SBML Test Suite

Note: only the test cases and the Online SBML Test Suite are available at this time.
Version 2.0.0, released 6 June 2011
Sarah M. Keating, Michael Hucka, Lucian Smith and Kimberly Begley

The SBML Test Suite is a conformance testing system for SBML. It allows developers and users to test the degree and correctness of SBML support provided in an SBML-compatible software package.

Components and facilities

The current SBML Test Suite consists of the following components:

• A collection of SBML models, together with expected time-series simulation outputs, that can be used to test interpretation of SBML model semantics. The set of test cases can be downloaded as a complete archive, or a subset of selected tests can be obtained using the online portion of the Test Suite.
• An online facility for evaluating the results of running the simulation test cases.

An alpha-test version of a standalone application for running the SBML Test Suite was made available in the past, and is currently being redesigned. A new version will be released in the future.

Getting started

If you want to test an application that can be controlled via a command-line interface, in the future, you will be able to download and use a forthcoming standalone version of the SBML Test Suite. At this time, and if the software you're testing doesn't have a command-line interface, or you simply prefer to work with the web-based system, you can use the online version of the Test Suite.