Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
A Docker image with all dependencies for a single-cell analysis paper, pushed to Docker Hub and archived to Zenodo with a DOI
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
A README listing required software versions is not a container image
Editorial commentary
Container images close the reproducibility gap of dependency hell by capturing the exact environment in which a result was produced. Increasingly accompanied by workflow definitions and code releases. Depositing to Zenodo via a tar export, or registering at BioContainers, gives a DOI for citation.
References
- da Veiga Leprevost et al. 2017 ‘BioContainers’ Bioinformatics
- Boettiger 2015 ‘An introduction to Docker for reproducible research’ SIGOPS
Also known as
Docker image (output) · Singularity image (output)
Machine-readable encodings
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