[Myexperiment-discuss] SURFnet - Proof of Concept with MyExperiment & Taverna server

[Wladimir Mufty]

Hello MyExperiment users and developers,

I have just joined the list and would like to tell you more about the current project I’m involved in and where MyExperiment plays an important part.

SURFnet* helps researchers, teachers and students work together using ICT, we are located in Utrecht, The Netherlands. One of our focus areas is “Collaboration environments”, at the moment we are conducting a Proof of Concept is this area.

We have done an analysis of the applicability and usefulness of Mashup tools for SURFnet users, focusing primarily on scientific researchers. We have published a report that gives an overview of existing tools, including  tools oriented at supporting ‘scientific workflow’, and provides conclusions and recommendations towards their usage in the SURFnet context.( http://www.surfnet.nl/Documents/indi-2010-05-011%20(TS%20Mashuptechnologie%20v1.1).pdf )

For the current Proof of Concept we have planed a scenario where we would like to use multiple facets of collaboration between Taverna, MyExperiment, (student) portal and shared resources.
The past weeks I have already received some valuable input and direction from Marco Roos, Kostas Karasavvas, Shoaib Sufi, Alan Williams, Alexandra Nenadic  and Ian Dunlop.

Unfortunately I could not attach a pdf with the scenario to this mailinglist, or should this be possible?
There are still some questions we have:
- Is the runner that can be configured in MyExperiment pointing to an instance of a Taverna server? Can I use the Taverna Server Virtual machine for this when I place it on my (public) network?
- When “posting” an experiment to a runner-machine through the MyExperiment API, does MyExperiment does that directly, or should I first GET the workflow and POST it manually to the runner.
- When do I need to use the concept of a job?
- Can I check the status of a experiment (posted to a MyExperiment runner)  through the MyExperiment API or directly from that machine it’s running on?

Is there some (draft) documentation available on the following API subjects; we would like to make use of them… even if there not official yet.
- GET group, POST group, PUT group, DELETE group
- Runner index , Runner count, GET runner, POST runner, PUT runner, DELETE runner
- Job index , Job count, GET Job, POST Job, PUT Job, DELETE Job

Hope you could give me some input on these questions,

Kind regards,

Wladimir Mufty

 * SURFnet is a subsidiary of a not-for-profit foundation SURF.

For further information please visit:
- http://www.surf.nl/en/Pages/home.aspx
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SURFnet

Some projects we are working on:
- http://www.surfnet.nl/en/nieuws/Pages/Default.aspx