Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-airavata-dev-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-airavata-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D4FAAED9B for ; Tue, 25 Jun 2013 20:15:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 96824 invoked by uid 500); 25 Jun 2013 20:15:40 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-airavata-dev-archive@airavata.apache.org Received: (qmail 96794 invoked by uid 500); 25 Jun 2013 20:15:40 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@airavata.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@airavata.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@airavata.apache.org Received: (qmail 96785 invoked by uid 99); 25 Jun 2013 20:15:40 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 25 Jun 2013 20:15:40 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.5 required=5.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of samindaw@gmail.com designates 209.85.215.41 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.215.41] (HELO mail-la0-f41.google.com) (209.85.215.41) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 25 Jun 2013 20:15:35 +0000 Received: by mail-la0-f41.google.com with SMTP id fn20so12757824lab.14 for ; Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:15:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=j4V0UrYwvQixLuqkcZFSuVoGjjHDtOa2ue+ZX+H8xio=; b=Ye9j4IsYvyHmTtAdWbVM44yWXQsv98+RS1Xj357YaqRVN2NuiJHo4bmIiaNVCXF4Ri i5sSKyElc8KW9y/RWUWUl32QQQae0qEfGzCcLMLwcSXJB7UzW+KI597gu6tSogkjrnGf aRCgaXLClu0BtAKKuPobudxmMOUVvJTMbLnPnEVQBSpeKMnge5+taEb5vYx1oRaZz2Js gIBxYjpI0ZHP7b9MGHS1UB76W1MVbGD+kSJXUcLi0IAMYy+mNtU2U910BOJgbruJGAzG gI6ByC98w2AFGifJ++1WSDqK943gBhDVT857AI26Lb3JoTCWi8w/c0rqf5kD9JXjuQwx YMBw== X-Received: by 10.112.146.33 with SMTP id sz1mr652379lbb.47.1372191314249; Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:15:14 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.50.131 with HTTP; Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:14:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Saminda Wijeratne Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 16:14:54 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Enabling interactivity with executing workflow To: dev@airavata.apache.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b3441d0d98e4404e0002f2c X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org --047d7b3441d0d98e4404e0002f2c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 The next step in our workflow interpreter is to allow it to interact with external parties (eg: for controlling the execution pattern, providing additional data, canceling/redoing jobs etc). This will enable more fine-tuned control over how applications are executed and a different level of understanding of executing workflows. Your thoughts on this to drive the effort of improving workflow interpreter in Airavata is welcome. Thanks, Saminda --047d7b3441d0d98e4404e0002f2c--