[BBF Standards] data exchange issue 1: Abstraction

[Randy Rettberg]

> (1) Right now, parts include so many different kinds of entities
> (snippets of DNA including biobrick ends, full plasmids, small RNA's,
> etc.) that one cannot sensically abstract a part in any uniform  
> fashion.

Raif,

There are separate issues here. A catalog will have different kinds  
of things you can
buy. For example, the apple catalog has macintosh products, but i  
also has extended warranties,
and software. All are products, but the are sub categories are  
distinct. Primers and plasmid backbones
are examples of unusual parts.

There are also errors in the Registry. Parts are defined to NOT have  
biobrick ends on their sequence.
If they do it is an error. Also, full plasmids consisting of a  
plasmid backbone and a part are also errors.
Composite parts that are entered as basic parts are also errors, but  
necessary until we support a wider
variety of scars.

Randy Rettberg