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[Suggestion] Connect to RO-Crate #121
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Based on several suggestions from collaborators, there is already a group discussing the reproducibility of workflow. They are especially focused on storing the meta data together with the workflow in one file format: https://github.com/ResearchObject/workflow-run-crate
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JaGeo commentedon Jun 6, 2025
@jan-janssen could you elaborate on the difference. To me, it seems to be driven by a different subset of the workflow community.
(Yes, would be great to connect)
jan-janssen commentedon Jun 6, 2025
As far as I understand it is basically a zip archive with a file for the meta data which also contains a list of files which are included in the archive and which specifications these files follow. Furthermore, there is the option to add more meta data like a related citation and so on. But this is my rough understanding, I also need to look into this in more detail.
JaGeo commentedon Jun 6, 2025
Thus, it is about an already executed workflow ?
jan-janssen commentedon Jun 6, 2025
Not necessarily, I could also imagine it being used to share workflow templates / recipes. But again, I am definitely no expert, we need some more information.
JaGeo commentedon Jun 6, 2025
Thanks! Sure!
joergfunger commentedon Jun 11, 2025
We've just tested it with nextflow and the plugin and there it is storing both the template for an execution as well as the actual run of a workflow, which are different entities as illustrated here, see under provenance crate the blue and red data structures. However, I'm not sure if you can directly extract only the recipe with a dry-run of the workflow, in particular I'm not sure if the logic e.g. dynamic if/while loops are integrated in the file format.
jan-janssen commentedon Jun 24, 2025
https://wfcommons.org - is another collection of workflow also based on the RO-Crate - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-025-04786-3