Taverna Server 2.5.2
Second public release of Taverna Server 2.5. This requires Java 7 to run. This is the first version to support producing PROV-format provenance traces of workflow runs.
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- Taverna Server
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- 2.5.x
- Version:
- 2.5.2
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- Donal Fellows
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Taverna 2.5.2 Server Release Notes
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This is the second public release of Taverna 2.5 Server. We welcome feedback
on both the things that are there and the things that are not.
Key Features
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* Runs arbitrary Taverna 2 workflows
* Based on Taverna 2.5 Workflow Engine
* Includes support for Components and Interaction processors
* REST and SOAP interfaces
* All functionality available through both interfaces
* Manages files for workflows
* Make files, read files, delete files
* Create subdirectories, list directory contents
* Can download a whole directory structure as a ZIP
* Tidies up when workflow runs expire
* Expiry time fully configurable
* Can force immediate deletion of a workflow run
* Generates Run Bundles
* Contains formal description of the workflow run, designed for
sharing, including the inputs, outputs and provenance trace
* Security
* Encrypted communication supported
* Multiple users
* Users isolated from each other (via sudo)
* Workflows isolated from server
* Users may grant access to other users
* Specify credentials for workflows to access back-end services
* Notification framework
* Inform users when workflows terminate
* Many protocols: Atom feed, email, SMS, Twitter, Jabber
* Management interface
* Administrative access to all server's tunable parameters
* Authenticated web interface, JMX
* Usage monitoring/
* General quality improvements
* Improved speed
* Improved robustness
* State can persist over (limited) server restarts
* Improved installation
* Self-contained server package
* Support for transfer of large data files
Significant Changes
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* Now requires Java 7
Planned Future Features
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* Support for Cluster Deployment
* Full WebDAV access to run working directory
* Access to Provenance
Specific Issues Addressed in This Release
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See http://
TAVSERV-5 Need to detect interactive localworkers
TAVSERV-76 Support user-supplied functionality
TAVSERV-283 Invocation is spelt as invokation in the admin interface
TAVSERV-293 A HEAD or OPTIONS to the wsdl address returns a 500 error
TAVSERV-301 Interaction feed address is not a full URI
TAVSERV-309 Failure in getRunOutputDes
TAVSERV-310 Support OPTIONS in main interface
---- 2.5.0 release ----
TAVSERV-219 Some server errors are reported as 403 when 500 is more
TAVSERV-290 Support restricting what URLs to use workflows from
TAVSERV-307 Users created through the admin web interface are not properly
set up in "insecure" mode
TAVSERV-321 Interaction service internal bug
TAVSERV-322 Atom feed updated timestamp being rounded down
TAVSERV-325 Can't create run with long default name
TAVSERV-326 Log concatenation
TAVSERV-328 An OPTIONS request to any resource produces incorrect headers
---- 2.5.1 release ----
TAVSERV-42 Provenance: Access and Lifetime
TAVSERV-44 Managing Workflow Instances
TAVSERV-69 Provenance: core
TAVSERV-297 Running instance of Taverna Server 2.4.1 hangs after a while;
---- 2.5.2 release ----
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