A middleware independent Grid workflow builder for scientific applications

Author

Johnson, David ; Meacham, Ken ; Kornmayer, Harald

Author_Institution

Sch. of Biol. Sci., Univ. of Reading, Reading, UK

fYear

2009

fDate

9-11 Dec. 2009

Firstpage

86

Lastpage

91

Abstract

Grid workflow authoring tools are typically specific to particular workflow engines built into grid middleware, or are application specific and are designed to interact with specific software implementations. g-Eclipse is a middleware independent grid workbench that aims to provide a unified abstraction of the grid and includes a grid workflow builder to allow users to author and deploy workflows to the grid. This paper describes the g-Eclipse Workflow Builder and its implementations for two grid middlewares, gLite and GRIA, and a case study utilizing the workflow builder in a grid user´s scientific workflow deployment.

Keywords

grid computing; middleware; scientific information systems; software engineering; workflow management software; GRIA; g-Eclipse Workflow Builder; gLite; grid middleware; grid workflow authoring tools; middleware independent grid workbench; middleware independent grid workflow builder; scientific applications; scientific workflow deployment; software implementations; workflow engines; Biology; Cloud computing; Distributed computing; Engines; Europe; Grid computing; Middleware; National electric code; Resource management; Technological innovation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

E-Science Workshops, 2009 5th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Oxford

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5946-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ESCIW.2009.5407993

Filename

5407993