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> However, despite Howard's enthusiasm, I'm not totally convinced
> that it completely solves his problem (avoiding the parsing of
> rate laws). This works fine in the context of a rate law
> governed by a single local parameter (the URI gives the form of
> the law, and the local parameter gives the rate constant), but
> what if the rate constant is defined by a global parameter, or
> the rate law involves more than one rate constant? Won't you
> then still have to parse the math to figure out what is going
> on?

Darren, you are absolutely right. We can maybe figure out a solution based
on the definitionURL of parameters and speciesReferences and the
relationships between the rateLaw term and terms from the parameter and
species role CVs. But it is definitively problematic.

Oh, my. Could-it be the end of the dreadful "global" parameters?

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