[sbml-flux] Question regarding the FBC v3 element name: UserConstraint

Dear FBC working group

At the HARMONY meeting (EBI in March) an issue was raised regarding the 
naming of one of the elements, the "UserConstraint".

Breifly, the UserConstraint is used to encode non-stoichiometric, user 
defined, constraints - that is constraints that are not linear ODE's, as 
defined in the stoichiometrically coupled reaction network**.

The problem is that "UserConstraint" is a possibly vague, mildly 
ambiguous term when used in the following set of element names:

  * ListOfUserConstraints
  * UserConstraint
  * ListOfUserConstraintComponents
  * UserConstraintComponent

An initial proposal is to rename this component "UserDefinedConstraint" 
which would result in following element set:

  * ListOfUserDefinedConstraints
  * UserDefinedConstraint
  * ListOfUserDefinedConstraintComponents
  * UserDefinedConstraintComponent

Alternative proposals welcome, however, for practical reasons it would 
be good to have a decision - by consensus or vote - by 25 May.

Thanks in advance and best regards.
Brett

** Please see the v3 proposal 
(https://sourceforge.net/p/sbml/code/26312/tree/trunk/specifications/sbml-level-3/version-1/fbc/spec/main.pdf?format=raw) 
section 4.4 page 22 for more details.

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