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Editorial
. 2022 Mar 24;18(3):e1009823.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009823. eCollection 2022 Mar.

Ten simple rules for making a software tool workflow-ready

Paul Brack  1 , Peter Crowther  2 , Stian Soiland-Reyes  1   3 , Stuart Owen  1 , Douglas Lowe  4 , Alan R Williams  1 , Quentin Groom  5 , Mathias Dillen  5 , Frederik Coppens  6   7 , Björn Grüning  8 , Ignacio Eguinoa  6   7 , Philip Ewels  9 , Carole Goble  1
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Ten simple rules for making a software tool workflow-ready

Paul Brack et al. PLoS Comput Biol. .
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Fig 1
Fig 1. An analytical tool can be adapted for both automated execution and user interaction by refactoring the graphical and command line interfaces as separate modules that use the analytical algorithms as a common library.
Such separation can also support a REST API, which can be used for both automation and interactive web interfaces.
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