ABOUT BOOK

SBML was designed in 2000, merely 2 years after the first official specification of XML. 11 years afterward, the current structure of the language is largely unchanged. Since then, its user base evolved much, as did the whole field of modeling in biology. 
If one wants SBML to evolve in the next decade, it is time to start discussing the basics now. The presentation covers a series of fundamental issues such as SBML coverage, unity of the language, use of elements and attributes etc