Needed later

Issues

• feat: add Transcript and SequenceVariant compendia (gene2ensembl + ClinVar)

  Data Source: Ensembldiscussion neededdocumentationenhancementnew data sourcePriority: Lowtesting
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  NCATSTranslator/Babel#977·SkyeAv opened Jul 28, 2026 · Updated Sep 11, 2026
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• Prefix OMIM should be renamed to MIM

  NCATSTranslator/Babel#321 · Filter by author gaurav opened on Jul 31, 2024 · Needed later

• Replace the in-memory glomming code with DuckDB databases

  NCATSTranslator/Babel#291 · Filter by author gaurav opened on Jun 12, 2024 · Needed later

• Store alternate type information in addition to Biolink types

  Feature

  NCATSTranslator/Babel#294 · Filter by author gaurav opened on Jun 19, 2024 · Needed later

• Implement Disease/Phenotype conflation

  Data Source: UMLS and RxNormPriority: MediumSize: L
  NCATSTranslator/Babel#44 · Filter by author cbizon opened on Apr 18, 2022 · Needed later
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• HMDB labels sometimes contain invalid characters

  NCATSTranslator/Babel#450 · Filter by author gaurav opened on Jun 11, 2025 · Needed later

• Babel -> kboom

  Priority: Medium
  NCATSTranslator/Babel#14 · Filter by author cbizon opened on Mar 8, 2020 · Needed later
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• Implement very memory-efficient clique building

  Size: XL
  NCATSTranslator/Babel#143 · Filter by author gaurav opened on Jun 5, 2023 · Needed later
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• Replace gzip compression with xz compression

  Priority: MediumSize: S
  NCATSTranslator/Babel#571 · Filter by author gaurav opened on Sep 14, 2025 · Needed later
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• Improve UniProt download speeds

  Priority: MediumSize: M
  NCATSTranslator/Babel#140 · Filter by author gaurav opened on May 19, 2023 · Needed later
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• Babel technical debt

  Priority: Low
  NCATSTranslator/Babel#323 · Filter by author gaurav opened on Aug 1, 2024 · Needed later

• Add scheduled builds to Babel

  Priority: LowSize: L
  NCATSTranslator/Babel#574 · Filter by author gaurav opened on Sep 14, 2025 · Needed later

• Automatically run prefix tests

  needs more thoughtvalidation
  NCATSTranslator/Babel#576 · Filter by author gaurav opened on Sep 14, 2025 · Needed later

• Incorporate spreadsheet tests into the Babel run

  Priority: Lowvalidation
  NCATSTranslator/Babel#577 · Filter by author gaurav opened on Sep 14, 2025 · Needed later

• Generate combined nodes and edges files for KGX export

  Size: S
  Feature

  NCATSTranslator/Babel#272 · Filter by author gaurav opened on May 2, 2024 · Needed later

• Improve ability of end users/AIs to develop Babel components

  developer tooling
  NCATSTranslator/Babel#633 · Filter by author gaurav opened on Jan 6, 2026 · Needed later

• include food

  NCATSTranslator/Babel#533 · Filter by author cbizon opened on Apr 21, 2022 · Needed later
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• Add food

  Priority: Low
  Feature

  NCATSTranslator/Babel#524 · Filter by author cbizon opened on Aug 3, 2021 · Needed later
  

• Look into SapBERT for grouping together related concepts

  planning neededPriority: Medium
  NCATSTranslator/Babel#43 · Filter by author gaurav opened on Apr 18, 2022 · Needed later

• Improve Babel download process

  Priority: LowprocessSize: M
  NCATSTranslator/Babel#647 · Filter by author gaurav opened on Jan 23, 2026 · Needed later

• Add metadata files for remaining intermediate files and individual downloads

  Priority: LowprocessSize: L
  NCATSTranslator/Babel#648 · Filter by author gaurav opened on Jan 23, 2026 · Needed later

• add PharmGKB mappings for genes, diseases, variants, and chemicals

  Priority: LowPriority: MediumSize: L
  NCATSTranslator/Babel#545 · Filter by author andrewsu opened on Mar 8, 2023 · Needed later
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• Request for Normalization of REACTOME Identifiers

  new data sourcePriority: Low
  NCATSTranslator/Babel#534 · Filter by author beasleyjonm opened on Jun 7, 2023 · Needed later
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• InterPro database CURIEs are not normalizing

  new data sourcePriority: Low
  NCATSTranslator/Babel#260 · Filter by author beasleyjonm opened on Apr 9, 2024 · Needed later
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• OMIM:MTHU004643 does not normalize

  Priority: Low
  Bug

  NCATSTranslator/Babel#739 · Filter by author MarkDWilliams opened on Feb 26, 2021 · Needed later
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