@article {1169,
	title = {dot-app: a {Graphviz}-{Cytoscape} conversion plug-in},
	journal = {F1000Research},
	volume = {5},
	year = {2016},
	pages = {2543},
	abstract = {dot-app is a Cytoscape 3 app that allows Cytoscape to import and export Graphviz (*.dot, *.gv) files, also known as DOT files due to the *.dot extension and their conformance to the DOT language syntax. The DOT format was originally created in the early 2000s to represent graph topologies, layouts and formatting. DOT-encoded files are produced and consumed by a number of open-source graph applications, including GraphViz, Gephi, neato, smyrna, and others. While DOT-based graph applications are popular, they emphasize general graph layout and styling over the topological and semantic analysis functions available in domain-focused applications such as Cytoscape. While domain-focused applications have easy access to large networks (10,000 to 100,000 nodes) and advanced analysis and formatting, they do not offer all of the styling options that DOT-based applications (particularly GraphViz) do. dot-app enables the interchange of networks between Cytoscape and DOT-based applications so that users can benefit from the features of both. dot-app was first deployed to the Cytoscape App Store in August 2015, has since registered more than 1,200 downloads, and has been highly rated by more than 20 users.},
	keywords = {attribute conversion, Cytoscape, Data visualization, DOT, export, format conversion, GraphViz, import, Network},
	doi = {10.12688/f1000research.9751.1},
	author = {Fitts, Braxton and Zhang, Ziran and Maher, Massoud and Demchak, Barry}
}
