[cellml-discussion] Call for community input: decision about the addition of a CellML API side RDF parsing service

[Justin Marsh]

Hi all,

For those who may be interested, there has been some discussion amongst 
those involved with the CellML API recently about a proposed addition of 
an CellML API side RDF parsing service; this would, for example, allow 
us to remove our dependency on patching Mozilla, allowing us to build 
PCEnv from an unmodified build of the Mozilla framework. The discussion 
has moved over to tracker item 358
( https://tracker.physiomeproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=358 )

Other reasons for such an addition have been for use in any future 
metadata service, the increasing use of rdf, and for use in annotating 
systems of equations.

Reasons against such an addition have included the availability of 
preexisting libraries, the possibility of scope creep, the possibility 
of introducing changes or dependencies in the existing CellML API, the 
broadness of the current proposal, and a possible conceptual uncleanness 
or incorrectness.

I would appreciate any feedback, comments about, or refinements of this; 
however, unless the discussion is still raging, we want to come to at 
least an intermediate conclusion by Friday the 9th of May.

Best Regards,
Justin Marsh