Re: [Myexperiment-discuss] i need some workflows :-)

[Carole Goble]

Dave and Jeremy

Antoon has spent three years trying to figure out what a workflow digest 
might be, and what "similar" would mean.

And it isn't easy.

I suggest we ask Antoon

Carole

> In a way an Inchi is a canonical digest of a molecular structure.  You can
> imagine one or more types of digest of workflows such that google finds 
> "similar" workflows, where "similar" will be a function of the digest.  
> In the myExperiment context one would want some form of digest that 
> works across multiple workflow systems.  I'm just thinking out loud - I
> expect people have thought about this already.  It came up because
> Don is mapping workflow descriptions to OAI.
>
> -- Dave
>
> On Thu, 5 Apr 2007, Jeremy wrote:
>
>   
> > Do you think we should have URIs that is calculated from the workflow  
> > like the INChI is from the molecular structure?  This would be idea  
> > but will need some interesting fundamental work to show how  
> > representations of workflows can be shown to be the same workflow etc
> > Jeremy
> >
> >
> > On 5 Apr 2007, at 22:23, David De Roure wrote:
> >
> >     
> > > BTW These are the ones I'm using now, which I found with google.  I  
> > > guess
> > > what I'm looking for is a reference set we can all use for test  
> > > purposes.
> > >
> > > http://www.chembiogrid.org/projects/proj_workflows.html
> > > http://biomoby.open-bio.org/CVS_CONTENT/moby-live/Java/docs/taverna/ 
> > > guide/workflows.html
> > > http://bioinfo.mpiz-koeln.mpg.de/araws/workflows
> > > http://mips.gsf.de/projects/plants/PlaNetPortal/taverna_workflows.html
> > >
> > > This has also got me thinking about what workflows should look like  
> > > to be
> > > indexed usefully by google - and what the IDs should look like.  For
> > > example, in chemistry the inchi's are very google-friendly.  A  
> > > standard
> > > way of identifying a workflow that works for google would be handy.
> > >
> > > -- Dave
> > >
> > > On Thu, 5 Apr 2007, David De Roure wrote:
> > >
> > >       
> > > > Sorry this is a silly question but could someone send me and Don some
> > > > workflows or point us at some?! :-)
> > > >
> > > > What we need is just an assortment of real workflows (in XML),  
> > > > captured
> > > > in the wild, so we can play with them.  I'm sure some of you have  
> > > > them
> > > > roaming around your desks!  Is there a zoo?!
> > > >
> > > > It's just for testing our OAI thingie (must think of a name for it!)
> > > >
> > > > This is something else for the wiki when we have it!
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > -- Dave
> > > >
> > > >
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