Flipper

Flipper automates registration and deployment of web services across catalogues such as BioMOBY and INB to enable interoperable distributed data processing in biomedicine.

Key Features:

• Web Service Registration: Automates registration of web services in catalogues such as BioMOBY and INB.
• Deployment Process: Creates Web-Service implementation skeletons and deploys command-line applications as web services on servers.
• Interoperability Enhancement: Implements a uniform representation of internet-based resources inspired by the MAPI framework to enhance interoperability and remote access.
• Modular Framework: Organizes functionality into configurable modules that can be tailored to specific development requirements.

Scientific Applications:

• Distributed biomedical data processing: Enables remote execution of analyses on large biomedical datasets by deploying command-line tools as web services.
• Resource integration and interoperability: Integrates diverse web resources and provides a uniform representation to facilitate interoperability across services and catalogues such as BioMOBY and INB.

Methodology:

Automated registration in catalogues such as BioMOBY and INB, creation of Web-Service implementation skeletons, deployment of command-line applications on servers, and use of the MAPI framework for a uniform representation to enable interoperability and remote access.