Taverna

Taverna orchestrates the composition and execution of integrative scientific workflows by combining distributed Web Services and local tools for bioinformatics analyses such as proteomics and transcriptomics.

Key Features:

• Integration of Web Services and local tools: Compose complex analysis pipelines by integrating distributed Web Services and local tools.
• Distributed execution via Taverna Server: Execute pipelines on local desktops, supercomputers, Grids, or cloud environments using Taverna Server.
• High-throughput omics support: Support analyses for proteomics and transcriptomics.
• Evidence gathering: Enable workflows for text mining and data mining to collect and synthesize evidence.
• Large resource access: Provide access to several thousand tools and resources from life science institutions.
• Reusable executable protocols: Enable construction of reusable, executable bioinformatics protocols for sharing and repurposing.
• Public workflow repository: Facilitate sharing and reuse of workflows via myExperiment.

Scientific Applications:

• Proteomics and transcriptomics analyses: Perform large-scale omics data analyses using composed workflows.
• Evidence synthesis and discovery: Conduct text mining and data mining workflows for literature- and data-derived evidence.
• Distributed and high-performance computing: Run complex analyses across desktops, supercomputers, Grids, and cloud infrastructures.
• Reproducible protocol dissemination: Share executable bioinformatics protocols and workflows for reuse across projects.

Methodology:

Workflows are constructed by integrating distributed Web Services and local tools into complex analysis pipelines and executed via Taverna Server on local desktops, supercomputers, Grids, or cloud environments.