Introduction

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The Systems Biology Format Converter (SBFC) aims to provide a generic framework to convert a Systems Biology model format into another. Interoperability between formats is a recurring issue in Systems Biology. Although there are several tools available to convert models from one format to another, most of them have been independently developed and/or cannot be easily combined. 

 The framework is written in Java and can be used as a standalone executable or as web service. The first release of SBFC supports conversion from SBML to BioPAX Level 2 and Level3, Matlab, Octave, XPP, and Dot. SBFC also supports conversions between different levels/versions or model annotation of SBML models. 

SBFC is a collaborative project and we hope that developers will provide support for more formats by creating new converter modules.

- The home page for SBFC is: http://sbfc.sourceforge.net .

- SBFC can be downloaded here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/sbfc .

- A mailing-list is also available for developers at sbfc-...@googlegroups.com .

- Bugs can be reported at this page: https://sourceforge.net/p/sbfc/bugs/ .

- For general discussion about SBFC, please use this forum.