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WASA: A Workflow-Based Architecture to Support Scientific Database Applications (1995)
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@MISC{Medeiros95wasa:a,
author = {Claudia Bauzer Medeiros and Gottfried Vossen and Mathias Weske},
title = {WASA: A Workflow-Based Architecture to Support Scientific Database Applications},
year = {1995}
}
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Abstract
Scientific applications which involve the use of databases are of emerging interest. However, computer-based environments which support such applications are still in their infancy. The overall goal of the WASA project is to provide such an environment, and to do so with the specific domains of geosciences and biocomputing in mind. This paper introduces the architecture of WASA, explains its design decisions, describes how its various components interact, and how it can be utilized in the target applications. One important design decision has been to reuse existing database technology as far as possible, but to integrate this with the emerging paradigm of workflow management. As a result, WASA has a workflow manager as its central component; this tool manages information as well as other tools associated with a given environment, some of which are domain-independent, while others have to be adapted whenever the system is used in a new application area. In recent years t...
Keyphrases
workflow-based architecture support scientific database application specific domain database technology various component interact workflow management recent year target application computer-based environment new application area scientific application central component wasa project overall goal workflow manager important design decision design decision
