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 Hello!
 
-This repo holds the development version of CWL v1.2.1; see https://github.com/common-workflow-language/cwl-v1.2/issues/54 for the plan.
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-See https://github.com/common-workflow-language/cwl-v1.2/tree/v1.2.0 for the released v1.2 of the Common Workflow Language standards and the history of its development.
+This repo holds the ratified v1.2.1 of the Common Workflow Language standards and the history of its development.
 
 You can render this using https://github.com/common-workflow-language/cwl-website/blob/main/website.sh
 
-You may browse the released v1.2 standards online at https://www.commonwl.org/v1.2
+You may browse the CWL v1.2.1 standards online at https://w3id.org/cwl/v1.2/ (a.k.a https://www.commonwl.org/v1.2 )