[Myexperiment-discuss] Taverna 2 myExperiment Plugin

[Mannie Tagarira]

Hello everyone,

A new plugin is now available for Taverna 2.1 beta 2 to integrate it  
with myExperiment (visit http://www.myexperiment.org).  This work  
builds on the Taverna 1.7 plugin, and provides similar functionality.   
Please note that this plugin is still under active development and  
your feedback at this stage would help prepare the plugin for the  
final release.  Installation instructions can be found at the end of  
this email.

At present, the plugin allows you to:
- search and view information about users, groups, and resources on  
myExperiment,
- browse for workflows using tags,
- log in to your myExperiment user account.

The plugin also allows you to load a workflow from myExperiment into  
Taverna without having to download it first.  Additionally, the plugin  
is stateful, meaning that it will remember your browse and search  
history.

We are planning to release this plugin as a standard feature with the  
Taverna 2.1 release.  With this release, we will include a "Starter  
Pack" which will contain workflows to help get you started if you are  
new to Taverna.  This "Starter Pack" will be available on  
myExperiment, and will be synchronised within the plugin.  We would  
also like to provide functionality to upload workflows directly onto  
myExperiment via the plugin.  To provide us with feedback, please send  
your comments to address@hidden

Special thanks go to Sergejs Aleksejevs and Jiten Bhagat for their  
time and effort towards making this plugin possible.

Regards,
Mannie Tagarira

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The plugin can be installed by accessing the "Updates and Plugins"  
section located in the "Advanced" menu.  Click the "Find New Plugins"  
button and check the "Taverna 2 myExperiment plugin" checkbox.  Click  
"Install", and restart Taverna.