TRACE Toolkit

The TRACE toolkit is a collection of Python libraries/packages that implements the TRACE specification.

tro-utils¶

tro-utils is a Python package that provides utilities for working with transparent Research Objects (TROs). It is designed to be used in conjunction with the TRO specification. The package includes following functions:

• verify - Verify the integrity of a TRO (i.e. it was signed and timestamped correctly).

• arrangement - Manages arrangements in the TRO. It has subcommands like add (adds a directory as a composition to the TRO) and list (lists available arrangements in the TRO).

• composition - Manages compositions in the TRO. It has subcommands like info that gets information about a current composition in the TRO.

• performance - Manages performance in the TRO. It has subcommands like add (adds a performance to the TRO).

• sign - Signs a TRO with a given key.

• report - Generates a report from a TRO.

trace-bdbag¶

trace-bdbag package:

• Create and sign TRO

trace-prototype¶

trace-prototype is an expansion of the proof-of-concept for containerized execution outside of Whole Tale. It consists of a simple Docker-based job execution service utilizing REST API that’s capable of

• Running jobs in a containerized environment.

• Generating compute environment using repo2docker.

• Configuring TRO claims.

• Generating TROs using BagIt and signing them with GPG.

and a command-line interface for uploading jobs and downloading TROs from the server.