Minimum information required in the annotation of models

[2] It consists of a set of guidelines suitable for use with any structured format, allowing different groups to collaborate and share resulting models.

Adherence to these guidelines also facilitates the sharing of software and service infrastructures built upon modeling activities.

The idea of "a set of good practices" including "some obligatory metadata" was first proposed by Nicolas Le Novère in October 2004 as part of a discussion to develop a common database of models in systems biology (which led to the creation of BioModels Database).

It was recognised that the generation of valid and unique URIs for annotation required the creation of a catalogue of shared namespaces for use by the community.

The Registry also provides a variety of supporting auxiliary features to enable automated procedures based upon these URIs.