Taverna
The myGrid e-Laboratory contains a suite of tools for designing and executing workflows. The main tool is Taverna Workbench (Taverna 1).
Taverna 2
Taverna 2 beta 1, the public beta of Taverna 2, is now available to download.
Workflows
Workflows enable the automation of in silico experiments (from small to very large-scale) and the formalisation of experimental protocols. Taverna allows researchers to combine and co-ordinate distributed analysis tools and data resources into workflows. Taverna has access to over 3500 resources - Web Services, R-scripts, BioMart databases, BioMoby services and many more.
The services and data can be on your own machine or anywhere on the internet to which you have access. The services that you include in your workflows are not pre-determined; during construction of a workflow, users can search for a suitable service or select one they already know about; they can then dynamically add that service to the set that Taverna can use.
Getting started
Useful information about Taverna 1 is included in the Taverna Starter Pack, including the documentation, tutorials and download page.
Contributing to Taverna
If you would like to contribute to Taverna source code then you need to fill in a Contributor Licence Agreement. It is useful to first look at the Taverna Governance Model.
Associated tools
Associated with Taverna are some tools that ease the use of workflows. Taverna itself can be extended by the use of plugins.