The MCISB is using the Taverna workflow system as one of its tools for combining the use of multiple data repositories and analysis tools. The following Taverna-related software have been developed by the MCISB:

Plugins

The Taverna workflow system now has a plugin mechanism which enables the software to be tailored to specific scientific domains. The following Taverna plugins have been developed here at the MCISB for use in systems biology and informatics in general:

• PDFViewer - enables Taverna to display PDF files

API Consumer configuration file for libSBML

Its possible to use the classes and methods within the Java binding of libSBML for automating the creation and manipulation of SBML files in workflows. The construction of such workflows requires an XML configuration file specifying the subset of classes and methods from libSBML that can be used in workflows which is generated by the API consumer application.

Workflows

Example workflows and their documentation produced by MCISB can be downloaded from here.