RE: SBML L2v2 specification vote #7: Making 'math'optional in KineticLaw
25 Jan '06 18:18
tg> Dear all, I thought the purpose of SBML was to develop
tg> a framework which could accept very different models.
tg>
tg> SBML is absolutely excellent for representing simple
tg> and genome-scale metabolic models. Flux balance
tg> analysis is just ONE simple way to analyse these
tg> models. I simply do not understand why these models
tg> should not be permitted. Kinetics can be added
tg> afterwards. Good models are not developed by one
tg> person overnight. We add 'math' when we know the math!
Yes to the above.
To clarify something: there is no permission issue as far as
representing such models in SBML is concerned, since you are
free to have models without kinetic laws.