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As part of the Data Observation Network for Earth (DataONE
<<a href="http://www.dataone.org/" target="_blank"
style="color: rgb(17, 37, 8);">http://www.dataone.org</a>>),
we are researching workflow systems and workflow complexity.
In this project, we are examining a large number of the
scientific workflows that have been constructed, in order to
develop a way of categorizing workflows based on their
complexity, types of processing steps employed, and
other factors. Most of this work is being done by examining
workflows on repositories such as myExperiment <<a
href="http://www.myexperiment.org/" target="_blank"
style="color: rgb(17, 37, 8);">http://www.myexperiment.org</a>>;
however, it is possible that the workflows loaded onto such
repositories are not representative of workflows being used on
a daily basis by scientists doing their work. For more
information, please consult our open notebook at <a
href="http://notebooks.dataone.org/workflows"
target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 37, 8);">http://notebooks.<wbr>dataone.org/workflows</a><br>
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Please get in contact with richard [dot] littauer [at] gmail
[dot] com if you:
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">have any relevant information
on workflow usage or research in the scientific community,
particularly involving natural language descriptions and
workflow repositories</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">know of any science
publications that mention how the authors have used
scientific workflows in conducting their science</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">are aware of any faults
between workflow systems, in the categorisation of
workflows, or of inadequacies in the natural language
description of workflows</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">or know of any open
repositories of workflows that you or your colleagues may
use to upload their workflows (besides myExperiment)</li>
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As this is a development list, most of the users on here
should be able to help in some capacity. Bearing that in mind,
any help would be accepted gratefully. As well, instead of
suggesting the same articles repeatedly, it might be best to
join the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://www.mendeley.com/groups/1189721/scientific-workflows-and-workflow-systems/">Mendeley
group on Workflows</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and
add them there, if that's easier for you.<br>
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[Apologies for any cross posting]<br>
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Thank you very much for your time! <br>
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<font class="Apple-style-span" color="#888888">Richard
Littauer</font><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" color="#888888">DataONE
Intern</font><br>
<a href="http://notebooks.dataone.org/workflows"
target="_blank"><font class="Apple-style-span"
color="#112508">http://notebooks.dataone.org/</font><wbr>workflows</a></font></font></span>
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