Biophysics

Description of biophysical properties of a cell.

Complex Type Information

Model

Attributes

QName Type Fixed Default Use Inheritable Annotation
units Units required
Unit system of all quantities.

Used By

Complex Type Level3Biophysics
Element biophysics

Source

<xs:complexType name="Biophysics">
  <xs:annotation>
    <xs:documentation>Description of biophysical properties of a cell.</xs:documentation>
  </xs:annotation>
  <xs:sequence>
    <xs:element name="mechanism" type="Mechanism" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded">
      <xs:annotation>
        <xs:documentation>Definition of placement of a single electrophysiological mechanism (e.g. channel mechanism) on a group of cables of a cell. Note there should be at least one of these to specify the passive membrane conductance. Note: elements spec_capacitance, spec_axial_resistance, ion_props etc. should be used in preference to specificCapacitance etc!</xs:documentation>
      </xs:annotation>
    </xs:element>
    <xs:choice>
      <xs:element name="specificCapacitance" type="SpecCapacitance"/>
      <xs:element name="spec_capacitance" type="SpecCapacitance"/>
    </xs:choice>
    <xs:choice>
      <xs:element name="specificAxialResistance" type="SpecAxialResistance"/>
      <xs:element name="spec_axial_resistance" type="SpecAxialResistance"/>
    </xs:choice>
    <xs:choice>
      <xs:element name="initialMembPotential" type="InitialMembPotential" minOccurs="0"/>
      <xs:element name="init_memb_potential" type="InitialMembPotential" minOccurs="0"/>
    </xs:choice>
    <xs:choice>
      <xs:element name="ionProperties" type="IonProperties" minOccurs="0"/>
      <xs:element name="ion_props" type="IonProperties" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
    </xs:choice>
  </xs:sequence>
  <xs:attribute name="units" type="meta:Units" use="required">
    <xs:annotation>
      <xs:documentation>Unit system of all quantities.</xs:documentation>
    </xs:annotation>
  </xs:attribute>
</xs:complexType>