COMBINE (“COmputational Modeling in BIology NEtwork”) is an initiative to coordinate the development of standards and formats for computational models, aiming to reach a set of interoperable and non-overlapping standards covering all aspects of modeling in biology.
The standard description formats would ultimately cover the various types of models used in biology, the different views of a model and the different steps of the modeling and simulation activity. This matrix is currently sparse, but new projects are launched on a regular basis.
Building on the experience of mature projects, which already have stable specifications, software support, user-base and community governance, COMBINE helps foster or support fledgling efforts aimed at filling gaps or new needs.