Magallanes

Magallanes discovers and composes bioinformatics web services into automated workflows to identify and link associated data types for bioinformatics data processing.

Key Features:

• Web Service Discovery: Discovers bioinformatics web services and their associated data types.
• Workflow Integration: Connects compatible web services into composed workflows that transform specific inputs into desired outputs.
• Implementation: Implemented as a Java library for programmatic integration in bioinformatics environments.
• Platform Independence: Runs across operating systems, including MS-Windows XP and Unix-like systems.

Scientific Applications:

• National Institute of Bioinformatics (Spain): Used to integrate novel tools and enable automatic discovery and composition of workflows.
• ACGT-EU project: Applied to support automatic service discovery and workflow composition within the project.

Methodology:

Uses algorithms for systematic service discovery and for linking compatible web services to enable workflow composition.