title: Talisman--rapid application development for the grid.
abstract: In order to make use of the emerging grid and network services offered by various institutes and mandated by many current research projects, some kind of user accessible client is required. In contrast with attempts to build generic workbenches, Talisman is designed to allow a bioinformatics expert to rapidly build custom applications, immediately visible using standard web technology, for users who wish to concentrate on the biology of their problem rather than the informatics aspects. As a component of the MyGrid project, it is intended to allow access to arbitrary resources, including but not limited to relational, object and flat file data sources, analysis programs and grid based storage, tracking and distributed annotation systems.
authors.affiliation: EMBL European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Essex, CB10 1SD, UK. tmo@ebi.ac.uk
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Oinn
mesh_terms: D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods*; D003199:Computer Systems; D003205:Computing Methodologies; D003628:Database Management Systems; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D020407:Internet; D009862:Online Systems; D012984:Software; D012985:Software Design; D018511:Systems Integration