[Axiom-developer] CATS (Computer Algebra Test Suite)

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Excellent. I'll look at what has been done so far at this site and
consider what we can do with the two project efforts. Thanks for the
pointer.

Tim Daly
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> Am Montag, 14. Juli 2003 18:29 Tim Daly wrote:
> > One of the results of the meeting was an agreement to pool some of
> > our resources in the area of Computer Algebra systems. CA systems
> > have tasks that are not central to the computer algebra problem itself
> > such as graphics, help browsers, etc. They also need test suites. ...
> 
> We started such a project some years ago, but there was no much response yet. 
> Please have a look at http://www.symbolicdata.org. The CVS is located on the 
> UMS medicis server and you can easily join the project (with read/write 
> access) if you have an account there and belong to the group 'polydata'. The 
> main philosophy is -- at least in the current stage -- that of Open Source: 
> collect data that _you_ use in _your_ projects and put them on the Web. Agree 
> with other _interested_ people on common questions. Hence using and managing 
> these data requires some programming efforts and experience, that interested 
> people are usually familiar with. 
> 
> We developed some Perl tools that support the management of data (read 
> sd-files and create hashes, manipulate content etc.). Please consult the Web 
> documentation for more information. 
> 
> I think it is desirable to evaluate these efforts for CATS (and -- may be -- 
> even to make CATS on top of SymbolicData). 
> 
> Please note that I will be out of office for about 2 months starting next 
> week.
> 
> -- 
> Best regards, Hans-Gert Graebe