Workflow Type: Taverna 1

Taverna is an open source family of tools for designing and executing workflows, created by the myGrid project and funded by OMII UK, the EPSRC, BBRC, ESRC, JISC and Microsoft.

The family consists of the Taverna Engine (the workhorse), and the Taverna Workbench (desktop client) and Taverna Server (remote workflow execution server) that sit on top of the Engine. See http://www.taverna.org.uk/ for further information.

The Taverna 1 Workbench is an earlier version of the workbench which is still available for download. Taverna 1 workflow descriptions are produced and consumed by this version of the workbench. They are in an XML format also known as SCUFL.

Note that the latest version of the workbench is Taverna 2 and is the recommended version. Most Taverna 1 workflows can also be read using the Taverna 2 workbench.

Users of the Taverna 1 workbench can access myExperiment from the workbench using a “plugin” which can be downloaded within the workbench. The plugin allows users to browse, download and open workflows from myExperiment within Taverna.