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layout: default
permalink: /
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{% capture nowunix %}{{'now' | date: '%Y-%m-%d' | date: '%s'}}{% endcapture %}

{% comment %} The _systems collection is generated in CI from workflow_systems.yml,
so fall back to the data file when the collection has not been built. {% endcomment %}
{% assign total_systems = site.systems | size %}
{% if total_systems == 0 %}{% assign total_systems = site.data.workflow_systems | size %}{% endif %}
{% assign total_members = 0 %}
{% for m in site.data.members %}
{% assign e = m.entries | size %}
{% assign total_members = total_members | plus: e %}
{% endfor %}
{% assign total_countries = site.data.members | size %}
{% assign total_registries = site.data.registries | size %}
{% assign total_frameworks = site.data.research_frameworks | size %}
{% assign total_education = site.data.education_training | size %}
{% assign total_reports = site.data.reports | size %}
{% assign total_wcs = site.summits | size %}
{% assign total_bofs = site.bofs | size %}
{% assign total_talks = site.talks | size %}
{% assign total_events = total_wcs | plus: total_bofs %}

{% comment %} ---- Pick what to feature: the next upcoming item of each kind, else the most recent ---- {% endcomment %}
{% assign today = site.time | date: "%Y-%m-%d" %}

{% assign talks_asc = site.talks | sort: "talk_number" %}
{% assign upcoming_talks = talks_asc | where: "given", false %}
{% if upcoming_talks.size > 0 %}
{% assign talk = upcoming_talks.first %}
{% assign talk_kind = "Next talk" %}
{% else %}
{% assign talk = talks_asc.last %}
{% assign talk_kind = "Latest talk" %}
{% endif %}

{% assign workshops_asc = site.workshops | sort: "event_date" %}
{% assign workshop = false %}
{% for w in workshops_asc %}
{% capture wtime %}{{ w.event_date | date: '%s' }}{% endcapture %}
{% if wtime >= nowunix and workshop == false %}{% assign workshop = w %}{% assign workshop_kind = "Upcoming workshop" %}{% endif %}
{% endfor %}
{% if workshop == false %}{% assign workshop = workshops_asc.last %}{% assign workshop_kind = "Latest workshop" %}{% endif %}

{% assign bofs_asc = site.bofs | sort: "start_date" %}
{% assign bof = false %}
{% for b in bofs_asc %}
{% if b.start_date >= today and bof == false %}{% assign bof = b %}{% assign bof_kind = "Upcoming BoF" %}{% endif %}
{% endfor %}
{% if bof == false %}{% assign bof = bofs_asc.last %}{% assign bof_kind = "Latest BoF" %}{% endif %}
{% assign bof_banner = "" %}
{% unless bof.image contains "wci-default-card" %}{% assign bof_banner = bof.image %}{% endunless %}

<section id="whats-happening" class="wh-section">
    <div class="container" data-aos="fade-up">
        <div class="wh-header">
            <div class="wh-eyebrow"><span class="wh-pulse"></span>Community pulse</div>
            <h2>What&rsquo;s happening in the community</h2>
            <p>Talks, workshops, and gatherings from workflow practitioners worldwide.</p>
        </div>

        <div class="wh-grid">

            {% if talk %}
            <article class="wh-card" data-kind="talk">
                <div class="wh-media">
                    <img src="{{ talk.image | default: '/images/talks/banner.png' }}" alt="{{ talk.title }}" loading="lazy" />
                    <span class="wh-kind">{{ talk_kind }}</span>
                </div>
                <div class="wh-body">
                    <h3 class="wh-title"><a href="{{ talk.url }}">{{ talk.title }}</a></h3>
                    {% if talk.authors %}<p class="wh-desc">{{ talk.authors }}</p>{% endif %}
                    <ul class="wh-meta">
                        <li><i class="bi bi-calendar-event"></i>{{ talk.event_date }}</li>
                        {% if talk.times %}<li><i class="bi bi-clock"></i>{{ talk.times }}</li>{% endif %}
                    </ul>
                    <a class="wh-link" href="{{ talk.url }}">
                        {% if talk.video %}Watch the talk{% else %}Talk details{% endif %}
                        <i class="bi bi-arrow-right"></i>
                    </a>
                </div>
            </article>
            {% endif %}

            {% if workshop %}
            <article class="wh-card" data-kind="workshop">
                <div class="wh-media">
                    {% if workshop.image and workshop.image != "" %}
                    <img src="{{ workshop.image }}" alt="{{ workshop.title }}" loading="lazy" />
                    {% else %}
                    <span class="wh-media-text">{{ workshop.title }}</span>
                    {% endif %}
                    <span class="wh-kind">{{ workshop_kind }}</span>
                </div>
                <div class="wh-body">
                    <h3 class="wh-title"><a href="{{ workshop.url }}">{{ workshop.title }}</a></h3>
                    {% if workshop.subtitle and workshop.subtitle != "" %}<p class="wh-desc">{{ workshop.subtitle }}</p>{% endif %}
                    <ul class="wh-meta">
                        <li><i class="bi bi-calendar-event"></i>{{ workshop.event_date | date: "%B %-d, %Y" }}</li>
                        {% if workshop.location %}<li><i class="bi bi-geo-alt"></i>{{ workshop.location }}</li>{% endif %}
                    </ul>
                    <a class="wh-link" href="{{ workshop.url }}">Workshop details <i class="bi bi-arrow-right"></i></a>
                </div>
            </article>
            {% endif %}

            {% if bof %}
            <article class="wh-card" data-kind="bof">
                <div class="wh-media">
                    {% if bof_banner != "" %}
                    <img src="{{ bof_banner }}" alt="{{ bof.title }}" loading="lazy" />
                    {% elsif bof.conference_logo %}
                    <img class="wh-media-logo" src="{{ bof.conference_logo }}" alt="{{ bof.title }}" loading="lazy" />
                    {% else %}
                    <span class="wh-media-text">{{ bof.title }}</span>
                    {% endif %}
                    <span class="wh-kind">{{ bof_kind }}</span>
                </div>
                <div class="wh-body">
                    <h3 class="wh-title"><a href="{{ bof.url }}">{{ bof.subtitle | default: bof.title }}</a></h3>
                    <p class="wh-desc">{{ bof.title }}</p>
                    <ul class="wh-meta">
                        <li><i class="bi bi-calendar-event"></i>{% include bof_date.html date=bof.start_date precision=bof.date_precision %}</li>
                        {% if bof.time and bof.time != "TBA" %}<li><i class="bi bi-clock"></i>{{ bof.time }}</li>{% endif %}
                        {% if bof.room and bof.room != "TBA" %}<li><i class="bi bi-geo-alt"></i>{{ bof.room }}</li>{% endif %}
                    </ul>
                    <a class="wh-link" href="{{ bof.url }}">Session details <i class="bi bi-arrow-right"></i></a>
                </div>
            </article>
            {% endif %}

            <article class="wh-card" data-kind="media">
                <div class="wh-media wh-media-embed">
                    <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?si=ElrjhblSaUsMzOed&amp;list=PLAtmuqHExRvNnGtrqHl1ZXR6ZH37HLfo1"
                        title="Workflows Community on YouTube" frameborder="0" loading="lazy"
                        allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share"
                        referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
                    <span class="wh-kind">On demand</span>
                </div>
                <div class="wh-body">
                    <h3 class="wh-title"><a href="https://youtube.com/@WorkflowsCommunity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Workflow innovation in action</a></h3>
                    <p class="wh-desc">Recordings from the talk series, connecting researchers, developers, and practitioners shaping the future of workflows.</p>
                    <ul class="wh-meta">
                        <li><i class="bi bi-collection-play"></i>Full talk archive</li>
                    </ul>
                    <a class="wh-link" href="https://youtube.com/@WorkflowsCommunity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">YouTube channel <i class="bi bi-box-arrow-up-right"></i></a>
                </div>
            </article>

        </div>
    </div>
</section>

<!-- EXPLORE THE ECOSYSTEM -->
<section id="ecosystem" class="wh-section explore-section">
    <div class="container" data-aos="fade-up">
        <div class="wh-header">
            <div class="wh-eyebrow"><span class="wh-pulse"></span>Community resources</div>
            <h2>Explore the workflows ecosystem</h2>
            <p>Curated, community-maintained references for finding a system, reusing a pipeline, and speaking a shared language.</p>
        </div>

        <div class="explore-grid">
            <a class="explore-card" href="/systems">
                <span class="explore-icon"><i class="bi bi-diagram-3"></i></span>
                <span class="explore-count">{{ total_systems }}</span>
                <h3>Workflow systems</h3>
                <p>Open-source engines profiled with language, release, and activity, plus standardized terminology characteristics.</p>
                <span class="explore-link">Browse systems <i class="bi bi-arrow-right"></i></span>
            </a>

            <a class="explore-card" href="/registries">
                <span class="explore-icon"><i class="bi bi-collection"></i></span>
                <span class="explore-count">{{ total_registries }}</span>
                <h3>Workflow registries</h3>
                <p>Where the community publishes and discovers ready-to-run pipelines you can adapt instead of rebuilding.</p>
                <span class="explore-link">Find a registry <i class="bi bi-arrow-right"></i></span>
            </a>

            <a class="explore-card" href="/terminology">
                <span class="explore-icon"><i class="bi bi-translate"></i></span>
                <span class="explore-count">&mdash;</span>
                <h3>Terminology</h3>
                <p>A shared vocabulary for describing and comparing workflow systems, maintained by the terminology working group.</p>
                <span class="explore-link">Read the terminology <i class="bi bi-arrow-right"></i></span>
            </a>

            <a class="explore-card" href="/frameworks">
                <span class="explore-icon"><i class="bi bi-boxes"></i></span>
                <span class="explore-count">{{ total_frameworks }}</span>
                <h3>Research frameworks</h3>
                <p>Larger research efforts and infrastructures building on and around scientific workflow technology.</p>
                <span class="explore-link">See frameworks <i class="bi bi-arrow-right"></i></span>
            </a>

            <a class="explore-card" href="/education">
                <span class="explore-icon"><i class="bi bi-mortarboard"></i></span>
                <span class="explore-count">{{ total_education }}</span>
                <h3>Education &amp; training</h3>
                <p>Courseware and guides for teaching and learning workflow concepts, from first principles to practice.</p>
                <span class="explore-link">Start learning <i class="bi bi-arrow-right"></i></span>
            </a>

            <a class="explore-card" href="/members">
                <span class="explore-icon"><i class="bi bi-globe2"></i></span>
                <span class="explore-count">{{ total_countries }}</span>
                <h3>Countries represented</h3>
                <p>{{ total_members }} members across {{ total_countries }} countries &mdash; researchers, developers, and facility staff.</p>
                <span class="explore-link">Meet the community <i class="bi bi-arrow-right"></i></span>
            </a>
        </div>
    </div>
</section>

<!-- WORKFLOW SYSTEMS -->
{% assign systems_wci = site.systems | where: "wci_metadata", "true" | sort: "date_sort" | reverse %}
{% if systems_wci.size > 0 %}
<div id="services" class="section sys-section">
    <div class="container" data-aos="fade-up">
        <div class="wh-header">
            <div class="wh-eyebrow"><span class="wh-pulse"></span>Recently updated</div>
            <h2>Workflow systems</h2>
            <p>Open-source systems described by their own teams, refreshed automatically from their repositories.</p>
        </div>
        <div class="sys-grid">
            {% for system in systems_wci limit: 8 %}
            <a class="sys-card" href="{{ system.url }}">
                <div class="sys-head">
                    <span class="sys-avatar"><img src="{{ system.avatar }}" alt="{{ system.title }} logo" loading="lazy" /></span>
                    <h3>{{ system.title }}</h3>
                </div>
                <p class="sys-desc">{{ system.headline | excerpt | strip_html | strip_newlines | truncate: 120 }}</p>
                <ul class="sys-meta">
                    {% if system.language and system.language != "" %}<li><i class="bi bi-code-slash"></i>{{ system.language }}</li>{% endif %}
                    {% if system.release_name and system.release_name != "" %}<li><i class="bi bi-box-seam"></i>{{ system.release_name }}</li>{% endif %}
                    {% if system.last_update and system.last_update != "" %}<li><i class="bi bi-clock-history"></i>{{ system.last_update }}</li>{% endif %}
                </ul>
            </a>
            {% endfor %}
        </div>
        <div class="wh-more">
            <a class="wh-button" href="/systems">See all {{ total_systems }} systems <i class="bi bi-arrow-right"></i></a>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
{% endif %}

<!-- WORKING GROUPS -->
{% assign groups = site.working_groups | where: "layout", "working_groups" | sort: "title" %}
{% if groups.size > 0 %}
<section id="working-groups" class="wh-section wg-home-section">
    <div class="container" data-aos="fade-up">
        <div class="wh-header">
            <div class="wh-eyebrow"><span class="wh-pulse"></span>Where the work happens</div>
            <h2>Working groups</h2>
            <p>Open groups tackling a specific problem together. Anyone can join &mdash; most of the work happens in the open.</p>
        </div>
        <div class="wg-home-grid">
            {% for g in groups %}
            <a class="wg-home-card" href="{{ g.url }}" data-status="{{ g.status | downcase }}">
                <div class="wg-home-top">
                    <span class="wg-home-status">{{ g.status }}</span>
                    {% if g.members %}<span class="wg-home-count">{{ g.members | size }} members</span>{% endif %}
                </div>
                <h3>{{ g.title }}</h3>
                <p>{{ g.description | strip_html | truncate: 165 }}</p>
                <span class="wh-link">Group details <i class="bi bi-arrow-right"></i></span>
            </a>
            {% endfor %}
        </div>
        <div class="wh-more">
            <a class="wh-button" href="/groups">All working groups <i class="bi bi-arrow-right"></i></a>
        </div>
    </div>
</section>
{% endif %}

<!-- REPORTS -->
{% assign reports = site.data.reports | sort: "date" | reverse %}
{% if reports.size > 0 %}
<section id="reports" class="rep-section">
    <div class="container" data-aos="fade-up">
        <div class="wh-header wh-header-dark">
            <div class="wh-eyebrow"><span class="wh-pulse"></span>Published outcomes</div>
            <h2>Reports &amp; publications</h2>
            <p>Community summits and studies turned into citable, openly available reports.</p>
        </div>
        <div class="rep-grid">
            {% for r in reports limit: 3 %}
            <a class="rep-card" href="{{ r.url }}" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
                <div class="rep-cover"><img src="/images/reports/{{ r.image }}" alt="{{ r.title }} cover" loading="lazy" /></div>
                <div class="rep-body">
                    <span class="rep-date">{{ r.date | date: "%B %Y" }}{% if r.publisher %} &middot; {{ r.publisher }}{% endif %}</span>
                    <h3>{{ r.title }}</h3>
                    {% if r.subtitle %}<p class="rep-sub">{{ r.subtitle }}</p>{% endif %}
                    {% if r.doi %}<span class="rep-doi"><i class="bi bi-link-45deg"></i>{{ r.doi }}</span>{% endif %}
                </div>
            </a>
            {% endfor %}
        </div>
        <div class="wh-more">
            <a class="wh-button wh-button-light" href="/reports">All {{ total_reports }} reports <i class="bi bi-arrow-right"></i></a>
        </div>
    </div>
</section>
{% endif %}

<!-- WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE -->
<section id="contribute" class="gi-section">
    <div class="container" data-aos="fade-up">
        <div class="wh-header">
            <div class="wh-eyebrow"><span class="wh-pulse"></span>Open to everyone</div>
            <h2>Ways to contribute</h2>
            <p>The initiative is volunteer-driven. Every catalog, group, and talk on this site came from someone taking one of these steps.</p>
        </div>
        <ul class="gi-list">
            <li><a href="/systems/contribute"><i class="bi bi-plus-circle"></i><span><strong>Add your workflow system</strong>Get it profiled in the systems catalog, refreshed automatically from your repository</span></a></li>
            <li><a href="/groups"><i class="bi bi-people"></i><span><strong>Join a working group</strong>Shape benchmarking, FAIR workflows, quantum-classical, or terminology</span></a></li>
            <li><a href="/talks"><i class="bi bi-mic"></i><span><strong>Give a community talk</strong>Present your system or research in the monthly virtual series</span></a></li>
            <li><a href="/registries/contribute"><i class="bi bi-collection"></i><span><strong>Contribute a registry</strong>Help others discover pipelines that already exist</span></a></li>
            <li><a href="/frameworks/contribute"><i class="bi bi-boxes"></i><span><strong>List a research framework</strong>Share a project building on workflow technology</span></a></li>
            <li><a href="/members"><i class="bi bi-person-plus"></i><span><strong>Become a member</strong>Join {{ total_members }} people across {{ total_countries }} countries</span></a></li>
        </ul>
    </div>
</section>