A study on modeling of lightweight scientific workflow systems using XML schema

  • Authors:

  • Yingbo Liu;Feng Wang;Hui Deng;Xiaodong Fu;Kaifan Ji

  • Affiliations:

  • Computer Technology Application Key Lab of Yunnan Province, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, China and Yunnan Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Science, Ku ...;Computer Technology Application Key Lab of Yunnan Province, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, China and Yunnan Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Science, Ku ...;Computer Technology Application Key Lab of Yunnan Province, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, China;Computer Technology Application Key Lab of Yunnan Province, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, China;Computer Technology Application Key Lab of Yunnan Province, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, China

  • Venue:
  • APWeb'12 Proceedings of the 14th Asia-Pacific international conference on Web Technologies and Applications
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Scientific workflow systems are typically describe coordinations involved in data processing via a workflow definition language. However, current specific workflow definition languages, even adopted by current mature scientific workflow systems, are too complex and enormous for non-professionals. In this paper, we mainly discuss how to design a workflow definition language using XML schema to suit a lightweight workflow system in a specific domain such as astronomy and astroinformatics. The prototype system shows that a simple but intuitive workflow definition language can simplify the modeling procedure and make end users easier and more accurate to implement their research tasks in e-Science activities.