Table 1

Execution capabilities of analyzed systems

Tool
Cluster-Based Execution
Workflow/Pipeline
Web Services
Internal Tool Extensibility
External Tool Extensibility

PathPort
No
No
Yes
Yes (Web Services)
Yes
BioCoRE
Yes
No
No
No
No
PISE
No
Pipelines
No
Yes (XML)
No
MIGenAS
Not locally
Pipelines
No
No
No
Pegasys
Yes
Workflow
No
Yes (XML)
No
Wildfire
Yes
Workflow
Yes
No
Yes
Taverna
Yes (Grid Based)
Workflow
Yes
Yes (Web Services)
No
BCJ
Yes
Workflow
No
Yes (XML)
Yes

Feagan et al. Source Code for Biology and Medicine 2007 2:9   doi:10.1186/1751-0473-2-9