[MOBY-dev] Executing Moby Workflow straight from java

[Alan Williams]

Paul Gordon wrote:
> I think whoever has a headless Taverna workflow creation and/or 
> enactment working should put examples up in the Java developer's section 
> of the Moby Web site...I believe the myExperiment people also have a 
> headless workflow enactment engine working now...anyone from there on 
> this list?  Also, Paolo Romano in Italy has a headless SCUFL enactor in 
> the BioWEP software. So many people are doing this, but no good sample 
> code is easily available, especially for Moby services...

If by headless you mean without the UI, then there is a WorkflowLauncher 
that enacts a Taverna workflow.  The source code (written by the myGrid 
team) can be downloaded from 
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/taverna/workflowlauncher-0.1.2.zip?download 
  It may not what you need as it reads in a pre-existing Taverna 
workflow - it does not create one programmatically.

You can also execute a Taverna workflow on a remote machine see 
<http://www.mygrid.org.uk/tools/taverna/taverna-remote-execution/>

myExperiment can run the workflow you are looking at on a Taverna remote 
execution engine.  (You will, of course, need to have the right 
authorization to get at a given remote enactor.)

I'm rather confused as to what people are trying to do.  Could someone 
give a use case?  I'll probably have to get Katy Wolstencroft to explain 
the biology for me :-)

Alan R Williams (currently the support hat wearer for Taverna)