Sorry, Google confused what I meant, so the ICS invitation was wrong.
The correct date and time for the meeting is: 2011-10-25 15:00 BST (14:00
GMT)
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 10:50, Stian Soiland-Reyes <[email protected]>wrote:
> more details
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> Scufl2 alternative script-like workflow format
> As you might know, we are developing Scufl2 as the next language and
> model for specifying Taverna workflow. We have already successfully
> used this model in an internal release of an OSGi-based command line
> tool for executing Taverna workflows, and for Taverna 3 are working
> towards using this as the workflow model being edited by the
> workbench.
>
>
> One of the motivations for moving from .t2flow to Scufl2 is to allow
> third-party tools (like myExperiment) easier access to the workflow
> structure, for reading, inspection, annotation and creation of
> workflows. Ideally this should also allow the development of
> alternative workflow building environments independent of the workflow
> engine, like a simplified web-based editor.
>
>
> Scufl2 as developed so far includes a Workflow Bundle format [1],
> using structured folders (normally archived in a ZIP-file for
> distribution purposes) of RDF/XML files - which can also be
> created/parsed with an XML Schema if the appropriate xsi:type
> attribute is included. [2]. (Note that the Scufl2 wiki pages are still
> at a draft stage)
>
>
> Although this format allows for all the Taverna language features to
> be specified and used in an extensible manner, for instance allowing
> bundling of data, provenance and runtime libraries, plugins to specify
> which options they expect, etc., this format is more of an exchange
> and bundling format than a format for manual editing.
>
> The Scufl2 toolkit [3] allows reading and writing the common Scufl2
> workflow model in many different formats, this is for instance how it
> reads .t2flow and SCUFL 1 workflows at the moment. There is also an
> internal textual "debug output" format. [4]
>
>
> It has been raised a requirement to develop a more user-fronted
> textual format for editing workflows by hand in an editor. The current
> Scufl2 development is very much enabled to do so.
>
>
> My suggestion is to do this as an additional SCUFL2 format, as a
> simple text file in YAML or JSON, for writing regular straight-forward
> workflows, with enough automagic (such as port depths and iteration
> strategies) filled in by a combination of SCUFL2 tools and the engine.
>
> For instance in made-up-JSON using the external tool activity:
>
> {
> "workflow" : {
> "inputs": ("name"),
> "outputs": ("greeting"),
> "processors": {
> "hello": {
> "type": "tool",
> "command": "echo Hello, %%name%%"
> }
> }
> "links": {
> "name": "hello:name",
> "hello:STDOUT": "greeting"
> }
> }
> }
>
> Such a format would not be able to express every .t2flow or Scufl2 WB
> workflow, but by limiting the scope we can avoid many details which
> would make the format too verbose or magic, for instance port mapping,
> alternative activities, and complex activity configurations.
>
>
> I hereby propose a meeting/Skype call to discuss the need and
> implementation plan of such an alternative serialisation format for
> SCUFL2 workflows - with the aim of workflows to be easy to edit and
> read by hand. If you are interested in attending the meeting (no
> matter if you are part of the myGrid team or not), please mark your
> availability in the Doodle poll [3].
>
> [1]
> http://www.mygrid.org.uk/dev/wiki/display/developer/Taverna+Workflow+Bundle<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mygrid.org.uk%2Fdev%2Fwiki%2Fdisplay%2Fdeveloper%2FTaverna%2BWorkflow%2BBundle&usd=2&usg=AFQjCNHfjSM9hCWfin64ecpvEvYECAWSuQ>
> [2]
> http://www.mygrid.org.uk/dev/wiki/display/developer/Scufl2-WorkflowBundle<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mygrid.org.uk%2Fdev%2Fwiki%2Fdisplay%2Fdeveloper%2FScufl2-WorkflowBundle&usd=2&usg=AFQjCNGtzD5f1SNq2ST0xSgBuNmQjmp2kg>
> [3]
> https://github.com/mygrid/scufl2/<http://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fmygrid%2Fscufl2%2F&usd=2&usg=AFQjCNF6K0WmCDYybt2COes84JfW9WRZfA>
> [4]
> https://github.com/myGrid/scufl2/blob/master/scufl2-api/src/test/resources/uk/org/taverna/scufl2/api/io/HelloWorld.txt<http://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FmyGrid%2Fscufl2%2Fblob%2Fmaster%2Fscufl2-api%2Fsrc%2Ftest%2Fresources%2Fuk%2Forg%2Ftaverna%2Fscufl2%2Fapi%2Fio%2FHelloWorld.txt&usd=2&usg=AFQjCNE2tWilTzSWcCh37vTO96YebXpjjg>
> [5]
> http://www.doodle.com/ybruwger8mi5bnn7<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.doodle.com%2Fybruwger8mi5bnn7&usd=2&usg=AFQjCNHa7IwSsqYppnmLHQzdws4dpgZ0fg>
>
> *When*
> Tue 2011-10-11 15:00 – 16:00 London
> *Where*
> Skype / myGrid (map<http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Skype+/+myGrid&hl=en-GB>
> )
> *Calendar*
> [email protected]
> *Who*
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> •
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Stian Soiland-Reyes, myGrid team
School of Computer Science
The University of Manchester
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