论文首先从e-Science项目的产生动机出发。论述了大规模科学研究需要考虑的四个方面关键问题,提出科学工作流解决这些问题的思路;进而根据解决思路指出科学工作流及系统的九项具体功能需求。
This article begins by talking about the motivation for the occurrence of e-Sciences project. It discusses the four key issues needed to consider for large-scale scientific research, puts forward the ideas of how the scientific workflow can solve the problems, and points out the nine specific functional requirements of the scientific workflow and system.