[kepler-users] Kepler Question

[ted leslie]

Ah, composite actor did the trick in so far as putting that WF in another,
i see it can inherit the directory (as I did in my experimenting and checking docs),
but I notice it doesn't "fire" when you run the main work flow. 
(it has its own controls). It would be nice if when I run the outer WF, that
the composite ones run too. Probably I am missing something simple?

-tl

On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 01:36:21 -0700
"Bertram Ludaescher" <ludaesch at ucdavis.edu> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 1:27 AM, ted leslie <tleslie at tcn.net> wrote:
> 
> >
> > I just stumpled upon Kepler and am absolutly blown away!
> >
> > I think it will be very useful for me,
> > but one requirement that I would have is,
> >
> > Can I have workflows interact?
> > Can one trigger another, or start it up?
> > Can they communicate to one another?
> > (maybe even a WF run within a WF?, import a WF as a data provider to
> > another WF?)
> 
> 
> There are several answers to this: First, a workflow running within a
> workflow is called a "composite actor" or "subworkflow" in our terminology.
> When one nests a wf inside another one, the question arises: how should this
> be executed? What's the model of computation. Thanks to Ptolemy's various
> underlying models of computation, we can use in Kepler different ways of
> nesting workflows inside one another, all with clear semantics (there are
> papers and documentation describing how this works).
> 
> Having said this, we normally don't think of multiple instances of workflows
> as running indepdently and then somehow communicating. Although such a thing
> is possible (e.g. this *might* be related somewhat to Ptolemy's life cycle
> models, where one model (aka workflow in Kepler lingo) can start another
> one), we rather think of workflows typically as data-driven analysis
> pipelines (dataflow process networks).
> 
> >
> > Also, I use Linux exclusively, but to avoid Java installs and other prereq.
> > I just put it into a Windows OS on vmware, to give it a quick look.
> > Is the Linux version as full featured as the Windows? (or fuller, or
> > lessor?)
> > (If not what are diffs?)
> >
> 
> I'm not aware of a difference. And you can always get the latest version via
> the source code repository.
> 
> 
> >
> > These might be very noob questions, and I don't mind  "RTFM",
> > but these are fundimental Q's I would appreacate brief feed back on,
> > (or reference pointers)
> > before I take a much deeper dive in.
> >
> 
> Here is a good starting point:
> http://www.kepler-project.org/Wiki.jsp?page=Documentation
> 
> Bertram
> 
> 
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
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> > ted leslie <tleslie at tcn.net>
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ted leslie <tleslie at tcn.net>