code: def initialize(dirs):
      
      if biolite and dirs.get("work"):
          base_dir = utils.safe_makedir(os.path.join(dirs["work"], "provenance"))
          p_db = os.path.join(base_dir, "biolite.db")
          biolite.config.resources["database"] = p_db
          biolite.database.connect()
docs: Initialize the biolite database to load provenance information.