In Taverna a workflow and its inputs, outputs and services can be described. By describing the workflow and its different subsets, it will easily be sharable and discoverable in registry such as myExperiment.
 | In Taverna 2.4 and later, annotation can be changed by r-clicking on an object and selecting Annotate... |
Workflow Annotation
To access the workflow annotation page:
- Right-click anywhere in the blank space near your workflow in the Workflow Diagram.
- Select Show details from the menu. The workflow annotation page will be displayed in the Workflow Explorer.
You can add the following annotations to your workflow:
- Author: The creator of the workflow
- Title: The workflow title e.g. Get_protein_Fasta
- Description: clear description of the workflow
Input/Output Annotation
To access the workflow input/output annotation page:
- right-click an input/output of the workflow in the Workflow Diagram panel
- select Show details from the menu. Details of the selected workflow input/output will be displayed in the Workflow Explorer panel
- Click on Annotations in the detail view to expand it.
You can add the following annotations to the input/output:
- Description: clear description of the workflow
- Example: Example input/output values for the workflow. Workflow input Example values can be subsequently used to invoke the workflow.
Service Annotation
To access the workflow service annotation page:
- right-click a service in the workflow in the Workflow Diagram panel
- select Show details from the menu. Details of the selected service will be displayed in the Workflow Explorer panel
- Click on Annotations in the detail view to expand it.
You can then add a description to the service.
