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  • Software Engineering
  • Scientific Computing

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  • Scientific applications often lack standardized organization, hindering discoverability and reproducibility.
  • Existing formats struggle to consistently expose metadata, environments, and executables.
  • There is a need for a modular and discoverable format for scientific software.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce the Scientific Filesystem (SCIF) as an organizational format for scientific applications.
  • To enhance the discoverability, modularity, and reproducibility of scientific software.
  • To facilitate easier interaction and understanding of scientific applications for users.

Main Methods:

  • Defined a filesystem structure with specific environment variables for metadata and executables.
  • Developed functions for generating variables and interacting with SCIF components.
  • Implemented SCIF within container technologies like Docker and Singularity.
  • Demonstrated utility through various use cases and integration with Singularity software.

Main Results:

  • SCIF enables consistent exposure of metadata, environments, installation steps, and entry points.
  • SCIF is installable on traditional hosts and container technologies.
  • Use cases demonstrate improved user interaction and understanding of scientific applications.
  • SCIF, within reproducible containers, serves as a recipe for reproducibility and introspection.

Conclusions:

  • SCIF simplifies the process of making scientific applications modular and discoverable.
  • The format promotes self-documenting and programmatically parseable scientific work for enhanced reproducibility.
  • SCIF offers a new paradigm for scientific software development by abstracting programming languages and packaging logic.