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+# W4M concatenate
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+
+Metadata
+-----------
+
+ * **@name**: W4M concatenate
+ * **@galaxyID**: W4Mconcatenate
+ * **@version**: 1.0.0
+ * **@authors**: Original code: Hanane Nourine (Intern - PFEM - INRAE) - Maintainer: Melanie Petera (PFEM - INRAE - MetaboHUB)
+ * **@init date**: 2024, May
+ * **@main usage**: This tool enables the concatenation of two matrices of Metadata and returns a matrix of Metadata and two DataMatrix
+
+ 
+Context
+-----------
+
+This tool is provided as one of the [Workflow4Metabolomics](http://workflow4metabolomics.org) Galaxy instance data handling tools. 
+W4M is an international infrastructure providing software tools to process, analyse and annotate metabolomics data. 
+
+User interface is based on the Galaxy platform (homepage: https://galaxyproject.org/). It is an open, web-based platform for data intensive biomedical research. 
+Whether on the free public server or your own instance, you can perform, reproduce, and share complete analyses.
+
+The tool was created as part of a Master's level internship.
+ 
+Configuration
+-----------
+
+### Requirement:
+ * R software: version = 4.3.3 recommended
+ * r-dplyr = 1.1.4
+ * r-w4mrutils = 1.0.0
+
+Technical description
+-----------
+
+Main files:
+
+- concatenation.R: R function (core script)
+- fonctions_auxiliaires.R : R auxiliary functions.
+- concatenation_wrapper.R: R script to link the main R function to inputs
+- concat.xml: XML wrapper (interface for Galaxy)
+
+
+Services provided
+-----------
+
+ * Help and support: https://community.france-bioinformatique.fr/c/workflow4metabolomics/10
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+
+
+License
+-----------
+
+ * Cea Cnrs Inria Logiciel Libre License, version 2.1 (CECILL-2.1)