The Molecular Communications Markup Language (MolComML)

Molecular Communications is a research area which combines the expertise of two main fields of science: biology and engineering. This multidisciplinarity, in addition to being a fruitful strength, makes knowledge exchange between researchers difficult. This issue has led to the definition of a new markup language, named Molecular Communication Markup Language (MolComML). It contributes to the harmonization of cross-disciplinary research activities. By leveraging the typical flexibility of markup languages, it specifies the essential components of generic molecular communication scenarios, by combining both numerical analysis and experimental synthesis. In this paper we illustrate the architecture of MolComML and focus on its peculiarities that allow describing molecular communications systems. In addition, we evaluate the performance of some molecular communication systems by using different simulation packages, configured by using the MolComML, in order to demonstrate both its portability and the possibility of combining different platforms for creating complex simulation tools.