Re: [sbml-flux] Chemical formula on species

[Brett G. O. <b.g...@vu...>]

On 26/08/2015 17:45, Ali Ebrahim wrote:
> The spec right now (rc7) allows for user defined compounds, which 
> would include R and X.
>
> I thought it was actually pretty clear. From my reading of it:
> R and X are allowed.
> Glucose is technically allowed but (uppercase followed by lower case) 
> but it would be getting defined as a custom element, so it's not what 
> what you would want.
> Dashes not allowed.
>
> Have I misunderstood the text? I have pasted the relevant section below.
>

No misunderstanding, this is the correct interpretation.

b.

> The format of chemicalFormula must consist only of atomic names (as in 
> the Periodic Table) or user defined 30 compounds either of which take 
> the form of a single capital letter followed by zero or more lowercase 
> letters. 31 Where there is more than a single atom present, this is 
> indicated with an integer. With regards to order (and 32 enhance 
> inter-operability) it is recommended to use the Hill system order 
> (Hill, 1900, 2012).
>