[Gramene] Re: TAIR9 vs TAIR10 - mixup on naming, was: RE: Old versions?

[Dan Staines]

> Genome assembly names cause us endless problems, and we only look after a few of them!

Seconded from my end...

> Ann; you would like us to use 'A_thaliana_Jun_2009' as the assembly name? If so I will patch the databases, and we will also need Dan Staines to do the same over at Ensembl Genomes.
>
> Jonathan; as an 'independent' who has an interest in such things, what would your preference for assembly naming conventions be? Are there standards groups already considering this problem?

If someone can tell me a definitive assembly name to use, I'll be able 
to make the change, though the window for doing this in time for our 
next release (currently 12th July) is very tight.

Cheers,

Dan.

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