Just a minute ago, I accidentally discovered Workflowhub (https://about.workflowhub.eu/) when browsing through a few Nanopubs. I was not aware of this repository.
A first thought: "Yet another repository to register #FAIR materials? Seriously?" Then again, I am all in favour of #reproducibleComputing and want to see more of it.
On the other hand: transparency in our work is central to the #OpenScience idea. NOT cluttering a file space so that we can be transparent in our work is paramount.
Lately, we have seen #nanopub, #ROcrates, and apparently WorkflowHub, too. (This is by no means a comprehensive list.) I wonder: Are we getting too many solutions to keep up-to-date? Are we risking frightening young researchers with the high standards we are setting? We are by no means where we want to be in terms of #transparency and #reproducibility in research, or are we?
Note, that I understand how competing systems and tool sets arise. Still, my nonrhetorical questions (1 & 2) stand.
@rupdecat in the Galaxy world we've spent a considerable amount of time working on integration with #WorkflowHub, TRS-based discovery and supporting RO-Crate standards over the last four years or so, and would like to say that it was time well invested.
Our @gtn training material uses WFs registered at WorkflowHub in many tutorials and all our https://iwc.galaxyproject.org/ workflows are automatically registered there, too. @nf_core does the same since about two years.
It's true that sometimes these things feel like yet another service you need to be aware of, but this one is definitely worth it.