Definition of the elements needed for specifying electrophysiological cellular mechanisms. Voltage/concentration dependent channels can be specified, but also activity dependent ion concentrations (e.g. decaying calcium pools) and synaptic mechanisms. The mechanisms which can be specified by this schema can be mapped on into the scripting languages of a number of common simulation platforms, e.g. NEURON, GENESIS. This mapping can be done a number of XML based ways, but XSL mappings are included with the NeuroMLValidator code. The elements outlined below are linked together with with those in MorphML.xsd and Biophysics.xsd in the NeuroML.xsd file to make Level 2 compliant NeuroML files |