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Hello Nicolas,

I see we agree nearly completely :)

On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 18:21:13 +0000 (GMT)
Nicolas Le Novère <lenov@ebi.ac.uk> wrote:

>
> > However, in my opinion the MathML should
> > always be present
>
> But we already have valid SBML files without kineticLaw (Mike, OK,
> they are maybe not "SBML-compliant". But they validate fine and they
> are existing). In addition, other math element are optional (e.g.
> stoichiometryMath).

A reaction is valid without a kinetic law (minOccurs = 0). A
kinetic law is invalid without a math element. As a result valid SBML
files exist without a math element.

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Thanks,
Stefan

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