NAME

Bio::Chado::Schema::Library::LibrarySynonym

ACCESSORS

library_synonym_id

data_type: integer
default_value: nextval('library_synonym_library_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

library_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: true
is_nullable: 0
size: 1

The is_current bit indicates whether the linked synonym is the current -official- symbol for the linked library.

is_internal

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

Typically a synonym exists so that somebody querying the database with an obsolete name can find the object they are looking for under its current name. If the synonym has been used publicly and deliberately (e.g. in a paper), it my 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 bit 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

pub

Type: belongs_to

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

library

Type: belongs_to

Related object: Bio::Chado::Schema::Library::Library

synonym

Type: belongs_to

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