Data::Workflow
This module provides a simple worklflow manager that we use to
download data from external sites, reformat and integrate the data,
and load it into internal databases.
A workflow consists of 'steps' that operate on data 'resources'. Steps
may be objects within a defined class hierarchy, standalone programs,
often Perl scripts or shell scripts that wrap built-in sysetm
utilities. Data resources can be local or remote files or directories,
webpages, database tables, or collections of the above.
You specify a workflow using configuration files that express the
dependencies between steps. These configuration files tell which
resources a given step reads or writes. The workflow manager executes
a step when its input resources are newer than its outputs, or in
other words, when its output is out-of-date.
INSTALLATION
To install this module, run the following commands:
perl Build.PL
./Build
./Build test
./Build install
SUPPORT AND DOCUMENTATION
After installing, you can find documentation for this module with the
perldoc command.
perldoc Data::Workflow
You can also look for information at:
RT, CPAN's request tracker (report bugs here)
http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Data-Workflow
AnnoCPAN, Annotated CPAN documentation
http://annocpan.org/dist/Data-Workflow
CPAN Ratings
http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Data-Workflow
Search CPAN
http://search.cpan.org/dist/Data-Workflow/
LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2012 Institute for Systems Biology
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published
by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.
See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.