An overview of the CellML API and its implementation

Background: CellML is an XML based language for representing mathematical models, in a machine-independent form which is suitable for their exchange between different authors, and for archival in a model repository. Allowing for the exchange and archival of models in a computer readable form is a key strategic goal in bioinformatics, because of the associated improvements in scientific record accuracy, the faster iterative process of scientific development, and the ability to combine models into large integrative models. However, for CellML models to be useful, tools which can process them correctly are needed. Due to some of the more complex features present in CellML models, such as imports, developing code ab initio to correctly process models can be an onerous task. For this reason, there is a clear and pressing need for an application programming interface (API), and a good implementation of that API, upon which tools can base their support for CellML. Results: We developed an AP...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: BMCBI
• Authors: Andrew K. Miller, Justin Marsh, Adam Reeve, Alan Garny, Randall Britten, Matt D. B. Halstead, Jonathan Cooper, David P. Nickerson, Poul M. F. Nielsen
• Keywords: BMCBI 2010, CellML Models, Large Integrative Models, Mathematical Model