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Tristan Glatard1, Gregory Kiar2,3, Tristan Aumentado-Armstrong2,3
1Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
Gigascience
|May 3, 2018
Summary
Boutiques is a new system for managing command-line applications across platforms. It enhances computational reproducibility and promotes open science through standardized software containers and integration tools.
Area of Science:
- Computational Science
- Bioinformatics
- Software Engineering
Background:
- Integrating command-line applications into computational platforms is complex and often leads to redundancy.
- Ensuring computational reproducibility requires standardized methods for application deployment and execution.
- Existing systems lack a unified approach for managing diverse scientific software.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce Boutiques, a system designed for the automated publishing, integration, and execution of command-line applications.
- To provide a flexible framework using JSON-described software containers for application management.
- To enhance the usability and reproducibility of computational tools in research.
Main Methods:
- Developed Boutiques, a system with core tools for application construction, validation, import, execution, and publishing.
- Utilized software containers described in a JSON language for application packaging.
- Integrated Boutiques with multiple virtual research platforms.
Main Results:
- Boutiques successfully automates the management of command-line applications.
- Dozens of neuroinformatics applications have been described using the Boutiques framework.
- The system is supported by several distinct virtual research platforms.
Conclusions:
- Boutiques improves application integration quality and reduces redundant efforts in computational science.
- The system contributes significantly to computational reproducibility and fosters Open Science principles.
- Boutiques offers a scalable solution for managing and deploying scientific software across diverse platforms.
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