Table 1.

Comparison of selected functionalities of Argo and other related platforms

Feature	Argo	GATE Developer	U-Compare	Taverna	Kepler	Triana
Based on a standard interoperability framework	+	−	+	−	−	−
Web-based	+	−	−	−	−	−
GUI-based workflow construction	+	+	+	+	+	+
In-built library of analytics	+	+	+	−	+	+
Focussed on text mining	+	+	+	−	−	−
Strong support for biomedical applications	+	+	+	+	−	−
Support for data curation	+	+	−	−	−	−
Workflow sharing	+	+	+	+	+	+
Web service deployment	+	−	+	+	+	+
Customizable I/O formats for Web services	+		−	−	−	−