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This chapter describes the Systems Biology Markup Language (SBML) from its origins. It describes the rationale behind and importance of having a common language when it comes to representing models. This chapter mentions the development of SBML and outlines the structure of an SBML model. It provides a section on libSBML, a useful application programming interface (API) library for reading, writing, manipulating and validating content expressed in the SBML format. Finally the chapter also provides a description of the SBML Toolbox which provides a means of facilitating the import and export of SBML from both MATLAB and Octave (http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/) environments.
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Keating, S.M., Le Novère, N. (2013). Supporting SBML as a Model Exchange Format in Software Applications. In: Schneider, M. (eds) In Silico Systems Biology. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1021. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-450-0_11
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