[ogsa-wg] Workflow Interoperability and Sharing Survey for WFM-RG
Omer F. Rana
o.f.rana at cs.cardiff.ac.uk
Thu Feb 21 06:20:05 CST 2008
Hi Jinjun,
Yes, I agree with this sentiment. However, WfMC have primarily focused
on workflows in business applications -- and not
necessarily scientific workflows -- which is, I believe, what Andrew is
after.
regards
Omer
Jinjun Chen wrote:
> Workflow interoperability and sharing are not a new topic. They have
> already been there since 1993 when WfMC was established. I would like
> to suggest that we pay more attention to what have been done by WfMC.
>
> Best wishes,
> Jinjun
>
>
>
> On 2/21/08, *A S McGough* <asm at doc.ic.ac.uk <mailto:asm at doc.ic.ac.uk>>
> wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> I've been asked to circulate this on behalf of the WFM-RG. Please
> consider replying as this will hopefully feed into future OGSA as
> well as WFM-RG work.
>
> steve..
>
>
> Dear Researcher,
>
>
> As part of the work of the OGF Workflow Management Research Group,
> we are gathering user scenarios and experiences on workflow
> interoperability and sharing, which we intend will lead into a
> research document. Andrew Harrison (group secretary) has created
> an on-line form to gather information for such a research group
> document, which can be found here:
>
>
> _http://bender.astro.cf.ac.uk/wfmrg/_
>
>
> We would appreciate your help in taking the time to answer these
> questions and provide us with your opinions on these topics. As a
> background:
>
>
> There are a number of existing workflow tools and systems used by
> different projects in the eScience community. Many of these
> projects have a long history of activity and have, as a result,
> developed specialist knowledge in certain domains as well as
> particular capabilities that support the scenarios the project has
> been addressing. The relative maturity of these projects means
> that imposing standards which would disrupt their development or
> diminish the availability of their specialisms could be
> counter-productive. At OGF20 and OGF21, the Workflow Management
> Research Group (WFM-RG) focussed on gathering and disseminating
> workflow sharing and interoperability scenarios and requirements
> in an attempt to begin developing standards and mechanisms that
> allow diverse workflow systems to interoperate without undermining
> their individual strengths or development procedures. This
> document is a request for input into that process. It will not
> take long to complete. We would like to thank all those in advance
> who contribute.
>
>
> All the best,
>
>
> Ian and Ewa
>
> Lecturer, School of Computer Science, Cardiff.
> Assistant Professor, Dept. Computer Science and CCT, LSU.
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