A formal MIM specification and tools for the common exchange of MIM diagrams: An XML-Based format, an API, and a validation method

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Luna, Augustin ^a,b   Karac, Evrim I ^c   Sunshine, Margot ^a   Chang, Lucas ^a   Nussinov, Ruth ^d,e   Aladjem, Mirit I ^a,b   Kohn, Kurt W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION; CELLULAR SIGNALING NETWORKS; JAVA-BASED APPLICATIONS; MACHINE-READABLE FORMAT; SOFTWARE DEVELOPER; SOFTWARE PROJECT; SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS; SOURCE CODES;

APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES (API); APPLICATION PROGRAMS; GRAPHIC METHODS; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; SIGNALING; SOFTWARE DESIGN; TOOLS;

SPECIFICATIONS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79955968330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-12-167     Document Type: Article

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