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-To cite the Common Workflow Language standard in a publication, please use:
+To cite the Common Workflow Language standards in a publication, please use:
 
 Amstutz, Peter; Crusoe, Michael R; Tijanić, Nebojša; Chapman, Brad;
 Chilton, John; Heuer, Michael; Kartashov, Andrey; Kern, John; Leehr, Dan;
 Ménager, Hervé; Nedeljkovich, Maya; Scales, Matt; Soiland-Reyes, Stian;
-Stojanovic, Luka (2016): Common Workflow Language, v1.0. Specification,
+Stojanovic, Luka (2016): Common Workflow Language, v1.0. Standards,
 Common Workflow Language working group. https://w3id.org/cwl/v1.0/
 https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3115156.v2
 
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-# Common Workflow Language Specifications, v1.2
-
-The CWL specifications are divided up into several documents.
+# Common Workflow Language Standards, v1.2
 
 The [User Guide](http://www.commonwl.org/user_guide/) provides a gentle
-introduction to writing CWL command line tools and workflows. Currently it covers CWL v1.0 only.
+introduction to writing CWL command line tools and workflows. Currently it targets CWL v1.0 only.
 
-The [Command Line Tool Description Specification](CommandLineTool.html)
+The CWL [Command Line Tool Description Standard](CommandLineTool.html)
 specifies the document schema and execution semantics for wrapping and
 executing command line tools.
 
-The [Workflow Description Specification](Workflow.html) specifies the document
+The CWL [Workflow Description Standard](Workflow.html) specifies the document
 schema and execution semantics for composing workflows from components such as
 command line tools and other workflows.