Capturing the "Whole Tale" of Computational Research: Reproducibility in Computing Environments

TL;DR

This paper discusses the Whole Tale project, which aims to enhance reproducibility in computational research by creating an environment that links research data, code, and workflows with publications, fostering collaboration and transparency.

Contribution

It introduces a novel environment that systematically connects research artifacts with publications, enabling comprehensive and reproducible scientific narratives.

Findings

Development of a collaborative research environment

Persistent linking of data, code, and publications

Facilitation of reproducible computational research

Abstract

We present an overview of the recently funded "Merging Science and Cyberinfrastructure Pathways: The Whole Tale" project (NSF award #1541450). Our approach has two nested goals: 1) deliver an environment that enables researchers to create a complete narrative of the research process including exposure of the data-to-publication lifecycle, and 2) systematically and persistently link research publications to their associated digital scholarly objects such as the data, code, and workflows. To enable this, Whole Tale will create an environment where researchers can collaborate on data, workspaces, and workflows and then publish them for future adoption or modification. Published data and applications will be consumed either directly by users using the Whole Tale environment or can be integrated into existing or future domain Science Gateways.