gxformat2 Design Considerations#

Goals#

gxformat2 should be human readable and writable
gxformat2 should be able to be consumed by Galaxy without access to a Galaxy toolbox
gxformat2 should be convertible to Galaxy’s original workflow format without a Galaxy runtime
gxformat2 should align with workflows standards (and specifically the Common Workflow Langauge) when it is pratical
We will work on solidifying a version of gxformat2 called 19.09 that is compatible with the workflow models in Galaxy versions 19.09-24.1 and which can be fixed for older versions with just a gxformat2 dependency upgrade. At some point in the future there will be a new a version for implementation ideas the require changes to the Galaxy model.

John will fill out comments on specific issues here once the goals are merged on. Comments will come in as PRs with pings.