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This standard is general so it will be easy  to extend in the future.  For example, it should be easy to add specific information for negators and promotors by making a new standard which extends the current standards in such a way that it provides all information needed.
This standard is general so it will be easy  to extend in the future.  For example, it should be easy to add specific information for negators and promotors by making a new standard which extends the current standards in such a way that it provides all information needed.
<html><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Image:BBF_RFC_52.pdf">RFC 52 final version</a></html>
<html><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Image:BBF_RFC_52.pdf">RFC 52 final version</a></html>
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===Information Standard===
 
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Information [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard standards] are required to save information in such a way that it is easily readable. In other industries we already see a lot of standardized documents. Take for example electrical chips where every chip is documented in exactly the same manner or the internet standards from the Internet Engineering Task Force.
 
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At this moment there does not yet exist a standard which specifies what information needs to be stored with a BioBrick part. So our team took the initiative to build an information standard for BioBrick parts.
 
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A standard needs to be registered at a standards office. Then it will receive a number under which its content can be seen. In this case the BioBrick Foundation maintains the standards and the BioBrick Foundation standards are called BBF RFC. RFCs are Request For Comments.
 
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Reasons to build a new standard were that the information which could be obtained from the partsregistry is in many cases very limited. This standard will try to improve the information in such a way that no contact is needed when you want to use a BioBrick part/device. However the user needs to use the standard himself to really document it the way the standard suggests.
 
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Possibilities which will arise after such an information standard are that it will be easier to build a database because there is already a lot of information available. At the moment the information specified with parts are to inadequate to use in a database.
 
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Click [[Team:Groningen/create_desc]] to build the information which you can use for the parts registry builded according standard <nowiki>BBF RFC 52</nowiki>
 
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Furthermore you can click [[Team:Groningen/search here]] to search the already submitted information
 
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[[http://igem.eagleconnect.nl/BBF_RFC_52.doc RFC 52 final version]]
 
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'''Future extensions'''
 
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Due to the fact that this is more a general standard which allows to specify information for all the BioBrick parts, specific information for promotors, negators and other specialized BioBrick parts isn't provided in this standard. The standard can be extended very easily by requesting a new one, and replacing the relevant sections of the standard
 

Revision as of 19:48, 24 October 2010


Information Standards

An information standard for BioBricks is needed to provide the specified information in a standardized layout, which improves the quality of information and reduces the chance of forgetting information. In many industries we already see such standards, however such a standard doesn't exist yet in synthetic biology. It was our purpose to build a standard which easily allows improvement the documentation for BioBricks which are published on the partsregistry.


An standard has to be published at a standardization office. The standardization office for synthetic biology is the BioBrick Foundation. They assigned us standard number 52 and can be referred to as BBF RFC 52.

Reasons to design such an information standard is that the information on the partsregistry is often brief and often insufficient. We would like to see more information available and we hope it will be more easily searchable. This way it will be easier to determine if a BioBrick is suitable for the purposes you are looking for.


Our standard is based on the currently available information in the Partsregistry and by thinking about which information is important and relevant for all BioBricks.


Future work This standard is general so it will be easy to extend in the future. For example, it should be easy to add specific information for negators and promotors by making a new standard which extends the current standards in such a way that it provides all information needed. RFC 52 final version

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