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== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
'''MyExperiment''' is a repository for scientific workflows, i.e. the core constituents of [[e-science]] projects. | |||
The [http://www.myexperiment.org/ myExperiment Virtual Research Environment] enables people to share digital items associated with your research — in particular it enables you to share and execute scientific workflows. {{quotation|myExperiment is a collaborative environment where scientists can safely publish their workflows and experiment plans, share them with groups and find those of others. Workflows, other digital objects and bundles (called Packs) can now be swapped, sorted and searched like photos and videos on the Web. Unlike Facebook or MySpace, myExperiment fully understands the needs of the researcher and makes it really easy for the next generation of scientists to contribute to a pool of scientific methods, build communities and form relationships - reducing time-to-experiment, sharing expertise and avoiding reinvention. myExperiment is now the largest public repository of scientific workflows.}} [http://wiki.myexperiment.org/index.php/Main_Page myexperiment Wiki], retrieved 13:06, 14 June 2010 (UTC)). | The [http://www.myexperiment.org/ myExperiment Virtual Research Environment] enables people to share digital items associated with your research — in particular it enables you to share and execute scientific workflows. {{quotation|myExperiment is a collaborative environment where scientists can safely publish their workflows and experiment plans, share them with groups and find those of others. Workflows, other digital objects and bundles (called Packs) can now be swapped, sorted and searched like photos and videos on the Web. Unlike Facebook or MySpace, myExperiment fully understands the needs of the researcher and makes it really easy for the next generation of scientists to contribute to a pool of scientific methods, build communities and form relationships - reducing time-to-experiment, sharing expertise and avoiding reinvention. myExperiment is now the largest public repository of scientific workflows.}} [http://wiki.myexperiment.org/index.php/Main_Page myexperiment Wiki], retrieved 13:06, 14 June 2010 (UTC)). | ||
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myExperiment is led by a joint team from the universities of Southampton and Manchester in the UK, led by David De Roure and Carole Goble, and is funded by JISC under the [http://www.jisc.org.uk/whatwedo/programmes/vre2.aspx Virtual Research Environments programme] and by Microsoft's Technical Computing Initiative. | myExperiment is led by a joint team from the universities of Southampton and Manchester in the UK, led by David De Roure and Carole Goble, and is funded by JISC under the [http://www.jisc.org.uk/whatwedo/programmes/vre2.aspx Virtual Research Environments programme] and by Microsoft's Technical Computing Initiative. | ||
See also: [[ | See also: [[Taverna workbench]] (an open source tool for designing and executing workflows) | ||
== Architecture == | == Architecture == | ||
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* [http://www.taverna.org.uk/ Taverna Workflow Workbench] (part of the [http://www.mygrid.org.uk/ The myGrid Project]). Specific support is provided for Taverna (T1 and T2) workflows for which the system displays relevant metadata, components and visual previews, that are retrieved directly from workflow files. | * [http://www.taverna.org.uk/ Taverna Workflow Workbench] (part of the [http://www.mygrid.org.uk/ The myGrid Project]). Specific support is provided for Taverna (T1 and T2) workflows for which the system displays relevant metadata, components and visual previews, that are retrieved directly from workflow files. | ||
* [http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/tc/trident.mspx Trident] | * [http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/tc/trident.mspx Trident], Microsoft's Scientific Workflow Workbench for Oceanography based on Microsoft Windows Workflow. | ||
* Support for | * Support for Meandre is planned | ||
; Packs | ; Packs | ||
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* Goble, C.A., Bhagat, J., Aleksejevs, S., Cruickshank, D., Michaelides, D., Newman, D., Borkum, M., Bechhofer, S., Roos, M., Li, P., and De Roure, D.: myExperiment: a repository and social network for the sharing of bioinformatics workflows, Nucl. Acids Res., 2010. [http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1093/nar/gkq429 doi:10.1093/nar/gkq429] | * Goble, C.A., Bhagat, J., Aleksejevs, S., Cruickshank, D., Michaelides, D., Newman, D., Borkum, M., Bechhofer, S., Roos, M., Li, P., and De Roure, D.: myExperiment: a repository and social network for the sharing of bioinformatics workflows, Nucl. Acids Res., 2010. [http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1093/nar/gkq429 doi:10.1093/nar/gkq429] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category: e-science]] | ||
[[Category: Social computing]] | [[Category: Social computing]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:27, 16 June 2010
Introduction
MyExperiment is a repository for scientific workflows, i.e. the core constituents of e-science projects.
The myExperiment Virtual Research Environment enables people to share digital items associated with your research — in particular it enables you to share and execute scientific workflows. “myExperiment is a collaborative environment where scientists can safely publish their workflows and experiment plans, share them with groups and find those of others. Workflows, other digital objects and bundles (called Packs) can now be swapped, sorted and searched like photos and videos on the Web. Unlike Facebook or MySpace, myExperiment fully understands the needs of the researcher and makes it really easy for the next generation of scientists to contribute to a pool of scientific methods, build communities and form relationships - reducing time-to-experiment, sharing expertise and avoiding reinvention. myExperiment is now the largest public repository of scientific workflows.” myexperiment Wiki, retrieved 13:06, 14 June 2010 (UTC)).
myExperiment is led by a joint team from the universities of Southampton and Manchester in the UK, led by David De Roure and Carole Goble, and is funded by JISC under the Virtual Research Environments programme and by Microsoft's Technical Computing Initiative.
See also: Taverna workbench (an open source tool for designing and executing workflows)
Architecture
- Support for workflows
The myexperiment.org social web site supports multiple workflow systems, including:
- Taverna Workflow Workbench (part of the The myGrid Project). Specific support is provided for Taverna (T1 and T2) workflows for which the system displays relevant metadata, components and visual previews, that are retrieved directly from workflow files.
- Trident, Microsoft's Scientific Workflow Workbench for Oceanography based on Microsoft Windows Workflow.
- Support for Meandre is planned
- Packs
Packs are used to create collections of related resources - these can include both internal myExperiment resources (like workflow, files and other packs) and links to externally available items. Descriptions can be set up for the pack in general and for each item independently, helping users to find resources that are relevant to them. (implemented with as Open Archives Initiative Object Reuse and Exchange ?).
- APIs
myExperiment supports several APIs:
- Software/download
- The portal software itself is writting in Ruby on Rails and is also available RubyForge, in case you plan creating your own environment...
Links and references
Web sites
Articles
- David De Roure, "e-Science and the Web," Computer, vol. 43, no. 5, pp. 90-93, May 2010, doi:10.1109/MC.2010.133 (Access restricted).
- Goble, C.A., Bhagat, J., Aleksejevs, S., Cruickshank, D., Michaelides, D., Newman, D., Borkum, M., Bechhofer, S., Roos, M., Li, P., and De Roure, D.: myExperiment: a repository and social network for the sharing of bioinformatics workflows, Nucl. Acids Res., 2010. doi:10.1093/nar/gkq429