
Towards the Geo-enabled Model Web 177
Kepler
Kepler
2
(Ludäscher et al. 2006) is a modeling, execution, and deployment
framework for scientifi c workfl ows across different domains. Kepler is used
in various kinds of projects such as biological sciences, DNA sequences,
and geosciences and earth observation among others.
3
The main components in Kepler are directors, actors, and parameters as
well as channels and ports.
4
A scientifi c workfl ow in Kepler consists of a
combination of actors. An actor can be regarded as an analytical task. Kepler
follows an actor-oriented programming interface (Ludäscher et al. 2006)
as a methodology to turn analytical ...