[cellml-discussion] [cellmlteam] Contributing CellML models to Wolfram Alpha

[Edmund J. Crampin]

I think this is a good suggestion from Abhishek, which was also raised  
earlier by Richard Simpson (our Business Development Manager) in a  
broader context than just CellML. I wonder if Abhishek is willing to  
explore this a little further?
Edmund

Dr Edmund J. Crampin

Systems Biology Group Leader
Associate Director Postgraduate
Auckland Bioengineering Institute
and
Senior Lecturer
Department of Engineering Science
The University of Auckland
New Zealand

On 2/06/2009, at 9:17 PM, Alan Garny wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cellml-discussion-bounces at cellml.org [mailto:cellml-discussion-
>> bounces at cellml.org] On Behalf Of James Lawson
>>
>> To be honest I'm not really so impressed with WA yet, but that's
>> probably because I haven't learned to use it properly.
>
> I must confess that I am not particularly impressed with it either.  
> I did
> 'play' with it quite a bit when it got released and, yes, it's fun/ 
> cool if
> you stick to the kind of stuff shown in Wolfram's demo, but  
> otherwise...
> it's basically 'useless'. This put aside, I like the concept and no  
> doubt
> that it's going to take time to make it worthwhile.
>
>> Can anyone explain/speculate to me how submitting to WA would help  
>> our
>> goals of a.) increasing uptake of CellML, b.) model distribution  
>> [this
>> one is obvious,] c.) model reuse, d.) model
>> mix/match/cut/paste/remix/mashup, e.) model reparameterisation, f.)
>> merging of data sets....?
>
> a) and c) I would imagine it's pretty obvious. The sole fact that  
> CellML
> models would become 'available' through WA means that people would  
> get to
> know about CellML and, from there, might be interested in finding  
> more about
> it, etc.
>
> As for your other points, I don't know for certain, but I don't  
> think it
> matters: anything that can help people use CellML is a good thing  
> (as long
> as it fits the maximum output for minimum input paradigm... :))
>
> Alan
>
>
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