posted on 2023-01-03, 20:46authored byJeanet Mante, Julian Abam, Sai P. Samineni, Isabel M. Pötzsch, Jacob Beal, Chris J. Myers
Standards
support synthetic biology research by enabling the exchange
of component information. However, using formal representations, such
as the Synthetic Biology Open Language (SBOL), typically requires
either a thorough understanding of these standards or a suite of tools
developed in concurrence with the ontologies. Since these tools may
be a barrier for use by many practitioners, the Excel–SBOL
Converter was developed to facilitate the use of SBOL and integration
into existing workflows. The converter consists of two Python libraries:
one that converts Excel templates to SBOL and another that converts
SBOL to an Excel workbook. Both libraries can be used either directly
or via a SynBioHub plugin.