.. vim: set fileencoding=utf-8 : .. Copyright (c) 2016 Idiap Research Institute, http://www.idiap.ch/ .. .. Contact: beat.support@idiap.ch .. .. .. .. This file is part of the beat.docs module of the BEAT platform. .. .. .. .. Commercial License Usage .. .. Licensees holding valid commercial BEAT licenses may use this file in .. .. accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you .. .. and Idiap. For further information contact tto@idiap.ch .. .. .. .. Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Affero .. .. Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software and appearing .. .. in the file LICENSE.AGPL included in the packaging of this file. .. .. The BEAT platform is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but .. .. WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY .. .. or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. .. .. .. .. You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero Public License along .. .. with the BEAT platform. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/. .. .. _beat_general: ====== BEAT ====== BEAT is a framework for the definition, execution and comparison of software-based data-driven workflows that can be sub-divided functionally (into processing blocks). The user provides the description of data exchange formats, algorithms, data flows (also known as toolchains) and experimental details (parameters). The framework can execute the experiment locally or in a computing infrastructure transparently. Results can be shared and compared via traditional exchange mechanisms or by using a web-based platform. The BEAT framework is intended as a fundamental building-block in `Reproducible Research`_, allowing academic and industrial parties to describe and exchange system behavior. The web-platform takes all burden of hosting data and software away from users by providing a capable computing farm that handles both aspects transparently. Data privacy is guaranteed inside the platform. Start here ========== .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 install introduction components user BEAT software packages ====================== * :ref:`beat_core` * :ref:`beat_cmdline_introduction` * :ref:`beat_backend_python` * :ref:`beat_editor` * :ref:`beat_web` Index of Packages ================= .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 :titlesonly: beat.core beat.cmdline beat.backend.python beat.editor beat.web readme_index.rst .. include:: links.rst