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Aims, scope and terminology

Mihail Anton edited this page Jun 19, 2020 · 4 revisions

Aims

To reduce the effort of creating open-source genome-scale metabolic models (GEMs), while providing maximum transparency to both model users and the standard-defining community, as the standard itself is open-source. To introduce a system that automatically validates adherence to this standard, without any effort from the GEM creators.

Scope

GEMs reconstructions done openly on GitHub.

Terminology

Based on the ISO guidelines, tweaked for easy understanding.
Requirements: must, must not
Recommendations: should, should not
Possibility and capability: can