Dockstore parses metadata and allows it to be used in Dockstore search which helps others find your tool/workflow more easily. “Author” is one of the metadata fields that is searchable:

search-metadata

Additionally, metadata is displayed in the tool/workflow’s “Info” tab. The highlighted sections below will appear once metadata is added to the descriptor:

info-tab-metadata

For all developers, we highly recommend the following minimal metadata for your tools and workflows.