On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Peter <peter(a)maubp.freeserve.co.uk&gt; wrote: > 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 > Alex Bossers replied on the BLAST+ thread to express interest in sharing definitions between wrapper XML files: http://lists.bx.psu.edu/pipermail/galaxy-dev/2010-September/003376.html As I add more parameters to my BLAST+ wrappers, keeping all the files in sync is getting a bit tedious... Peter