title: Minimum information requested in the annotation of biochemical models (MIRIAM).
abstract: Most of the published quantitative models in biology are lost for the community because they are either not made available or they are insufficiently characterized to allow them to be reused. The lack of a standard description format, lack of stringent reviewing and authors' carelessness are the main causes for incomplete model descriptions. With today's increased interest in detailed biochemical models, it is necessary to define a minimum quality standard for the encoding of those models. We propose a set of rules for curating quantitative models of biological systems. These rules define procedures for encoding and annotating models represented in machine-readable form. We believe their application will enable users to (i) have confidence that curated models are an accurate reflection of their associated reference descriptions, (ii) search collections of curated models with precision, (iii) quickly identify the biological phenomena that a given curated model or model constituent represents and (iv) facilitate model reuse and composition into large subcellular models.
authors.affiliation: European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton, CB10 1SD, UK. lenov@ebi.ac.uk
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Le Novère
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Finney
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hucka
authors.forename: Upinder S
authors.initials: US
authors.lastname: Bhalla
authors.forename: Fabien
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Campagne
authors.forename: Julio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Collado-Vides
authors.forename: Edmund J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Crampin
authors.forename: Matt
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Halstead
authors.forename: Edda
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Klipp
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mendes
authors.forename: Poul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.forename: Herbert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sauro
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shapiro
authors.forename: Jacky L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Snoep
authors.forename: Hugh D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Spence
authors.forename: Barry L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Wanner
mesh_terms: D001671:Biochemistry / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D002468:Cell Physiological Phenomena; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004282:Documentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D008954:Models, Biological; D009626:Terminology as Topic