| Résumé | Circuit diagrams and UML diagrams are just a few examples of standard
visual languages that help accelerate work by promoting regularity,
removing ambiguity, and enabling software tool support for communication of
complex information. Ironically, despite having one of the highest ratios
of graphical to textual information, biology still lacks standard graphical
notations. Recent deluge of biological knowledge make addressing this
deficit a pressing concern. Toward this goal, I will present the Systems
Biology Graphical Notation (SBGN), a visual language developed by a
community of biochemists, modelers and computer scientists. SBGN consists
of three complementary languages: Process Diagram, Entity Relationship
Diagram, and Activity Flow Diagram. Together they enable scientists to
represent networks of biochemical interactions in a standard, unambiguous
way. We believe that SBGN will foster efficient and accurate
representation, visualization, storage, exchange, and reuse of information
on all kinds of biological knowledge, from gene regulation, to metabolism,
to cellular signaling.
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