Common Workflow Language reference implementation modernization- Making cwltool and schema-salad, Microsoft Windows compatible and providing complete Python 3 support for cwltool and schema-salad
- Mentors
- Anton Khodak, Michael Crusoe, Janneke van der Zwaan
- Organization
- Open Bioinformatics Foundation
Cwltool is a reference implementation of the Common Workflow Language. It provides comprehensive validation of CWL files and include tools related to working with CWL.
CWL is a specification which is used to describe command line tools and workflows, providing benefits like flexibility, scalability and portability.
Currently cwltool is developed for Linux and OS X and not for Windows Operating System.
Also, cwltool and schema-salad targets python 2.7.
The aim of this proposal is to enhance cross platform compatibility and usability of cwltool and schema-salad by:
- Migrating to complete Python2+3 support for cwltool and schema-salad.
- Extending cwltool support to Microsoft Windows Operating System.