--- Amaya/README	2003/09/04 14:02:11	1.7
+++ Amaya/README	2007/02/27 11:48:15	1.8
@@ -1,10 +1,109 @@
+  
+                       Amaya Release
 
-                 Thot library and Amaya
 
-Thot is a generic system for the development of document-centered
-applications based on the concept of structured active documents. It can be
-used for building interactive system as well as automatic processors.
-Currently the open-source program using the Thot Library is Amaya
-(http://www.w3.org/Amaya).
-For more information about Amaya. see the README.amaya file
-and the documentation located in doc/amaya.
+About this Release
+==================
+
+Amaya is intended to be a comprehensive environment for testing and
+evaluating new proposals for Web standards and formats. The first version of
+this testbed was released in April 1996.
+For more information:  http://www.w3.org/Amaya
+
+Feedback and Contribution
+-------------------------
+As the main objective of this early release is to get feedback from future
+users, comments, questions, bug reports, and contributions are welcome.
+
+For communicating with the Amaya team, please use the mailing list:
+
+ o www-amaya@w3.org for user topics
+   For subscribing to the mailing list, send a message to:
+   www-amaya-request@w3.org
+   with a body containing the line:
+   subscribe
+   A history is maintained at the following URL:
+   http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-amaya/
+
+ o www-amaya-dev@w3.org for more technical topics (i.e. developers)
+   For subscribing to the mailing list, send a message to:
+   www-amaya-dev-request@w3.org
+   with a body containing the line:
+   subscribe
+   A history is maintained at the following URL:
+   http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-amaya-dev/
+
+  o www-amaya-doc@w3.org for the documentation and translations
+   For subscribing to the mailing list, send a message to:
+   www-amaya-doc-request@w3.org
+   with a body containing the line:
+   subscribe
+   A history is maintained at the following URL:
+   http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-amaya-doc/
+
+Copyright
+---------
+Amaya is covered by the W3C and INRIA Copyright Statements. Please read the
+COPYRIGHT files in sub-directories.
+
+How to Install Amaya Binary Release
+===================================
+
+On Windows platforms, the distribution includes an installer:
+A simple double-clic allows you to install Amaya (so skip this section).
+By default, the executable file Amaya is located at
+c:\Program Files\Amaya\windows\bin\amaya.exe
+and a shortcut is automatically created.
+
+On Unix platforms and if the distribution is a tar.gz file follow
+these instructions.
+
+Choose a place for Amaya
+------------------------
+Supposing the binary distribution was loaded fine, one must choose a place
+to install it. We suggest
+
+   * /usr/local for a UNIX system wide installation
+   * a user home directory for a personnal installation
+
+Extract the distribution
+------------------------
+Move the distribution to this directory, verify the rights on this directory
+allows you to create a directory and extract the distribution:
+tar xzvf amaya-system.tar.gz
+
+
+Set up the Environment and Start Amaya
+--------------------------------------
+The file Amaya/$platform/bin/amaya is the executable file Amaya, the
+best thing is to add this path to your PATH environment variable:
+When using sh, bash or another variant of the Bourne shell
+PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/Amaya/$platform/bin ; export $PATH
+Maybe this command should be added to the .login startup script.
+You can also add a link from /usr/bin/amaya or /usr/local/bin/amaya.
+
+Once done one can lauch amaya simply by typing "amaya" to the shell prompt.
+The Amaya main window should open and display a page of information.
+
+How to Compile Amaya Source Release
+===================================
+
+Extract the distribution
+------------------------
+Move the distribution to the correct directory (your $HOME for example).
+Extract the source tar file: amaya-src-release.tar.gz
+
+Set up the environment and start the compiling
+----------------------------------------------
+You have to create a new directory platform-name or obj within the 
+directory Amaya. Then you have to call the configure application, which
+is in the Amaya directory, from within this subdirectory.
+For example, if we want to compile Amaya in a LINUX platform, we could do the
+following:
+[1]>cd Amaya
+[2]>mkdir linux
+[3]>cd linux
+[4]>../configure
+
+See http://www.w3.org/Amaya/User/Autoconf.html for more information.
+