Workflow management in complex distributed environments has become a growing issue in the cyberinfrastructure/e-research context. I recently read a very useful report of a 2006 NSF workshop on this topic, which includes some provocative speculation about the interactions between documenting workflows and scholarly communication. The report (and other material on the workshop) can be founda at:

http://vtcpc.isi.edu/wiki/index.php/Main_Page


Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI