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Table 1 Comparison of common graphical workflow environments

From: Applications of the pipeline environment for visual informatics and genomics computations

Workflow Environment

Requires Tool Recompiling

Data Storage

Platform Independent

Client-Server Model

Grid Enabled

Application Area

URL

LONI Pipeline [15]

N

External

Y

Y

Y

(DRMAA)

Area agnostic

http://Pipeline.loni.ucla.edu

Taverna [35]

Y

(via API)

Internal (MIR)

Y

N

Y

(myGRID)

Bioinformatics

http://www.taverna.org.uk

Kepler [14]

Y

(via API)

Internal (actors)

Y

N

Y

(Ecogrid)

Area agnostic

http://kepler-project.org

Triana [36]

Y

Internal data structure

Y

N

Y

(gridLab)

Hetero-geneous Apps

http://www.trianacode.org

Galaxy [37]

N

External

N

(Linux, Mac)

Y

N

(Cloud EC2)

Bioinformatics

http://usegalaxy.org

Pipeline Pilot

Y

Internal

Y

N

N

Biochemistry

http://accelrys.com/products/pipeline-pilot/

AVS [38]

Y

Internal

Y

(platform build)

N

N

Advanced Visualization

http://www.avs.com

VisTrails [39]

Y

Internal

N

N

N

Scientific Visualization

http://www.vistrails.org

Bioclipse [40]

N

(plug-ins)

Internal

Y

N

N

Biochemistry Bioinformatics

http://www.bioclipse.net

  1. Y = yes, N = no; Taverna MIR plug-in, MIR = myGrid Information Repository; DRMAA = Distributed Resource Management Application API.