Author: gnaylor
Date: Wed Jul 13 19:21:10 2016
New Revision: 1752525
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1752525&view=rev
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Add intro; separate Apache and pre-Apache info; edit
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--- incubator/taverna/site/trunk/content/download/index.md (original)
+++ incubator/taverna/site/trunk/content/download/index.md Wed Jul 13 19:21:10
2016
@@ -17,23 +17,35 @@ Notice: Licensed to the Apache Softwa
under the License.
## Which Taverna to download?
+
+Taverna was started by the [myGrid project](http://www.mygrid.org.uk/) and in
2014 entered incubation at the
+[Apache Software Foundation](http://incubator.apache.org/). Not all tools have
yet been migrated to Apache.
+
+For unreleased Apache Taverna tools, links to Pre-Apache versions (2.x) are
provided. See below for links to complete
+**earlier Taverna releases** as well as a list of Taverna 2.x tools that are
**not planned for migration.**
+
+### Tools
There are several Taverna tools you can download:
- [Apache Taverna Command-line Tool](/download/commandline) enables you to run
workflows from a command prompt.
This enables scripted execution of workflows, e.g. on a Linux server.
-- [Taverna Workbench](/download/workbench) enables you to graphically create,
edit and
+
+- Pre-Apache Taverna
+ - [Taverna Workbench](/download/workbench) enables you to graphically
create, edit and
run workflows on your computer.
Taverna 2.5 Workbench (non-Apache) is the latest series of the Workbench;
it is highly recommended that you use this version if you are new to
Taverna.
-- [Taverna Server](/download/server) is the remote workflow execution service
that enables you
+
+ - [Taverna Server](/download/server) is the remote workflow execution
service that enables you
to set up a dedicated server for executing workflows remotely.
-- [Taverna Plugins](/documentation/plugins) - the design of Taverna is modular
so that
- various plugins can be added in order to increase its functionality.
+
+ - [Taverna Plugins](/documentation/plugins) - because the design of Taverna
is modular,
+ various plugins can be added to increase its functionality.
### Taverna libraries
-The Taverna Command-line, Workbench and Server share several Java libraries
+The Taverna Command-line, Workbench, and Server share several Java libraries
for constructing and executing workflows. These libraries can be downloaded
separately for development usage:
@@ -41,14 +53,16 @@ separately for development usage:
inspecting, modifying and converting Taverna's
[SCUFL2](/documentation/scufl2/) workflow definitions and
[Research Object Bundles](https://w3id.org/bundle).
+
- [Apache Taverna OSGi](/download/osgi) is a generic plugin system for
Java-based
console/desktop applications using OSGi, including an online update mechanism.
+
- [Apache Taverna Engine](/download/engine) is the API for the _workflow
engine_
that executes workflows defined with _Taverna Language_.
+
- [Apache Taverna Common Activities](/download/common-activities) are plugins
for the _Taverna Engine_ that provide implementations to invoke local and
- remote tools and web services.
-
+ remote tools and web services.
## Source code
@@ -56,7 +70,7 @@ separately for development usage:
You might be interested in the [source code](/download/code) of Apache
Taverna, or
[earlier non-Apache releases](pre-apache). Unreleased tools that are under
development
include the [Apache Taverna Databundle
Viewer](https://github.com/apache/incubator-taverna-databundle-viewer) web app
-and the Android app [Apache Taverna
Mobile](https://github.com/apache/incubator-taverna-mobile).
+and the Android app: [Apache Taverna
Mobile](https://github.com/apache/incubator-taverna-mobile).
## License
@@ -70,11 +84,11 @@ Dependencies of Taverna are
according to Apache Software Foundation policies.
-## Associated tools
-There are also a number of third-party tools available to use with Taverna 2.
+## Pre-Apache tools
+There are a number of third-party tools available to use with Taverna 2.
-> **Note**: There are currently no known plans to bring out Apache Taverna 3
-> versions of these tools. If you are interested in migrating any of these
tools
+> **Note**: There are currently **no plans to bring out Apache Taverna 3
+> versions** of these tools. If you are interested in migrating any of these
tools
> to Apache Taverna, please [contact us](/community).
- [Taverna 2-Galaxy](http://www.taverna.org.uk/download/taverna-galaxy/) is a
tool for automatic generation and exposure of
@@ -89,11 +103,7 @@ There are also a number of third-party t
- [Taverna Player portal](https://github.com/myGrid/taverna-player-portal)
- [taverna-t2flow Ruby gem](https://rubygems.org/gems/taverna-t2flow/)
-## Non-Apache Taverna
-
-This section covers Taverna releases done before incubation as an Apache
project.
-
-## Taverna 2.5 and earlier (non-Apache)
+## Pre-Apache Taverna
Taverna releases from 2001 to 2014 (e.g. Taverna 2.5) were made before Apache
incubation:
