A decade of SBOL Visual: growing adoption of a diagram standard for engineering biology
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2025
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| author | Buecherl, Lukas Buson, Felipe X. Sørensen, Georgie Hau Vitalis, Carolus Kubaczka, Erik Vidal, Gonzalo Bartley, Bryan Ho, Yan-Kay Mısırlı, Göksel Gorochowski, Thomas E. Beal, Jacob Myers, Chris J. Vaidyanathan, Prashant |
| author_facet | Buecherl, Lukas Buson, Felipe X. Sørensen, Georgie Hau Vitalis, Carolus Kubaczka, Erik Vidal, Gonzalo Bartley, Bryan Ho, Yan-Kay Mısırlı, Göksel Gorochowski, Thomas E. Beal, Jacob Myers, Chris J. Vaidyanathan, Prashant |
| contents | Standards play a crucial role in ensuring consistency, interoperability, and efficiency of communication across various disciplines. In the field of synthetic biology, the Synthetic Biology Open Language (SBOL) Visual standard was introduced in 2013 to establish a structured framework for visually representing genetic designs. Over the past decade, SBOL Visual has evolved from a simple set of 21 glyphs into a comprehensive diagrammatic language for biological designs. This perspective reflects on the first ten years of SBOL Visual, tracing its evolution from inception to version 3.0. We examine the standard's adoption over time, highlighting its growing use in scientific publications, the development of supporting visualization tools, and ongoing efforts to enhance clarity and accessibility in communicating genetic design information. While trends in adoption show steady increases, achieving full compliance and use of best practices will require additional efforts. Looking ahead, the continued refinement of SBOL Visual and broader community engagement will be essential to ensuring its long-term value as the field of synthetic biology develops. |
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| spellingShingle | A decade of SBOL Visual: growing adoption of a diagram standard for engineering biology Buecherl, Lukas Buson, Felipe X. Sørensen, Georgie Hau Vitalis, Carolus Kubaczka, Erik Vidal, Gonzalo Bartley, Bryan Ho, Yan-Kay Mısırlı, Göksel Gorochowski, Thomas E. Beal, Jacob Myers, Chris J. Vaidyanathan, Prashant Other Quantitative Biology Standards play a crucial role in ensuring consistency, interoperability, and efficiency of communication across various disciplines. In the field of synthetic biology, the Synthetic Biology Open Language (SBOL) Visual standard was introduced in 2013 to establish a structured framework for visually representing genetic designs. Over the past decade, SBOL Visual has evolved from a simple set of 21 glyphs into a comprehensive diagrammatic language for biological designs. This perspective reflects on the first ten years of SBOL Visual, tracing its evolution from inception to version 3.0. We examine the standard's adoption over time, highlighting its growing use in scientific publications, the development of supporting visualization tools, and ongoing efforts to enhance clarity and accessibility in communicating genetic design information. While trends in adoption show steady increases, achieving full compliance and use of best practices will require additional efforts. Looking ahead, the continued refinement of SBOL Visual and broader community engagement will be essential to ensuring its long-term value as the field of synthetic biology develops. |
| title | A decade of SBOL Visual: growing adoption of a diagram standard for engineering biology |
| topic | Other Quantitative Biology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.04601 |