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Taverna Workbench 2.5.0
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http://www.taverna.org.uk/
http://www.mygrid.org.uk/
(c) Copyright 2005-2014 University of Manchester, UK
Licence
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Taverna is open source and licenced under the
GNU Lesser General Public Licence. (LGPL) 2.1. See the file
LICENCE.txt or http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html for
details.
If the source code was not included in this download, you can download it from
http://www.taverna.org.uk/download/workbench/2-5/#download-source or
http://www.taverna.org.uk/download/source-code/
If you installed a OS-specific distribution of Taverna it may come
bundled with a distribution of OpenJDK. OpenJDK is distributed under the
GNU Public License (GPL) 2.0 w/Classpath exception. See jre/LICENSE.txt or
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u/raw-file/da55264ff2fb/LICENSE
for details.
Taverna uses various third-party libraries that are included under compatible
open source licences such as BSD, MIT and the Apache Licence 2.0.
Requirements
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See http://www.taverna.org.uk/download/workbench/system-requirements/
Note that installation on OS X currently requires the
XQuartz libraries to be manually installed.
XQuartz-2.7.5.dmg (or newer) should be included on the
Taverna OS X disk image. If not, see
http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/
Documentation
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See http://www.taverna.org.uk/documentation/taverna-2-x/ for
documentation and tutorials on using Taverna.
See http://www.mygrid.org.uk/dev/wiki/display/taverna25/User+Manual for the
Taverna 2.5 user manual.
Examples
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Example Taverna 2.5 workflows can be found in the myExperiment starter pack at
TODO: http://www.myexperiment.org/packs/XXX
You can also access these as the tab 'Starter pack' under the *myExperiment*
view inside Taverna.
You can share and find other workflows at http://www.myexperiment.org/
You can find and describe web services in life sciences at
http://www.biocatalogue.org/
Support
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See http://www.taverna.org.uk/about/contact-us/ for contact details.
You may email <support@mygrid.org.uk> for any questions on using Taverna
workbench. myGrid's support team should respond to your query within a
week.
Mailing lists
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We also encourage you to sign up to the public *taverna-users* mailing list,
where you may post about any problem or give us feedback on using Taverna.
myGrid developers are actively monitoring the list.
* http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/taverna-users
* http://taverna-users.markmail.org/search/?q=
If you are a developer, writing plugins for Taverna, dealing with the code
behind Taverna or integrating Taverna with other software, you might find it
interesting to also sign up for the public *taverna-hackers* mailing list,
where you can also track the latest developments of Taverna.
* http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/taverna-hackers
* http://taverna-hackers.markmail.org/search/?q=
Registration
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Taverna might ask if you would like to register as a Taverna user. The myGrid
team would appreciate if you do, as it would:
* Allow us to support you better; future plans will be directed towards
solutions Taverna users require
* Help sustain Taverna development
By registering, you will *not* be giving us access to your data or service
usage. We will *not* be monitoring your usage of Taverna, we will only record
the information you provide in the registration form.
For full terms and condition of our registration, see
http://www.taverna.org.uk/about/legal-stuff/terms/