Computational workflows are invaluable resources for research communities. They help us standardise common analyses, collaborate with other researchers, and support reproducibility. Bioinformatics workflow developers invest significant time and expertise to create, share, and maintain these resources for the benefit of the wider community and being able to easily find and access workflows is an essential factor in their uptake by the community.
Increasingly, the research community is turning to workflow registries to find and access public workflows that can be applied to their research. Registries provide a central place to share and annotate workflows, directly supporting findability via the registry itself, and indirectly supporting findability by surfacing workflow information for search engines. Once a workflow is found the metadata standards of the registry support users to understand its purpose, and the ability to create workflow DOIs supports users to cite the workflows they reuse.
This session will start with an introduction to the concepts underlying workflow findability, how it can benefit workflow developers, and how you can make the most of workflow registries to share your computational workflows with the research community.The second half of the workshop is an optional co-working session where you will have the opportunity to register your own workflows in WorkflowHub with support from our team.
Lead trainer
Dr Johan Gustafsson, Community Engagement Manager, Australian BioCommons
Date / time
Tuesday 24 June 2025, 1-2.30pm AEST
Format
This interactive online session includes:
An introduction to the workflow registry WorkflowHub and live demo of workflow registration
An optional bring-your-own-workflow session, where you can get assistance registering your own workflow(s)
Opportunities to ask questions and provide feedback on the WorkflowHub platform
Expert trainers will be available to provide support during the workshop.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the workshop you should be able to:
Register with WorkflowHub
Create and join teams and spaces on WorkflowHub
Register workflows manually
Register workflows by importing from a GitHub repository
Maintain your workflows
Understand the workflow metadata that is most useful to maintain
Create a workflow DOI
Cite workflows
Who the workshop is for
The workshop is designed for anyone who is creating workflows, either via platforms like Galaxy Australia, or via the command line and regardless of the field you work in.
Some knowledge of GitHub will be beneficial, but is not critical.
How to join
This session is a special session of the BioCommons Workflow Community Meeting.
A Zoom link will be provided here closer to the date.
This event is part of a series of bioinformatics training events. If you'd like to hear when registrations open for other events, please subscribe to Australian BioCommons
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