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are not executable by themselves. Web sites in this category include
the following:
Protocol repository for multiple disciplines, such as Protocol
Exchange (
http://www.nature.com/protocolexchange/
) and Pro-
tocolpedia (
http://www.protocolpedia.com/
).
Protocol repository for specific disciplines, such as iPlant (
http://
www.iplantcollaborative.org/
) and OpenWetWare (
http://open-
wetware.org/
) for biology.
Executable
. Some research-specific purpose SNSs are computa-
tion-oriented to a certain degree. In other words, they facilitate the
sharing of executable computational components. The UK myGrid
team has provided a suite of Web sites for various purposes, including
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the following:
myExperiment
(
http://www.myexperiment.org/
). A curated reg-
istry of scientific workflows and associated research objects.
BioCatalogue
(
http://www.myExperiment.org/
). A curated reg-
istry of life science Web services.
MethodBox
(
http://www.methodbox.org/
). A site to share data-
sets, methods, and scripts.
Besides the myGrid family, Globus Online [203] is an online service
that facilitates the moving of large quantities of data from one place to
another, which is common in data-centric scientific computing; Galaxy
[204] provides a Web server to share and execute workflows in life
science; caGrid introduced in Chapter 7 offers a service-oriented Grid
infrastructure and workflow toolkit for cancer research; and nanoHub
[205] provides a nanotechnology research gateway hosting not only user
groups and tutorials but also simulation tools.
A list of the aforementioned SNSs for scientists is shown in
Figure 8.1. Each SNS is positioned based on its relative level of
generality (the
x
-axis) and ability to execute (the
y
-axis).
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Find more details about myExperiment and family at the next bullet “myExperiment: an
SNS for the Service-Oriented Science.”
