BIFI: a Taverna plugin for a simplified and user-friendly workflow platform.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Heterogeneity in the features, input-output behaviour and user interface for available bioinformatics tools and services is still a bottleneck for both expert and non-expert users. Advancement in providing common interfaces over such tools and services are gaining interest among researchers. However, the lack of (meta-) information about input-output data and parameter prevents to provide automated and standardized solutions, which can assist users in setting the appropriate parameters. These limitations must be resolved especially in the workflow-based solution in order to ease the integration of software.

Findings

We report a Taverna Workbench plugin: the XworX BIFI (Beautiful Interfaces for Inputs) implemented as a solution for the aforementioned issues. BIFI p

SUBMITTER: Yildiz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4228112 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature