Research Object Crate
The key words “MUST”, “MUST NOT”, “SHOULD”, etc. are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119.
All nf-core pipelines MUST come with their own Research Object (RO) Crate.
Rationale
RO Crate is an open-source standard which we use to describe our pipelines and their components in a structured way and helps with automated provenance tracking.
Note
The RO Crate generated with nf-core/tools describes the pipeline as a whole, not pipeline runs. For that kind of provenance, use the new nf-prov plugin, which is currently in development.
More information can be found here.