- From: david.nickerson at nus.edu.sg (David Nickerson)
- Subject: [cellml-discussion] Expanding the CellML abbreviation
- Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 08:48:58 +0800
Hi Andrew,
Sounds like a good idea, although I would like to see the 'using
ordinary differential equations' bit dropped.
It would also be good to try and work this definition into the front
page at cellml.org - that is the most common place I look when I need a
brief blurb on CellML. Might possibly fit in with a new section on the
website on "How to cite CellML" ??
Andre.
Andrew Miller wrote:
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Hi,
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I have noticed that a lot of people who refer to CellML (generally
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people who don't use CellML, but reference it) feel obliged to expand
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the abbreviation, and they generally expand it as "Cell Markup Language".
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As far as I am aware, we have never actually said that CellML stands for
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Cell Markup Language, and indeed, that expansion doesn't really make
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sense, because CellML does not aim to mark up cells at all, and it is in
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some sense independent of biology at a technical level. However, unless
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we can agree as a community that CellML doesn't stand for "Cell Markup
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Language", there is a risk that people will keep calling it that, which
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could result in a misunderstanding of what CellML is.
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I suggest that we put the following note up as an errata to the CellML
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specifications (please indicate whether you agree with the intention of
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this, and whether you agree with the specific wording):
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"CellML is not intended to be an abbreviation, but rather, it is simply
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a name used to identify the language. The fact that CellML starts with
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the word 'Cell' is a result of its original intended use. However,
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CellML is actually a generic mathematical modelling language which can
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be applied in a range of disciplines. It is worth noting that CellML
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does not stand for 'Cell Markup Language'. Instead, when introducing
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CellML to an audience who may be unfamiliar with it, a short explanation
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of CellML is recommended. For example, 'CellML (a mathematical model
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markup language most commonly used to describe biological systems using
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ordinary differential equations)' ".
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Best regards,
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Andrew
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