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Hello Stefan, All,

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 6:03 PM, shoops <shoops@vbi.vt.edu> wrote:
> We do only disagree on one point and that is whether libsbml is
> supposed to fill in the gaps or the software utilizing libsbml. For me
> it must be the software since libsbml is supposed to implement the
> SBML standard which does not allow the missing attributes.

Actually, what I would like to suggest is that libSBML is not merely
an implementation of the SBML standard and that producing valid SBML
is not the only goal. Rather I see a need for something that gives
persistence to a longer SBML creation or manipulation process, during
which a model that is not valid SBML (yet) can be represented and
exported to an XML format that would then be an extended SBML (mostly,
SBML minus some of the restrictions). If I understand Lucian right,
then some assume that this is what it has always been, although not
every one recognizes this.

Take care
Oliver

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Oliver Ruebenacker, Computational Cell Biologist
BioPAX Integration at Virtual Cell (http://vcell.org/biopax)
Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling
http://www.oliver.curiousworld.org
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