biostudies-literatureUnknown31(7)Kyoda K<h4>Motivation</h4>Recent progress in live-cell imaging and modeling techniques has resulted in generation of a large amount of quantitative data (from experimental measurements and computer simulations) on spatiotemporal dynamics of biological objects such as molecules, cells and organisms. Although many research groups have independently dedicated their efforts to developing software tools for visualizing and analyzing these data, these tools are often not compatible with each other because of different data formats.<h4>Results</h4>We developed an open unified format, Biological Dynamics Markup Language (BDML; current version: 0.2), which provides a basic framework for representing quantitative biological dynamics data for objects ranging from molecules to cells to organisms. BDML is basBioinformatics (Oxford, England)1044-52https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4382901biostudies-literatureBiological Dynamics Markup Language (BDML): an open format for representing quantitative biological dynamics data.PMC4382901Kyoda KTohsato YOnami SHo KHfalseBiological Dynamics Markup Language (BDML): an open format for representing quantitative biological dynamics data.<h4>Motivation</h4>Recent progress in live-cell imaging and modeling techniques has resulted in generation of a large amount of quantitative data (from experimental measurements and computer simulations) on spatiotemporal dynamics of biological objects such as molecules, cells and organisms. Although many research groups have independently dedicated their efforts to developing software tools for visualizing and analyzing these data, these tools are often not compatible with each other because of different data formats.<h4>Results</h4>We developed an open unified format, Biological Dynamics Markup Language (BDML; current version: 0.2), which provides a basic framework for representing quantitative biological dynamics data for objects ranging from molecules to cells to organisms. BDML is bas2015-01-01T00:00:00Z2015 Apr2025-04-27T01:04:08.78Z2019-03-27T01:49:15ZS-EPMC43829012541436610.1093/bioinformatics/btu767