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Workflow Execution Service (WES) API

This repository is the home for the schema for the GA4GH Workflow Execution Service API. The Goal of the API is to provide a standardized way to submit and manage workflows described in a workflow language (eg. WDL, CWL, Nextflow, Galaxy, Snakemake) against an execution backend.

See the human-readable Reference Documentation You can also explore the specification in the Swagger Editor** Manually load the JSON if working from a non-develop branch version. Preview documentation from the gh-openapi-docs for the development branch here

All documentation and pages hosted at ‘ga4gh.github.io/workflow-execution-service’ reflect the latest API release from the master branch. To monitor the latest development work, add ‘preview/<branch>’ to the URLs above (e.g., ‘ ga4gh.github.io/ga4gh.github.io/workflow-execution-service/preview/<branch>/docs’). To view the latest stable development API specification, refer to the develop branch.

The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health is an international coalition, formed to enable the sharing of genomic and clinical data.

Cloud Work Stream

The Cloud Work Stream helps the genomics and health communities take full advantage of modern cloud environments. Our initial focus is on “bringing the algorithms to the data”, by creating standards for defining, sharing, and executing portable workflows.

We work with platform development partners and industry leaders to develop standards that will facilitate interoperability.

What is WES?

The Workflow Execution Service API describes a standard programmatic way to run and manage workflows. Having this standard API supported by multiple execution engines will let people run the same workflow using various execution platforms running on various clouds/environments. Key features include:

Use Cases

Use cases include:

Starter Kit

If you are a future implementor or would like to start using a WES API locally you can try the GA4GH WES Starter Kit. This project provides a fully functioning WES API written in java and allows you to run workflows using the Nextflow workflow language.

Possible Future Enhancements

How to Contribute Changes

See CONTRIBUTING.md.

If a security issue is identified with the specification, please send an email to security-notification@ga4gh.org detailing your concerns.

License

See the LICENSE.

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