# Bento Graph Model Description Format

Welcome to the **Bento MDF** Documentation!

For an in-depth explanation of the YAML-formatted **Model Description Files**, please see the [MDF documentation](mdf.md).

For detailed examples `bento-mdf` Python package usage, please see the [`bento-mdf` Example Notebook](example.ipynb).

For an explanation of other tools provided in `bento_mdf`, please see the [MDF Tools](mdf_tools.md) documentation.

## Current Projects

The Bento framework is currently used in the following projects:

* The [Bento standard model](https://github.com/CBIIT/bento-model)
* The [Integrated Canine Data Commons](https://caninecommons.cancer.gov)
* The [Clinical and Translational Data Commons](https://clinical.datacommons.cancer.gov/#/)
* The [Childhood Cancer Data Initiative](https://clinicalcommons.ccdi.cancer.gov/)
* The [Cancer Data Service](https://dataservice.datacommons.cancer.gov/#/home)

```{toctree}
:maxdepth: 1
:hidden:

example.ipynb
mdf.md
data_val.ipynb
mdf_tools.md
changelog.md
contributing.md
conduct.md
```