def METHOD_NAME(tf1, tf2):
    """
    Function for determining whether two TF chains are equal by ignoring slashes
    :param tf1: (string) First TF frame chain
    :param tf2: (string) Second TF frame chain
    :return: (bool) True if tf1 and tf2 represent the same path ignoring slashes
    """
    tf1_list = tf_frame_normalize(tf1)
    tf2_list = tf_frame_normalize(tf2)
    eq = tf1_list == tf2_list
    return eq