CWL 2 DataCite

CWL 2 DataCite is a Transpiler-Mate plugin that converts metadata from a Common Workflow Language (CWL) document into JSON targeting version 4.6 of the DataCite Metadata Schema.

DataCite 4.6 is the plugin's current conversion target. Compatibility with earlier or later DataCite schema versions is not implied.

Usage

Install the package, then invoke the plugin through the Transpiler-Mate CLI:

pip install cwl2datacite
transpiler-mate cwl2datacite workflow.cwl --output datacite.json

The output path defaults to datacite.json.

Project conventions

This project is templated a Hatch-based Python package with:

• Apache-2.0 license
• Keep a Changelog-compatible CHANGELOG.md
• Diátaxis documentation under docs/
• top-level mkdocs.yaml
• Taskfile integration with Terradue/taskfile-utils
• GitHub Actions CI

Documentation

Project documentation is published at: https://Transpiler-Mate.github.io/cwl2datacite/

Contribute

Submit a Github issue if you have comments or suggestions.

Local quality checks

Install Hatch and Taskfiles then install the Git hook:

task quality:pre-commit:install

Every commit runs Ruff (including the configured McCabe complexity limit), Ruff formatting, strict mypy checks, and the pytest suite.

Run the complete hook explicitly with:

task quality:pre-commit:run

License