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Scientific workflow systems are typically describe coordinations involved in data processing via a workflow definition language. However, current specific workflow definition languages, even adopted by current mature scientific workflow systems, are too complex and enormous for non-professionals. In this paper, we mainly discuss how to design a workflow definition language using XML schema to suit a lightweight workflow system in a specific domain such as astronomy and astroinformatics. The prototype system shows that a simple but intuitive workflow definition language can simplify the modeling procedure and make end users easier and more accurate to implement their research tasks in e-Science activities.
This work was funded by National Science Foundation of China (10878009).
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Liu, Y., Wang, F., Deng, H., Fu, X., Ji, K. (2012). A Study on Modeling of Lightweight Scientific Workflow Systems Using XML Schema. In: Sheng, Q.Z., Wang, G., Jensen, C.S., Xu, G. (eds) Web Technologies and Applications. APWeb 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7235. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29253-8_72
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