MyExperiment
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myExperiment is a social web site
for researchers sharing Research Objects such as Scientific Workflows. The www.myexperiment.org Website was launched in November 2007 and contains a significant collection of scientific workflows for a variety of workflow systems, most notably Taverna
, but also other tools such as Bioclipse
. myExperiment has a REST
API and is based on an open source Ruby on Rails
codebase.
The myExperiment project is directed by David De Roure
at University of Oxford
and is one of the activities of the myGrid consortium
, which is led by Carole Goble
of The University of Manchester
, UK. It is funded by JISC under the Virtual Research Environment programme and by the Microsoft
Technical Computing Initiative.
Social network service
A social networking service is an online service, platform, or site that focuses on building and reflecting of social networks or social relations among people, who, for example, share interests and/or activities. A social network service consists of a representation of each user , his/her social...
for researchers sharing Research Objects such as Scientific Workflows. The www.myexperiment.org Website was launched in November 2007 and contains a significant collection of scientific workflows for a variety of workflow systems, most notably Taverna
Taverna workbench
Taverna Workbench is an open source software tool for designing and executing workflows, created by the myGrid project and funded through the OMII-UK...
, but also other tools such as Bioclipse
Bioclipse
The Bioclipse project is a Java-based, open source, visual platform for chemo- and bioinformatics based on the Eclipse Rich Client Platform...
. myExperiment has a REST
Rest
Rest may refer to:* Leisure* Human relaxation* SleepRest may also refer to:* Rest , a pause in a piece of music* Rest , the relation between two observers* Rest , a 2008 album by Gregor Samsa...
API and is based on an open source Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails, often shortened to Rails or RoR, is an open source web application framework for the Ruby programming language.-History:...
codebase.
The myExperiment project is directed by David De Roure
David De Roure
David De Roure is a Professor of e-Research at the University of Oxford in South East England and National Strategic Director for e-Social Science.- Background and Research :...
at University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
and is one of the activities of the myGrid consortium
MyGrid
The myGrid consortium is a multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary internationally leading research group focussing on the challenges of eScience...
, which is led by Carole Goble
Carole Goble
Carole Anne Goble, FREng, FBCS, CITP is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Manchester in the UK. She is Principal Investigator of the myGrid, BioCatalogue and myExperiment projects....
of The University of Manchester
University of Manchester
The University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...
, UK. It is funded by JISC under the Virtual Research Environment programme and by the Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
Technical Computing Initiative.
Mentions in publications
- MySpace for the dudes in lab coats in New Scientist magazine, issue 2574, page 29. 21 October 2006. by Jim Hendler by Lincoln SteinLincoln SteinProfessor Lincoln D. Stein is a scientist and leader in bioinformatics and computational biology at the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research. Current projects include Reactome, WormBase,, BioPerl, , ENCODE , the Generic Model Organism Database and Cloud computing...
- THE article "Log on to a global laboratory: web 2.0 tools allow researchers to share ideas, data and results" by Sarah Collinson and Zoe Corbyn in the "Research intelligence" section, page 22 (1 January 2009).