CalcTav—integration of a spreadsheet and Taverna workbench
Author(s) -
Jacek Sroka,
Łukasz Krupa,
Andrzej Kierzek,
Jerzy Tyszkiewicz
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
bioinformatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.599
H-Index - 390
eISSN - 1367-4811
pISSN - 1367-4803
DOI - 10.1093/bioinformatics/btr425
Subject(s) - workflow , computer science , workbench , scripting language , world wide web , plug in , visualization , user interface , software engineering , python (programming language) , interface (matter) , graphical user interface , programming language , database , operating system , data mining , bubble , maximum bubble pressure method
Taverna workbench is an environment for construction, visualization and execution of bioinformatic workflows that integrates specialized tools available on the Internet. It already supports major bioinformatics services and is constantly gaining popularity. However, its user interface requires considerable effort to learn, and sometimes requires programming or scripting experience from its users. We have integrated Taverna with OpenOffice Calc, making the functions of the scientific workflow system available in the spreadsheet. In CalcTav, one can define workflows using the spreadsheet interface and analyze the results using the spreadsheet toolset.
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