Re: [SED-ML-discuss] Question about 'time' in CellML models

[David N. <dav...@gm...>]

>> I'm sure at one point there was discussion on how to address variables
>> in a model using generic terms (such as ontology terms) or perhaps
>> something like an "independent variable" symbol, but as yet nothing
>> concrete proposed for addition to SED-ML. Jonathan Cooper and
>> colleagues have a system where they use biological ontology terms in
>> their simulation experiment protocols to identify source variables in
>> the model so that a given protocol can be used with multiple models
>> and software can easily determine the correct model entities to pull
>> out.
>
>
> That sounds pretty clever--are they able to pull this off with XPaths?
> Something like 'the parent of the element with this attribute ID'?  Or is
> this a system that lives above SED-ML, and is translated for different
> models on the fly?

Its currently a system that lives outside SED-ML and used by their
tools (I think more like "the variable that is intracellular calcium
ion concentration"). The idea is to pull some of their ideas into
future versions of SED-ML. One day :)

Cheers,
David.