The data playground: An intuitive workflow specification environment

Andrew Gibson; Matthew Gamble; Katy Wolstencroft; Tom Oinn; Carole Goble

doi:10.1109/E-SCIENCE.2007.72

The data playground: An intuitive workflow specification environment

Andrew Gibson, Matthew Gamble, Katy Wolstencroft, Tom Oinn, Carole Goble

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Abstract

Workflows systems are steadily finding their way into the work practices of scientists. This is particularly true in the in silico science of bioinformatics, where biological data can be processed by Web Services. In this paper we investigate the potential of evolving the users' interaction with workflow environments so that it more closely relates to the mode in which their day to day work is carried out. We present the Data Playground, an environment designed to encourage the uptake of workflow systems in bioinformatics through more intuitive interaction by focusing the user on their data rather than on the processes. We implement a prototype plug-in for the Taverna workflow environment and show how this can promote the creation of workflow fragments by automatically converting the users' interactions with data and Web Services into a more conventional workflow specification. © 2007 IEEE.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - e-Science 2007, 3rd IEEE International Conference on e-Science and Grid Computing\|Proc. - e-Sci. - IEEE Int. Conf. on e-Sci. Grid Comput.
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	59-66
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	0769530648, 9780769530642
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/E-SCIENCE.2007.72
Publication status	Published - 2007
Event	E-Science 2007, 3rd IEEE International Conference on E-Science and Grid Computing - Bangalore Duration: 1 Jul 2007 → …

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Conference	E-Science 2007, 3rd IEEE International Conference on E-Science and Grid Computing
City	Bangalore
Period	1/07/07 → …

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Computer Science, Software Engineering
Computer Science, Theory &
Methods

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Gibson, A., Gamble, M., Wolstencroft, K., Oinn, T., & Goble, C. (2007). The data playground: An intuitive workflow specification environment. In Proceedings - e-Science 2007, 3rd IEEE International Conference on e-Science and Grid Computing|Proc. - e-Sci. - IEEE Int. Conf. on e-Sci. Grid Comput. (pp. 59-66). IEEE Computer Society . https://doi.org/10.1109/E-SCIENCE.2007.72

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Gibson, A, Gamble, M, Wolstencroft, K, Oinn, T & Goble, C 2007, The data playground: An intuitive workflow specification environment. in Proceedings - e-Science 2007, 3rd IEEE International Conference on e-Science and Grid Computing|Proc. - e-Sci. - IEEE Int. Conf. on e-Sci. Grid Comput.. IEEE Computer Society , pp. 59-66, E-Science 2007, 3rd IEEE International Conference on E-Science and Grid Computing, Bangalore, 1/07/07. https://doi.org/10.1109/E-SCIENCE.2007.72

The data playground: An intuitive workflow specification environment. / Gibson, Andrew; Gamble, Matthew; Wolstencroft, Katy et al.
Proceedings - e-Science 2007, 3rd IEEE International Conference on e-Science and Grid Computing|Proc. - e-Sci. - IEEE Int. Conf. on e-Sci. Grid Comput.. IEEE Computer Society , 2007. p. 59-66.

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