the LarKC project's development team would like to announce a new release (v.3.0) of the LarKC platform, which is available for downloading at http://sourceforge.net/projects/larkc/files/Release-3.0/LarKC_v3.0.zip/download

The new release is a considerable improvement of the previous release (v.2.5), with the following distinctive features:

PLATFORM
- New (plain) plug-in registry
* light-weight plug-in loading and thus very low platform's start-up time
* adding/removing/replacing the plug-ins during the platform run, so that no restart is needed
* the plug-in registry from the previous releases, which is based on the Cyc's Knowledge Base
   with extended reasoning capabilities, can still be used if the platform is started with the "-cyc" option
- New End-point support system
* end-points became plug-able and can be added to the plug-in on-the-fly by means of the special registry,
   similar as plug-ins
* added maven archetype that enables easy creation of new end-points
- Improved html-based Management Interface
* retrieval of the list of registered workflows
* special field for specification of the end-point's URL for query submission
- Improved remote execution framework
* the remote host's properties can be specified in both ways - directly in the workflow description
   and in a separate file

DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
- Considerably updated Workflow Designer application
* specification of the URL where the LarKC management interface is provided (when the platform is running
   not on the localhost)
* a possibility to load the RDF textual workflow's description, edit it, and construct a graphical representation
   out of the textual version
* reverse-engineering - construction of the textual description out of the graphical representation
* an interface for specification of the needed end-point
- Completely redeveloped Eclipse Wizard for plug-in development
* support of Maven for creation of new plug-ins

PLUG-INS
- improved maven archetype for even more easy construction of new plug-ins
- extended set of workflows included

DOCUMENTATION
- added quick-start guide from one of the LarKC tutorials

The release can be downloaded from http://sourceforge.net/projects/larkc/files/Release-3.0/LarKC_v3.0.zip/download
The platform's manual is available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/larkc/files/Release-3.0/LarKC_Platform_Manual_3.0.pdf/download
The quick start guide can be found at http://sourceforge.net/projects/larkc/files/Release-3.0/LarKC_Quickstart_Guide.pdf/download

If you encounter any bugs, please notify us about them using the bug tracker at https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=226733&atid=1069111
As usually, you are encouraged to use the discussion forums and mailing lists served by the LarKC@SourceForge development environment.
please see at https://sourceforge.net/projects/larkc/

We wish you a pleasant experience with the new platform,
the LarKC development team