On 21/06/2010 12:02, Stian Soiland-Reyes wrote:
I am a student and work in a project around bioinformatics and how can use taverna without GUI, beyond the command line tool.
I'm developing a server version of Taverna right now. There are a few issues, but I'm planning to have a beta (with somewhat restricted functionality) within a month. It's being developed as a Tomcat webservice, but it should work with other Java servlet containers provided they run Java 6 and can host Apache CXF (which has quite a large set of dependencies).
However, there is a confusion with my partners related to taverna server so I would like a clarification on the following: Could taverna server be used to run a workflow remotely without using a GUI?
Yes. The command line tool in Taverna 2.2 (currently in production bake-off) can be used to do that too; the server currently uses the command line tool. However, the server is designed to expose the key functionality for managing workflow runs for you, including a whole bunch of things that only matter in servers. It's *almost* in a state where I could let you have an intermediate build, but there's a lot of churn right now in the service API - the stable build has some bugs in it and so will definitely change within the next few hours - so I'll ask for patience even if you want to participate in the alpha programme. :-)
Could I use the taverna server by using a client (such as a php-client) to run a workflow remotely like a common RESTful web service?
Yes, exactly that. A SOAP interface will also be supported if you prefer; some languages find that easier to tool.
If this capability is provided, could you suggest any source for further documentation?
There is no documentation yet. The code isn't finished, and right now the only installations are demonstration ones I've supervised directly. As noted, the plan is to get something properly available by the end of July; the main thing remaining right now is security integration. Donal.
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