Taverna 2.4.1 Server Release Notes
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This is the second release of the new Taverna 2.4 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 2.4
 * 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
 * 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/accounting
 * General quality improvements
   * Improved robustness
     * State can persist over (limited) server restarts
   * Improved installation
     * Self-contained server package
   * Support for transfer of large data files
 
Planned Future Features
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 * Support for Cluster Deployment
 * Access to Provenance
 * Support for Interacting with Workflows

Specific Issues Addressed in This Release
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See http://www.mygrid.org.uk/dev/issues/browse/TAVSERV

TAVSERV-224	Ability to pass configuration parameters to the command line
		executor
TAVSERV-226	Odd webapp authentication behaviour!
TAVSERV-228	Wrong title and missing documentation link on index page
TAVSERV-229	Update to Taverna 2.4 core
   ---- 2.4 release ----
TAVSERV-230 Intermittent problem with Xerces configuration
TAVSERV-231 Fails to run any workflow without Unlimited Strength JCE
TAVSERV-235 XML-stylesheet causing problems
TAVSERV-236 Incorrect URIs in server responses
TAVSERV-258 Cannot create (or update) a remote file in a run's working
        directory with PUT
TAVSERV-260 Lists should have xlink attributes in the output port description
        XML document
TAVSERV-261 Errors should have data size attributes in the output port
        description XML document
TAVSERV-268 Select HTTP login domain
TAVSERV-274 Server should return 201 in response to a PUT that creates a new
        resource
   ---- 2.4.1 release ----