diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 92cddf13d11f7e47f1d363448ec6b79298dd6b23..be7ca6b87212fcff4299e5b3f179543bb0bef44c 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
 Package: sybilSBML
 Type: Package
-Title: SBML Integration in Package sybil
-Version: 2.0.8
-Date: 2014-05-21
-Authors@R: c(person("Gabriel", "Gelius-Dietrich", role = c("aut", "cre"), email = "geliudie@uni-duesseldorf.de"),
+Title: SBML Integration in Package Sybil
+Version: 2.0.9
+Date: 2015-07-03
+Authors@R: c(person(c("C.", "Jonathan"), "Fritzemeier", role = c("cre", "ctb"), email = "clausjonathan.fritzemeier@uni-duesseldorf.de"),
+			 person("Gabriel", "Gelius-Dietrich", role = c("aut")),
              person("Deya", "Alzoubi", role = "ctb"))
 Maintainer: Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich <geliudie@uni-duesseldorf.de>
 Depends: R (>= 2.14.2), Matrix, sybil (>= 1.2.4)
 Imports: methods
-Description: SBML (Systems Biology Markup Language) integration in sybil
-License: GPL-3
+Description: SBML (Systems Biology Markup Language) integration in sybil. Many constraint based metabolic models are published in SBML format (*.xml). Herewith is the ability to read and check SBML files in sybil provided.
+License: GPL-3 | file LICENSE
 LazyLoad: yes
 Collate: generics.R sbmlPtrClass.R sbmlErrorClass.R sybilSBML.R
         uglyHack.R readSBMLmod.R zzz.R
 Packaged: 2014-05-21 07:11:55 UTC; gabriel
-Author: Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich [aut, cre],
+Author: C. Jonathan Fritzemeier [cre, ctb],
+  Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich [aut],
   Deya Alzoubi [ctb]
 NeedsCompilation: yes
 Repository: CRAN
-Date/Publication: 2014-05-21 10:15:25
diff --git a/inst/NEWS.Rd b/inst/NEWS.Rd
index cb95f8e3e94e844dd849fdfd63c9c9eb03eeb05f..719fe82c674cbc6e5029696ed37fd7adcd7769f0 100644
--- a/inst/NEWS.Rd
+++ b/inst/NEWS.Rd
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@
 
 \newcommand{\CRANpkg}{\href{http://CRAN.R-project.org/package=#1}{\pkg{#1}}}
 
+% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- %
+\section{Changes in version 2.0.9 2015-07-03}{
+  \itemize{
+    \item Changed Maintainer.
+  }
+}
+
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- %
 \section{Changes in version 2.0.8 2014-05-21}{
   \itemize{
diff --git a/man/closeSBMLfile.Rd b/man/closeSBMLfile.Rd
index a2364ad14dab678d4005336a72e3761cd504ac8c..9de05dadd49cd8449056b6850af49f00016f4466 100644
--- a/man/closeSBMLfile.Rd
+++ b/man/closeSBMLfile.Rd
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@
   880--881.
 }
 
-\author{Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich}
+\author{
+  Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich <geliudie@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+
+  Maintainer: Claus Jonathan Fritzemeier <clausjonathan.fritzemeier@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+}
+
 
 \seealso{
   \code{\link{openSBMLfile}}, \code{\linkS4class{sbmlPtr}}
diff --git a/man/delSBMLmodel.Rd b/man/delSBMLmodel.Rd
index b65ff86bb793756448a53b13e8832e37a3499076..1bc65b45ad56d404a617029cc78e953f2427faad 100644
--- a/man/delSBMLmodel.Rd
+++ b/man/delSBMLmodel.Rd
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@
   880--881.
 }
 
-\author{Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich}
+\author{
+  Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich <geliudie@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+
+  Maintainer: Claus Jonathan Fritzemeier <clausjonathan.fritzemeier@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+}
+
 
 \seealso{
   \code{\link{getSBMLmodel}}, \code{\linkS4class{sbmlPtr}}
diff --git a/man/getSBMLCompartList.Rd b/man/getSBMLCompartList.Rd
index 37e9cdbc3429d54850cabfdccd878d8d4096e0b5..a1f30a8a41765f3a38e364d29f1f9574589f5105 100644
--- a/man/getSBMLCompartList.Rd
+++ b/man/getSBMLCompartList.Rd
@@ -46,7 +46,12 @@
   880--881.
 }
 
-\author{Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich}
+\author{
+  Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich <geliudie@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+
+  Maintainer: Claus Jonathan Fritzemeier <clausjonathan.fritzemeier@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+}
+
 
 \seealso{
   \code{\link{getSBMLmodel}}, \code{\linkS4class{sbmlPtr}}
diff --git a/man/getSBMLReactionsList.Rd b/man/getSBMLReactionsList.Rd
index 83dccf5637bb126cd231151993b87aa2045d8c56..a8bcc58027326e94a64738e120fee27b115a0157 100644
--- a/man/getSBMLReactionsList.Rd
+++ b/man/getSBMLReactionsList.Rd
@@ -120,7 +120,12 @@
   880--881.
 }
 
-\author{Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich}
+\author{
+  Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich <geliudie@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+
+  Maintainer: Claus Jonathan Fritzemeier <clausjonathan.fritzemeier@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+}
+
 
 \seealso{
   \code{\link{getSBMLmodel}}, \code{\linkS4class{sbmlPtr}}
diff --git a/man/getSBMLSpeciesList.Rd b/man/getSBMLSpeciesList.Rd
index cd7613790fe64d1eeea987b15c91609d6272b2fe..82e54d98b01739ce5b835988718efccf536d07b8 100644
--- a/man/getSBMLSpeciesList.Rd
+++ b/man/getSBMLSpeciesList.Rd
@@ -55,7 +55,12 @@
   880--881.
 }
 
-\author{Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich}
+\author{
+  Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich <geliudie@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+
+  Maintainer: Claus Jonathan Fritzemeier <clausjonathan.fritzemeier@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+}
+
 
 \seealso{
   \code{\link{getSBMLmodel}}, \code{\linkS4class{sbmlPtr}}
diff --git a/man/getSBMLerrors.Rd b/man/getSBMLerrors.Rd
index daff21c67365f8ed8a920d47eca5a2f38a94e41a..458d0dccd0b9527d774048b758d2fd33922bca2b 100644
--- a/man/getSBMLerrors.Rd
+++ b/man/getSBMLerrors.Rd
@@ -60,7 +60,12 @@
   880--881.
 }
 
-\author{Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich}
+\author{
+  Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich <geliudie@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+
+  Maintainer: Claus Jonathan Fritzemeier <clausjonathan.fritzemeier@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+}
+
 
 \seealso{
   \code{\link{openSBMLfile}}, \code{\link{validateSBMLdocument}},
diff --git a/man/getSBMLlevel.Rd b/man/getSBMLlevel.Rd
index c9d212ca2799c731ffa2e34f9dad473a70a7eecc..12364e23e4c74860f6d42918512b42575bb1ef4f 100644
--- a/man/getSBMLlevel.Rd
+++ b/man/getSBMLlevel.Rd
@@ -28,7 +28,12 @@
   880--881.
 }
 
-\author{Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich}
+\author{
+  Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich <geliudie@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+
+  Maintainer: Claus Jonathan Fritzemeier <clausjonathan.fritzemeier@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+}
+
 
 \seealso{
   \code{\link{openSBMLfile}}, \code{\linkS4class{sbmlPtr}}
diff --git a/man/getSBMLmodId.Rd b/man/getSBMLmodId.Rd
index f6dd2257b98604dc0996986e1c238a71825e05df..cae6da3bd2706bd3014e33105d06722a5cd5898c 100644
--- a/man/getSBMLmodId.Rd
+++ b/man/getSBMLmodId.Rd
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@
   880--881.
 }
 
-\author{Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich}
+\author{
+  Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich <geliudie@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+
+  Maintainer: Claus Jonathan Fritzemeier <clausjonathan.fritzemeier@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+}
+
 
 \seealso{
   \code{\link{getSBMLmodel}}, \code{\linkS4class{sbmlPtr}}
diff --git a/man/getSBMLmodName.Rd b/man/getSBMLmodName.Rd
index 80658718da397c0d51a8d07d1ea6e414d2ab86fe..1f1bfd6a6c9cec077cf17c6b7aec7c05bedcd557 100644
--- a/man/getSBMLmodName.Rd
+++ b/man/getSBMLmodName.Rd
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@
   880--881.
 }
 
-\author{Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich}
+\author{
+  Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich <geliudie@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+
+  Maintainer: Claus Jonathan Fritzemeier <clausjonathan.fritzemeier@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+}
+
 
 \seealso{
   \code{\link{getSBMLmodel}}, \code{\linkS4class{sbmlPtr}}
diff --git a/man/getSBMLmodel.Rd b/man/getSBMLmodel.Rd
index b623a7cc60eb02c4fd324f6630fb46197c9c0ca7..144025094d90906b0914834c26e621234ee018c2 100644
--- a/man/getSBMLmodel.Rd
+++ b/man/getSBMLmodel.Rd
@@ -31,7 +31,12 @@
   880--881.
 }
 
-\author{Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich}
+\author{
+  Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich <geliudie@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+
+  Maintainer: Claus Jonathan Fritzemeier <clausjonathan.fritzemeier@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+}
+
 
 \seealso{
   \code{\link{openSBMLfile}}, \code{\linkS4class{sbmlPtr}}
diff --git a/man/getSBMLnumCompart.Rd b/man/getSBMLnumCompart.Rd
index 931438bcca30856b8e829dc34eeb20c9225cea00..3895390cb3b50a99e23d51c7446da03ed97a1a5b 100644
--- a/man/getSBMLnumCompart.Rd
+++ b/man/getSBMLnumCompart.Rd
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@
   880--881.
 }
 
-\author{Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich}
+\author{
+  Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich <geliudie@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+
+  Maintainer: Claus Jonathan Fritzemeier <clausjonathan.fritzemeier@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+}
+
 
 \seealso{
   \code{\link{getSBMLmodel}}, \code{\linkS4class{sbmlPtr}}
diff --git a/man/getSBMLnumReactions.Rd b/man/getSBMLnumReactions.Rd
index 9dfd5a514e588db34bd5ecb5c87c6921944873c9..71917e7ac047860f56fbb0f1e90adbad238f623e 100644
--- a/man/getSBMLnumReactions.Rd
+++ b/man/getSBMLnumReactions.Rd
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@
   880--881.
 }
 
-\author{Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich}
+\author{
+  Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich <geliudie@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+
+  Maintainer: Claus Jonathan Fritzemeier <clausjonathan.fritzemeier@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+}
+
 
 \seealso{
   \code{\link{getSBMLmodel}}, \code{\linkS4class{sbmlPtr}}
diff --git a/man/getSBMLnumSpecies.Rd b/man/getSBMLnumSpecies.Rd
index f46cb26d4d1c573b3e84859b964c26375b6ae849..e627f181b9d87dd937ae2cd4723f9e3634139142 100644
--- a/man/getSBMLnumSpecies.Rd
+++ b/man/getSBMLnumSpecies.Rd
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@
   880--881.
 }
 
-\author{Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich}
+\author{
+  Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich <geliudie@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+
+  Maintainer: Claus Jonathan Fritzemeier <clausjonathan.fritzemeier@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+}
+
 
 \seealso{
   \code{\link{getSBMLmodel}}, \code{\linkS4class{sbmlPtr}}
diff --git a/man/getSBMLunitDefinitionsList.Rd b/man/getSBMLunitDefinitionsList.Rd
index 285426afec67308a0579ab58bfd138db5253da51..3f81c324a2ae8b3144fdbdfd4c8d4dcd511f8625 100644
--- a/man/getSBMLunitDefinitionsList.Rd
+++ b/man/getSBMLunitDefinitionsList.Rd
@@ -61,7 +61,12 @@
   880--881.
 }
 
-\author{Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich}
+\author{
+  Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich <geliudie@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+
+  Maintainer: Claus Jonathan Fritzemeier <clausjonathan.fritzemeier@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+}
+
 
 \seealso{
   \code{\link{getSBMLmodel}}, \code{\linkS4class{sbmlPtr}}
diff --git a/man/getSBMLversion.Rd b/man/getSBMLversion.Rd
index 13c74672ade8eea65e4eca988e853abdd11ef206..5bc5cd66bcfa5cf0a44f3ff50329c7ab4d1e40cb 100644
--- a/man/getSBMLversion.Rd
+++ b/man/getSBMLversion.Rd
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@
   880--881.
 }
 
-\author{Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich}
+\author{
+  Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich <geliudie@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+
+  Maintainer: Claus Jonathan Fritzemeier <clausjonathan.fritzemeier@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+}
+
 
 \seealso{
   \code{\link{openSBMLfile}}, \code{\linkS4class{sbmlPtr}}
diff --git a/man/openSBMLfile.Rd b/man/openSBMLfile.Rd
index 194554f07679a04572bf026e23ce62df2e4e2d8d..d9196efd64dc84a8afb37387736d5a1b4ba44b76 100644
--- a/man/openSBMLfile.Rd
+++ b/man/openSBMLfile.Rd
@@ -32,7 +32,12 @@
   880--881.
 }
 
-\author{Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich}
+\author{
+  Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich <geliudie@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+
+  Maintainer: Claus Jonathan Fritzemeier <clausjonathan.fritzemeier@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+}
+
 
 \seealso{
   \code{\link{closeSBMLfile}}, \code{\linkS4class{sbmlPtr}}
diff --git a/man/readSBMLmod.Rd b/man/readSBMLmod.Rd
index 209d9f437c2ff59820fd8ea4d8e3ccba075ee294..5272130b7ea72ddacd80629dc88993bb4d99ebe1 100644
--- a/man/readSBMLmod.Rd
+++ b/man/readSBMLmod.Rd
@@ -192,9 +192,12 @@
 }
 
 \author{
-  Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich
+  Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich <geliudie@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+
+  Maintainer: Claus Jonathan Fritzemeier <clausjonathan.fritzemeier@uni-duesseldorf.de>
 }
 
+
 \note{
   The function \code{readSBMLmod} makes use of the library
   \code{libSBML} (\url{http://www.sbml.org}).
diff --git a/man/sbmlError-class.Rd b/man/sbmlError-class.Rd
index 1406da75c658acb3b998b7841de91c88f71d858a..63c626e45d115325aaf3a9be65799701f9d1413a 100644
--- a/man/sbmlError-class.Rd
+++ b/man/sbmlError-class.Rd
@@ -106,7 +106,12 @@
   }
 }
 
-\author{Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich}
+\author{
+  Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich <geliudie@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+
+  Maintainer: Claus Jonathan Fritzemeier <clausjonathan.fritzemeier@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+}
+
 
 \seealso{
   \code{\link{validateSBMLdocument}}, \code{\link{getSBMLerrors}}
diff --git a/man/sbmlPtr-class.Rd b/man/sbmlPtr-class.Rd
index bc8c2c4fcd99bc15bed639b0f3905ed6280ab0a3..9ad6e1355c11f967c5fb6c0def99040dc4e56f7f 100644
--- a/man/sbmlPtr-class.Rd
+++ b/man/sbmlPtr-class.Rd
@@ -103,7 +103,12 @@
   }
 }
 
-\author{Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich}
+\author{
+  Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich <geliudie@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+
+  Maintainer: Claus Jonathan Fritzemeier <clausjonathan.fritzemeier@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+}
+
 
 \seealso{
   \code{\link{openSBMLfile}}, \code{\link{getSBMLmodel}}
diff --git a/man/validateSBMLdocument.Rd b/man/validateSBMLdocument.Rd
index e447583d085db977da909d801cec7aced51d2e9a..6cb680e5680dd9dfdff5c19d72c8c5aca1fcca43 100644
--- a/man/validateSBMLdocument.Rd
+++ b/man/validateSBMLdocument.Rd
@@ -49,7 +49,12 @@
   880--881.
 }
 
-\author{Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich}
+\author{
+  Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich <geliudie@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+
+  Maintainer: Claus Jonathan Fritzemeier <clausjonathan.fritzemeier@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+}
+
 
 \seealso{
   \code{\link{readSBMLmod}}, \code{\link{openSBMLfile}},
diff --git a/man/versionLibSBML.Rd b/man/versionLibSBML.Rd
index 2b7b7c3621fd8e4c4d7a43e6552f60704074cee2..0abdf7d7b7846c7a16adf5dc39bae7cb2f9b7615 100644
--- a/man/versionLibSBML.Rd
+++ b/man/versionLibSBML.Rd
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
   880--881.
 }
 
-\author{Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich}
+\author{
+  Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich <geliudie@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+
+  Maintainer: Claus Jonathan Fritzemeier <clausjonathan.fritzemeier@uni-duesseldorf.de>
+}
+
 
 \keyword{ IO }