Making Canonical Workflow Building Blocks interoperable across workflow languages

• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4602855
• Publication Date: 2021-03-13
• Authors: Stian Soiland‐Reyes; Genís Bayarri; Pau Andrio; R. E. Long; Douglas Lowe; Ania Niewielska; Adam Hospital
• Keywords: Workflow Management Coalition

Extended abstract, submitted to Special issue on Canonical Workflow Frameworks for Research in the journal Data Intelligence.<br/>We here introduce the concept of Canonical Workflow Building Blocks (CWBB), a methodology of describing and wrapping computational tools, in order for them to be utilized in a reproducible manner from multiple workflow languages and execution platforms. We argue such practice is a necessary requirement for FAIR Computational Workflows [Goble 2020] to improve widespread adoption and reuse of a computational method across workflow language barriers.<br/>