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Alan Williams
Release of Taverna 2.3.0 Workbench and Command Line Tool
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<p>The Taverna team are pleased to announce that Taverna 2.3.0 Workbench and the Command Line Tool are now available for <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.taverna.org.uk/download/workbench/2-3/">download</a>.</p>
<p>Taverna 2.3.0 includes new service types, integration with service catalogues and experimental export of provenance information. Here are a few of the new features in the Workbench:</p>
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<li><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mygrid.org.uk/dev/wiki/display/taverna/REST">REST service</a> allowing you to perform GET, POST, PUT and DELETE operations configured using a template</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mygrid.org.uk/dev/wiki/display/taverna/XPath">XPath service</a> where you can create an XPath expression from an example XML document</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mygrid.org.uk/dev/wiki/display/taverna/Tool+service">Tool service</a> that allows you to run commands or scripts as part of your workflow</li>
<li>Searching and browsing of <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mygrid.org.uk/dev/wiki/display/taverna/Service+Catalogue+Perspective">service catalogues</a>, such as the BioCatalogue, and addition of those services to your Workbench or workflow</li>
<li>Experimental export of provenance in the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://openprovenance.org/">Open Provenance Model</a> and Janus formats</li>
<li>Help via the online <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mygrid.org.uk/dev/wiki/display/taverna/User+Manual">user manual</a></li>
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<p>Taverna 2.3.0 also includes the Command Line Tool that allows you to execute workflows outside of the Workbench. The Command Line Tool is available either as a <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.taverna.org.uk/download/command-line-tool/2-3/">stand-alone download</a> or bundled with the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.taverna.org.uk/download/workbench/2-3/">Workbench</a>.</p>
<h2>Tutorials and examples</h2>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.taverna.org.uk/documentation/taverna-2-x/tutorials">Tutorials</a> for Taverna are available under the Taverna 2.x documentation.</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.taverna.org.uk/documentation/taverna-2-x/example-workflows/">Example workflows</a> can be found under the Starter pack tab in the myExperiment perspective of the Workbench. They can also be downloaded from the myExperiment Web site at <a rel="nofollow" href="../../../packs/122">http://www.myexperiment.org/packs/192</a>.</p>
<h2>Known issues</h2>
<p>Although Taverna 2.3.0 contains many improvements there are some known issues with it. These are detailed in known-issues.txt in the download bundle. An updated and more detailed list can be found in our issue tracker Jira at:<br />
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mygrid.org.uk/dev/issues/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?mode=hide&requestId=10220">http://www.mygrid.org.uk/dev/issues/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?mode=hide&requestId=10220</a>.</p>
<h2>System requirements</h2>
<p>Details of Taverna’s system requirements are available on the Taverna <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.taverna.org.uk/download/workbench/system-requirements/">website</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Note that Taverna 2.3.0 now requires separate installation of GraphViz on Mac OS X.</strong></p>
<h2>Licence and source code</h2>
<p>Taverna is distributed under the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html">LGPL 2.1 licence</a>.</p>
<p>The source code for Taverna can be retrieved from our <a rel="nofollow" href="http://code.google.com/p/taverna/">Subversion repository</a>. We also recommend you to sign up to the <a rel="nofollow" href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/taverna-hackers">taverna-hackers mailing list </a>if you are a developer.</p>
<h2>Reporting problems</h2>
<p>If you find any problems that are not listed in known-issues.txt, then please send them to the <a rel="nofollow" href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/taverna-users">taverna-users</a> or <a rel="nofollow" href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/taverna-hackers">taverna-hackers</a> mailing lists. Our support team is monitoring the mailing lists and will try to respond to questions as soon as possible.</p>
<p>If you prefer not to subscribe to our mailing lists, you can send your questions directly to <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:support@mygrid.org.uk">support@mygrid.org.uk</a> and a member of our support team will respond to your inquiries.</p>
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<p>Alan Williams</p>
2011-07-14 15:57:18 UTC