- From: j.lawson at auckland.ac.nz (James Lawson)
- Subject: [cellml-discussion] Expanding the CellML abbreviation
- Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:37:53 +1200
David Nickerson wrote:
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Hi Andrew,
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Sounds like a good idea, although I would like to see the 'using
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ordinary differential equations' bit dropped.
(slightly OT)
I see quite a few papers that have 'more advanced' models using partial
differential equations. Is CellML ever going to encompass PDEs or is
this the realm of fieldML?
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It would also be good to try and work this definition into the front
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page at cellml.org - that is the most common place I look when I need a
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brief blurb on CellML. Might possibly fit in with a new section on the
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website on "How to cite CellML" ??
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Andre.
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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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