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            <h2>How to Contribute with a Workflow Registry</h2>
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                Register an actively-developed open source workflow-related research frameworks
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            <a href="/registries" class="corner-button">All Workflow Registries</a>
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            The Workflows Community Initiative (WCI) provides a curated collection of workflow applications or
            repositories that host workflows. We invite all workflow researchers to share their tools and
            frameworks through this collection.
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        <h2>Adding a Workflow Registry</h2>
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            To add a workflow registy, you only need to add the registry information into an YAML file
            hosted as part of the <a href="https://github.com/workflowscommunity/workflowscommunity.github.io"
                target="_blank">WCI GitHub repository</a>. The preferred way to submit your changes is via creating a
            pull request with the changes. To this end, these are the recommended steps for adding a workflow research
            framework:
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            <li><strong>Fork</strong> the WCI GitHub repository</li>
            <li><strong>Clone</strong> your forked repository:
                <pre>git clone https://github.com/&#60;your_username>/workflowscommunity.github.io</pre>
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            <li><strong>Edit</strong> the <code>_data/registries.yml</code> file, and add the information
                regarding the workflow registry:
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- name: "Workflow Registry Name"
  url: &#60;registry_url>
  description: "Short registry description" 
  icon: &#60;url_to_registry_logo> <span style="color: #999"># square images are preferred (1:1 aspect ratio)</span>
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            <li><strong>Commit</strong> the changes, and create a <strong>pull request</strong> for the WCI GitHub
                repository.</li>
            <li>The WCI team will then evaluate your pull request, and merge the changes if the workflow registry
                is properly functioning.</li>
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