Currently, when we send questions to the MODs about individual annotations, it only shows up as free text in the Evidence pane, but only if we write it, and is hard to find again. It would be nice if there were a way of showing whether individual annotations are currently under investigation.
I envision something like this: In the Annotation matrix, right-clicking on an annotation brings up a box where the curator can compose a note. It would be nice if the box were pre-seeded with some text, such as the organism, gene identifier(s), and PANTHER family id, and if it left room to enter a SourceForge id#. Once the note is composed, the curator can copy and paste it into the RefGenome SourceForge tracker. (Linkouts would also help.) The note would also be saved, and the box in the Annotation matrix would change color to indicate that the annotation is being questioned; this would serve as a signal to the curator that it is not necessary to use that annotation until the item is resolved.
This would probably require the creation of at least one file, separate from the Evidence pane, to store the questions while they are being processed. There would also have to be some way to indicate that a SF item has been closed and the annotation now must be used again.
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Currently, when we send questions to the MODs about individual annotations, it only shows up as free text in the Evidence pane, but only if we write it, and is hard to find again. It would be nice if there were a way of showing whether individual annotations are currently under investigation.
I envision something like this: In the Annotation matrix, right-clicking on an annotation brings up a box where the curator can compose a note. It would be nice if the box were pre-seeded with some text, such as the organism, gene identifier(s), and PANTHER family id, and if it left room to enter a SourceForge id#. Once the note is composed, the curator can copy and paste it into the RefGenome SourceForge tracker. (Linkouts would also help.) The note would also be saved, and the box in the Annotation matrix would change color to indicate that the annotation is being questioned; this would serve as a signal to the curator that it is not necessary to use that annotation until the item is resolved.
This would probably require the creation of at least one file, separate from the Evidence pane, to store the questions while they are being processed. There would also have to be some way to indicate that a SF item has been closed and the annotation now must be used again.