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@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ For more details for GOC members on how to create rules, see [SOP.md](SOP.md)
  * <a href="#gorule0000062">GORULE:0000062 Infer annotations on molecular function via has_part</a>
  * <a href="#gorule0000063">GORULE:0000063 Annotations using ISS/ISA/ISO evidence should refer to a gene product (in the 'with' column)</a>
  * <a href="#gorule0000064">GORULE:0000064 TreeGrafter IEAs should be filtered for GO reference species</a>
+ * <a href="#gorule0000065">GORULE:0000065 Annotations to term that are candidates for obsoletion should be removed</a>
 
 
 
@@ -1087,3 +1088,16 @@ Noting that ISM is not covered by this rule yet.
 
 
 If an annotation has GO_REF:0000118 (GAF column 6, GPAD column 5) and the taxon (GAF column 13, GPI column 7) is present in the GO reference species list (i.e 143 Panther species; [go-reference-species.yaml](https://github.com/geneontology/go-site/blob/master/metadata/go-reference-species.yaml)), then the annotation should be filter out. Note that this is not a line-by-line check in GPAD since it required both the GPAD and the GPI files.
+
+<a name="gorule0000065"/>
+
+## Annotations to term that are candidates for obsoletion should be removed
+
+ * id: [GORULE:0000065](https://github.com/geneontology/go-site/blob/master/metadata/rules/gorule-0000065.md)
+ * status: implemented
+
+
+Terms scheduled for obsoletion are identified by the subset gocheck_obsoletion_candidate. 
+New annotations should not be made to these terms, and existing annotations should be removed or replaced.
+
+Error report: <group>.report.md
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+---
+layout: rule
+id: GORULE:0000065
+title: "Annotations to term that are candidates for obsoletion should be removed"
+type: report
+fail_mode: soft
+status: implemented
+contact: "go-quality@lists.stanford.edu"
+implementations:
+  - language: python
+    source: https://github.com/biolink/ontobio/blob/master/ontobio/io/qc.py
+examples:
+  fail:
+    - comment: fails because GO:0007190 is in the subset gocheck_obsoletion_candidate
+      format: gaf
+      input: "UniProtKB	P04049	RAF1	involved_in	GO:0007190	PMID:15385642	IDA		P			protein	taxon:9606	20171206	BHF-UCL"
+  pass: 
+    - comment: Should pass
+      format: gaf
+      input: "UniProtKB	A0A0H3GM48	dacA	enables	GO:0004016	PMID:23716572	IDA		F			protein	taxon:393133	20160304	UniProt"
+
+---
+Terms scheduled for obsoletion are identified by the subset gocheck_obsoletion_candidate. 
+New annotations should not be made to these terms, and existing annotations should be removed or replaced.
+
+Error report: <group>.report.md