Studyflows

Studyflows are BPMN-based diagrams to describe research workflows. They can be used to visually describe the study protocol, data collection, analysis pipeline, or any other steps in a study. Studyflows facilitate communication with participants (e.g., by automatically running a study), researchers (e.g., by reproducible protocols and analyses), systems (e.g., by automated data processing), and other stakeholders.

Here is an example of a simple studyflow:

A visual representation of a simple studyflow that describes an experiment (click on the image to enlarge).

Although studyflows are visual, the underlying storage format is machine-readable. This allows for automated execution, validation, versioning, and simulation of studyflows. Studyflows can be created using diagramming tools such as Studyflow Modeler.

For a complete list of supported elements and their attributes, see the Studyflow specification