title: A Validator and Converter for the Synthetic Biology Open Language.
abstract: This paper presents a new validation and conversion utility for the Synthetic Biology Open Language (SBOL). This utility can be accessed directly in software using the libSBOLj library, through a web interface, or using a web service via RESTful API calls. The validator checks all required and best practice rules set forth in the SBOL specification document, and it reports back to the user the location within the document of any errors found. The converter is capable of translating from/to SBOL 1, GenBank, and FASTA formats to/from SBOL 2. The SBOL Validator/Converter utility is released freely and open source under the Apache 2.0 license. The online version of the validator/converter utility can be found here: http://www.async.ece.utah.edu/sbol-validator/ . The source code for the validator/converter can be found here: http://github.com/SynBioDex/SBOL-Validator/ .
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah , 36 S. Wasatch Drive, SMBB Room 3100, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States.
authors.forename: Zach
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-1355-6721
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zundel
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah , 50 S. Central Campus Drive, MEB Room 2110, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States.
authors.forename: Meher
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Samineni
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Florida , 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, ENB 118, Tampa, Florida 33620, United States.
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah , 50 S. Central Campus Drive, MEB Room 2110, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States.
authors.forename: Chris J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Myers
mesh_terms: D030561:Databases, Nucleic Acid; D012984:Software; D058615:Synthetic Biology / Q000379:methods*
keywords: FASTA; GenBank; SBOL; conversion; genetic design automation; standards; validation