Hello, Finn Bacall and myself (Emmanuel Tagarira) are interns with the myGrid team. We have been working on a prototype/strawman for a "shims library". A shim is used to mediate between two otherwise incompatible services by converting the output from one workflow component into a closely related format that the other component will accept as an input. This library is designed to house all things shim: beanshells, services, scripts, workflows, etc.
At present, the library runs as a standalone application built with the intention to elicit user requirements. We hope to integrate this into BioCatalogue, myExperiment, and the Taverna workbench, sometime in the future. The library has been set up and can be accessed via http://shimtest.taverna.org.uk . Please note that this is by no means a finished product; merely a device to help obtain some feedback as this is invaluable to us. Please feel free to test run the application and let us know what you think. You can browse the catalogue of shims, and track for bugs; if you register you can add and annotate shims. As this is a prototype, please be aware that the list of shims available will most likely change in the event that the project carries forward past this initial phase. For a full rundown of the features currently in the application, please visit http://groups.google.com/group/shims-library/web/shims-library-prototype-functionality . We are particularly interested in knowing: - the strong points and the weak points of the system, - what functionality you think is missing, - how the existing functionality can be improved, - how you would like to browse for shims (a generic search, a service based search, etc), - the kind of metadata you would find useful on shims, - how you would like to describe the inputs and outputs of a shim, - whether the current annotation fields are sufficient; if not, what fields are missing? You can provide us with this feedback via the google group for the Shims Library (http://groups.google.com/group/shims-library) or by sending an email to [email protected]. Regards, Emmanuel (Mannie) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ taverna-users mailing list [email protected] [email protected] Web site: http://www.taverna.org.uk Mailing lists: http://www.taverna.org.uk/taverna-mailing-lists/
