Embracing scientific workflow knowledge into IDE

Scientific workflow is mainly supported in many development and execution environments corresponding to specific domains. Although there are many differences among those environments, some consensuses have been achieved to a certain extent in the following parts of scientific workflow IDE(Integrated Development Environment): workflow languages and representations, workflow executors, and execution environments. As all consideration about a workfow should be mapped to the soucre code or graph, it is difficult for experts to complete a workflow with no negligence or errors. As a result, knowledge should be embraced in scientific workflow IDE from the three essential elements of a workflow language: syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. According to knowledge tips provided by experts, scientific workflow IDE can help them to develop their scientific workflows in a straightforward and iterative way through the interaction with IDE. © 2008 IEEE.