Introduction
============

**pySBOL3** provides Python interfaces and their implementation for
`Synthetic Biology Open Language (SBOL)
<https://sbolstandard.org/>`_. The current version of pySBOL3
implements `SBOL 3.0
<https://sbolstandard.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/SBOL3.0specification.pdf>`_. The
module provides an API to work with SBOL objects, and the ability to
read and write SBOL version 3 files in a variety of RDF formats.
pySBOL3 supports Python 3.7 or later. pySBOL3 does not support
Python 2. pySBOL3 is made freely available under the `Apache 2.0
license <https://www.apache.org/licenses/>`_.

To install, go to the `installation <installation.html>`_ page.

* The source code of pySBOL3 is available on `GitHub
  <https://github.com/SynBioDex/pysbol3>`_.
* Any problems or feature requests for pySBOL2 should be reported on
  the `GitHub issue tracker
  <https://github.com/SynBioDex/pysbol3/issues>`_.

pySBOL3 is brought to you by `Bryan Bartley
<https://github.com/bbartley>`_, `Tom Mitchell
<https://github.com/tcmitchell>`_, and SBOL Developers.

Development has been supported by the NSF through the `Synthetic
Biology Open Language Resource
<http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1355909>`_
collaborative award.

Development has been supported under the DARPA `Synergistic Discovery
& Design (SD2)
<https://www.darpa.mil/program/synergistic-discovery-and-design>`_
Program under Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) contract
#FA875017CO184.

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