<s>
A	O
bioinformatics	B-Application
workflow	I-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
is	O
a	O
specialized	O
form	O
of	O
workflow	B-Operating_System
management	O
system	O
designed	O
specifically	O
to	O
compose	O
and	O
execute	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
computational	O
or	O
data	O
manipulation	O
steps	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
workflow	B-Operating_System
,	O
that	O
relate	O
to	O
bioinformatics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
currently	O
many	O
different	O
workflow	B-Operating_System
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
have	O
been	O
developed	O
more	O
generally	O
as	O
scientific	B-Application
workflow	I-Application
systems	I-Application
for	O
use	O
by	O
scientists	O
from	O
many	O
different	O
disciplines	O
like	O
astronomy	O
and	O
earth	O
science	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
alphabetical	O
order	O
,	O
some	O
examples	O
of	O
bioinformatics	B-Application
workflow	I-Application
management	I-Application
systems	I-Application
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
CLC	O
bio	O
,	O
a	O
bioinformatics	O
analysis	O
and	O
workflow	B-Operating_System
management	O
platform	O
from	O
QIAGEN	O
Digital	O
Insights	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Clone	B-Application
Manager	I-Application
from	O
Sci-Ed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Discovery	O
Net	O
:	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
earliest	O
examples	O
of	O
a	O
scientific	B-Application
workflow	I-Application
system	I-Application
,	O
later	O
commercialized	O
as	O
InforSense	O
which	O
was	O
then	O
acquired	O
by	O
IDBS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GenePattern	O
:	O
A	O
powerful	O
scientific	B-Application
workflow	I-Application
system	I-Application
that	O
provides	O
access	O
to	O
hundreds	O
of	O
genomic	O
analysis	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
bioinformatics	O
workflow	B-Operating_System
systems	O
to	O
choose	O
from	O
,	O
it	O
becomes	O
difficult	O
to	O
understand	O
and	O
compare	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
different	O
workflow	B-Operating_System
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
,	O
which	O
provides	O
a	O
high-level	O
framework	O
for	O
comparing	O
workflow	B-Operating_System
systems	O
based	O
on	O
their	O
control	O
flow	O
and	O
data	O
flow	O
properties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
systems	O
compared	O
include	O
Discovery	O
Net	O
,	O
Taverna	B-Application
,	O
Triana	O
,	O
Kepler	B-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
Yawl	O
and	O
BPEL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
paper	O
"	O
Meta-workflows	O
:	O
pattern-based	O
interoperability	O
between	O
Galaxy	B-Application
and	O
Taverna	B-Application
"	O
which	O
provides	O
a	O
more	O
user-oriented	O
comparison	O
between	O
Taverna	B-Application
and	O
Galaxy	B-Application
in	O
the	O
context	O
of	O
enabling	O
interoperability	O
between	O
both	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
infrastructure	O
paper	O
"	O
Delivering	O
ICT	O
Infrastructure	O
for	O
Biomedical	O
Research	O
"	O
compares	O
two	O
workflow	B-Operating_System
systems	O
,	O
Anduril	B-Application
and	O
Chipster	O
,	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
infrastructure	O
requirements	O
in	O
a	O
cloud-delivery	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
paper	O
"	O
A	O
review	O
of	O
bioinformatic	O
pipeline	O
frameworks	O
"	O
attempts	O
to	O
classify	O
workflow	B-Operating_System
management	O
systems	O
based	O
on	O
three	O
dimensions	O
:	O
"	O
using	O
an	O
implicit	O
or	O
explicit	O
syntax	O
,	O
using	O
a	O
configuration	O
,	O
convention	O
or	O
class-based	O
design	O
paradigm	O
and	O
offering	O
a	O
command	O
line	O
or	O
workbench	O
interface	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
