Hi Jinjun,

Yes, I agree with this sentiment. However, WfMC have primarily focused 
on workflows in business applications -- and not
necessarily scientific workflows -- which is, I believe, what Andrew is 
after.
  

regards
Omer

Jinjun Chen wrote:
  

Workflow interoperability and sharing are not a new topic. They have 
already been there since 1993 when WfMC was established. I would like 
to suggest that we pay more attention to what have been done by WfMC.
 
Best wishes,
Jinjun
 


On 2/21/08, *A S McGough* <asm@doc.ic.ac.uk <mailto:asm@doc.ic.ac.uk>> 
wrote:

    Dear All,

    I've been asked to circulate this on behalf of the WFM-RG. Please
    consider replying as this will hopefully feed into future OGSA as
    well as WFM-RG work.

    steve..


    Dear Researcher,

     
    As part of the work of the OGF Workflow Management Research Group,
    we are gathering user scenarios and experiences on workflow
    interoperability and sharing, which we intend will lead into a
    research document.  Andrew Harrison (group secretary) has created
    an on-line form to gather information for such a research group
    document, which can be found here:

     
    _http://bender.astro.cf.ac.uk/wfmrg/_

     
    We would appreciate your help in  taking the time to answer these
    questions and provide us with your opinions on these topics. As a
    background:

     
    There are a number of existing workflow tools and systems used by
    different projects in the eScience community. Many of these
    projects have a long history of activity and have, as a result,
    developed specialist knowledge in certain domains as well as
    particular capabilities that support the scenarios the project has
    been addressing. The relative maturity of these projects means
    that imposing standards which would disrupt their development or
    diminish the availability of their specialisms could be
    counter-productive. At OGF20 and OGF21, the Workflow Management
    Research Group (WFM-RG) focussed on gathering and disseminating
    workflow sharing and interoperability scenarios and requirements
    in an attempt to begin developing standards and mechanisms that
    allow diverse workflow systems to interoperate without undermining
    their individual strengths or development procedures. This
    document is a request for input into that process. It will not
    take long to complete. We would like to thank all those in advance
    who contribute.

     
    All the best,

     
    Ian and Ewa

    Lecturer, School of Computer Science, Cardiff.
    Assistant Professor, Dept. Computer Science and CCT, LSU.
    www.cs.cf.ac.uk/user/I.J.Taylor/
    <http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/user/I.J.Taylor/> & www.p2pgridbook.com
    <http://www.p2pgridbook.com/>
    Tel: +44-781110 3142



     

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