Hi all,
I'm wondering if there is any established way to share parameter
definitions between tool wrapper XML files?
For example, I am currently working on NCBI BLAST+ wrappers, and these
tools have a lot in common. For example, the output format option will
be a select parameter, and it will be the same for blastn, blastp,
tblastn, etc. I can just cut and paste the definition but this seems
inelegant and will be a long term maintenance burden if it ever needs
updating (lots of places would need to be updated the same way). I'd
like to have a shared XML snippet defining this parameter which I
could then reference/include from each tool wrapper than needs it.
I'm thinking of something like XML's <!ENTITY ...> might work. Is this possible?
Peter