Release Notes - Taverna Language 0.15.1-incubating and Taverna OSGi 0.2.1-incubating

The Apache Taverna team is pleased to announce the release of Taverna Language 0.15.1-incubating and Taverna OSGi 0.2.1-incubating.

This release of Taverna Language is an update that fixes bugs and also adds the Tavlang Tool, contributed by Menaka Madushanka (sponsored by Google Summer of Code 2015). Taverna Language is available for download <ADD LINK>.

This release of Taverna OSGi Plugin System will support the upcoming Apache releases of the Taverna Engine, Taverna Common Activities, and Taverna Command Line and is is available for download <ADD LINK>.

New Feature

Addition of Tavlang Tool to Taverna Language

The Taverna Language command line (tavlang) tool accesses the features of the Taverna language modules. The tool has the following functions:

– Conversion
– Inspection
– Validation
– Viewing workflow statistics.

See Apache Taverna Tavlang Tool for more information.

Improvements/Enhancements

(1) OSGi Support

The OSGi support has been stabilized. The current OSGi version will be  0.2.1-incubating.

(2) Retained Functionality 

<Does this stay with Language/OSGi or move to 2nd RN?>

These plugins ARE included in the 3.1.0 release:

– Beanshell scripts
– External Tool
– Interaction service
– REST service
– Spreadsheet
– XML splitters
– WSDL services
– XPath

Removed / Retired Features

None.

Bug Fixes

See JIRA change notes:

Apache Taverna Parent: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?version=12333249&projectId=12318322

Apache Taverna Language: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?version=12333250&projectId=12318322

Apache Taverna OSGi: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?version=12332248&projectId=12318322

Known Issues

None.

Installation Information

Package names have changed to begin with org.apache.taverna and source code has been reorganized.

Prerequisites

Java 1.8 or newer. (Tested with OpenJDK 1.8.)
Apache Maven 3.2.5 or newer. (Older versions will probably work.)

Installation

See Taverna Language download instructions and Taverna OSGi download instructions. 

Stay Informed

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Bugs and feature plannings are tracked in the JIRA Issue tracker under the TAVERNA components language and osgi. Anyone may add an issue.