[Myexperiment-discuss] Taverna and myExperiment design principles article in IEEE Software

[David De Roure]

Hello and Happy New Year to all!

Our paper "Software Design for Empowering Scientists", which discusses the 
design principles of Taverna and myExperiment, has appeared in the latest 
(January/February 2009) issue of IEEE Software.

The full reference is

De Roure, D. and Goble, C. Software Design for Empowering Scientists, IEEE 
Software, Volume 26, Issue 1, Jan-Feb 2009, pages 88-95. Digital Object 
Identifier 10.1109/MS.2009.22

The article is available online from IEEE (for those with access) on 
http://www2.computer.org/portal/web/csdl/doi/10.1109/MS.2009.22 and the 
preprint continues to be available on http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/15032/ 
under the original title of "Six Principles of Software Design to Empower 
Scientists".

Many thanks to everyone in the Taverna and myExperiment teams who assisted 
Carole and I with this paper, especially in the copyediting phase at the end of 
November.

Other articles in this "Developing Scientific Software, Part 2" issue include 
"Developing Scientific Software Requirements Engineering for E-science: 
Experiences in Epidemiology" (by Sarah Thew et al, pages 80-87), and Usability 
and User-Centered Design.

-- Dave