[BBF Standards] Notes from Saturday Afternoon Workshop Discussion on White Board

[Vincent Rouilly]

Hi All,

alongside the development of a data model for BioBrick parts, would  
it be useful to work on a series of test cases to evaluate each  
aspect of the standard.

Those test cases could be designed independently of the data model,  
with only in mind the practical and functional requirements.
Then, those test cases would be used to challenge the proposed data  
model to make sure that it fulfills our needs.

In terms of methodology, it would be very close to what engineers use  
when doing unit testing.

Later, those same test cases could also be useful to assess the  
degree of compliance of a given implementation with regards to the  
agreed standard.

At this point in time, I am not too sure about the structure to  
adopt, any ideas ?
For now I can only imagine 3 main categories:

I/ Data Entry test cases:
ex:  each BB should should have a unique ID, or list of required/ 
optinal fields.

II /Search test cases:
ex: return all BB being a constitutive promoter in E.Coli, or return  
all composite sequences having a specific BB

III/ Data Flow and Data Exchange test cases:

Environment 1:  1 Person /  N Parts / 1 Registry
- ...

Environment 2:  X Persons /  N Parts / 1 Registry
- ...

Environment 3:  X Persons /  N Parts / M Registries
- Registry 1 wants to import n1 parts from Registry 2

best,

Vincent.


On 28 Apr 2008, at 15:41, Raik Gruenberg wrote:

> Hi Drew,
>
> this was more of an appetizer, we are in the process of preparing a  
> better draft. In brief, the data model will provide a  (1)  
> *minimal* description of a Biobrick and the DNA contained in an  
> actual Sample and (2) a way to group Biobricks into families.
> The idea is to lay the foundation but leave things open for  
> extension with more specialized vocabulary and data.
>
> stay tuned...
> Greetings,
> Raik
>
> On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Drew Endy <endy at mit.edu> wrote:
> Mike,
>
> Could you provide a one paragraph narrative summary of what the
> purpose of this standard is?  Something that would help frame or
> direct any comments or discussion?  Also, where there any specific
> questions or issues that came up that you would like feedback on?
>
> Thanks,
> Drew
>
>
>
> On Apr 27, 2008, at 2:22 PM, Michal Galdzicki wrote:
>
> > Attached is a pdf of a data model, which was discussed as a group.
> > Please make comments and discuss.
> > mike galdzicki
> > <BioBrock proposed data
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