The Workflow Editor
From ACGT Competition
This page is dedicated to entrants who wish to use the ACGT Workflow Editor in their entry.
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What is the Workflow Editor?
The Workflow Editor aims to assist physicians in their scientific research by supporting the composition of different data access, knowledge extraction and analytical services into complex workflows. This way one can extend and enrich the functionality of the ACGT system by reusing existing ACGT compliant services and producing "added value" composite services.
The Workflow Editor and its "environment" attempt to bridge the usability gap between grid infrastructure and clinicians. Furthermore, the Workflow Editor takes advantage of the computational and storage power of a grid. This is essential for scientific workflows which tend to operate on large amounts of data with complex algorithms. The Workflow Environment allows the users to share finished workflows, thus to exchange information so that users can benefit from each other’s research.
More information
- How to create, edit, execute and publish workflows in the ACGT environment - ACGT Handbook - Setting up workflows
- A description of the user interface of the Workflow Editor - ACGT Handbook - Workflow Editor Interface.
Tutorials
A tutorial on how to create a workflow that uses services and databases in the ACGT environment can be found here: Example Workflow tutorial
Workflows can be designed to use and reuse different data pools and knowledge discovery and analytical services for more complex research goals. In this example, a GridR service uses both clinical trial data (3 mediator queries created in the Query Tool) and data from an external database which is queried using SPARQL to plot the association between patient's treatment and tumor relapse.
- More examples can be found here ACGT Handbook - Examples.
FAQ
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