The BioBricks Foundation:Standards/Technical

Active Technical Standards Projects

• Data exchange standards
• Technical Resources
• BBF WetLab Challenges
• Biobrick Formats

Possible New Technical Standards Projects

Comprehensive list of standards topics to consider working on (feel free to organize or add to this list). If you start working on a topic please move it to the list above, and start a new page, as appropriate:

• standard assembly for DNA, RNA, protein and parts (physical composition)
• standard formats (same as above?)
• DNA synthesis & construction standards
• standards for sharing information about parts via computer networks
• standards for defining parts / functional nomenclature
• standard ontology for parts (avoid reinventing the world, if appropriate)
• standards for defining function / behavior of parts (i.e., quantitative models)
• standards for defining qualitative functional descriptions (i.e., works, does not work)
• standards for support for searching (people-based, CAD-based)
• functional composition standards (e.g., signal carriers, signal levels, device timing)
• compatability / conflict standards (quantitative, degree)
• standards for the cellular environment, context, chassis (e.g., genotype, culture conditions)
• characterization standards (for experimental measurements, and reporting of experiments, e.g., promoters, RBSs, and many more)
• standards for defining the source of parts, uses of parts
• coordination with other standards setting organizations
• safety standards
• graphical / visual depiction standards
• standards for noting the current ownership status of a part (e.g., free)
• abstraction standards
• release status standards
• identification / signature standards