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http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00539.html
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Rory
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Rory Newton <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Currently, work being done to simplify the running of workflows. It is
> planned to be able to run them from a web application so that novice users
> of Taverna don't have to use the workbench. This poses the problem of how to
> automatically generate an interface for inputting into a workflow and how to
> present the results.
>
> The information in a workflow file is not detailed enough to generate an
> adequate interface. Work is being done in Manchester and Halle on creating a
> meta-language for generating an interface to a workflow and displaying its
> output. This meta-language would provide extra information on the inputs and
> outputs of a workflow defined by an expert. So, for the inputs it could
> provide the following information:
>
> - The UI component for input (text area, checkbox etc.)
> - The type of data that was expected (string, integer, file etc.)
> - The range of values (x >10, only GATC etc.)
> - Pattern checking (must contain �...@’, file extensions etc.)
>
> The output values should be able to define how to display the workflow’s
> results e.g. in a table or plain text and describe the layout of the results
> on the page.
>
> If anyone has any comments about this project or is involved in something
> similar we would be happy to hear about it. Thanks.
>
>
> Rory
>
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