Sapporo-service

Sapporo-service provides a unified execution layer that runs bioinformatics workflows written in Common Workflow Language, Workflow Description Language, Snakemake, and Nextflow, enabling interoperable execution across platforms through the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) Workflow Execution Service (WES) API.

Key Features:

• Unified Workflow Execution Layer: Implements a standardized API conforming to the GA4GH Workflow Execution Service (WES) specification to enable execution of workflows across heterogeneous platforms.
• Support for Multiple Workflow Languages: Executes workflows authored in Common Workflow Language (CWL), Workflow Description Language (WDL), Snakemake, and Nextflow.
• Extensible and Scalable Architecture: Provides an extensible architecture to add support for new workflow languages and a scalable design for high-throughput, large-scale genomic analyses.

Scientific Applications:

• High-throughput DNA sequencing analysis: Runs workflows for processing and analyzing high-throughput DNA sequencing data in genomics.
• Large-scale genomic analyses: Enables scalable execution of computationally intensive pipelines for large-scale genomic studies.
• Workflow sharing and reproducibility: Facilitates sharing, reuse, and reproducible execution of workflows across research groups and computational environments.

Methodology:

Receives workflow execution requests via its API, orchestrates execution of workflows in supported languages, and adheres to the GA4GH WES API for interoperability.