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Taverna 1.7.1 Datasheet

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Taverna 1.7.1 is written in Java, is Open Source, and subject to the LPGL license.

Taverna 1.7.1′s capabilities include:

Create, edit and run workflows

  • Compose new workflows
  • Load existing workflows possibly published by others
  • View workflow layout and logic
  • Modify existing workflows
  • Use nested workflows (sub workflows)
  • Execute existing workflows
  • Specify workflow inputs
  • Publish workflows for use by others
  • Implicitly iterate over calls of services
  • Failover so that if one service fails another can be called
  • Monitor execution
  • Manage jobs and results
  • Visualise the results
  • Save and browse execution provenance

Discover and create services

  • Include multiple service types – WSDL, BioMart, BioMoby, R, Beanshell …
  • Create new components (Processors)
  • Edit component interface
  • Employ script languages
  • User interaction as part of the workflow
  • Discover services from a registry

Workflow discovery

Extend and interact

  • Integrate external tools
  • Extensible / Plugin management
  • Creation of services from Java classes

Non-graphical execution

  • Command line access
  • Remote execution of a workflow on another machine

Support