase.com] On Behalf Of Faye Li
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 5:08 PM
>> To: Freebase data modeling mailing list
>> Subject: [Data-modeling] Hormone type in the Medicine domain
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The Human Hormone and related types are ready for review on Sandbox:
>> http://sandbox.freebase.com/view/medicine/human_hormone
>>
>> The new types are:
>> - Human Hormone (named such to avoid mistyping of plant or 
>> animal hormones)
>> - Hormone Chemical Classification
>> - Endocrine Gland
>> - Hormone Receptor
>> - Receptor Family
>>
>> In the interest of getting this out there soon I'm avoiding 
>> modeling more complex relationships. Related diseases are the 
>> next step I think, although there's plenty more to do. I've 
>> filled in some data to see how the schema fits.
>>
>> A medical shout-out: I have to admit I got a little tangled 
>> trying to parse the myriad of medical endocrinology info on 
>> the web. Seems that even something as basic as defining the 
>> types of Hormone Chemical Classification is debated: 
>> Wikipedia says there are 3 kinds, whereas other web sites 
>> claim 4 or 5 (adding Lipid and sometimes Sterol to the list 
>> consisting of 1. amine, 2. peptide (& protein?), and 3. steroid). 
>> Also, is a Hormone Receptor always or pretty much always a 
>> Gene? We have a Gene type in the Biology domain that I'd be 
>> more than happy to add as an Included Type if it makes sense. 
>> Medical review of the type and property names would also be 
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -- Faye
>>
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