On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Peter <peter(a)maubp.freeserve.co.uk> 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