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Posted to dev@river.apache.org by Patricia Shanahan <pa...@acm.org> on 2011/03/09 19:52:44 UTC
Bibliography format question
My next step on the distributed, fault tolerant transaction management
issue will be to wrote an annotated bibliography. Designing and proving
correctness of protocols and algorithms in this area is not easy, so it
is worth some reading and library search time to make sure we benefit
from all available research.
Is there is preferred way of doing this? Left to myself, I would use
BibTex for the references, and write the notes in LaTex.
Is anyone else likely to want to edit the document? If so, what are
their opinions about the document and bibliography format? Is there an
Apache way of doing something like this?
Regardless of the source format, the document will be available as a
.pdf file, so anyone can use it.
Patricia
RE: Bibliography format question
Posted by jg...@simulexinc.com.
I completely agree with those who said that if you're starting this, you have real decision power. And a pdf output would be just fine for casual readers.
I suppose the only alternative that I might suggest is looking into what wiki tools are available to us. A wiki page would be friendlier for cross-contributions and may also provide space for commenting (discussion tab?). It also probably has a good citation mechanism.
But then, I'm not familiar with the wiki that Apache uses... and I maybe don't have a 100% clear idea of what you have in mind that would require the use of LaTex, so cavaets abound.
jamesG
-----Original Message-----
From: "Patricia Shanahan" <pa...@acm.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 9, 2011 1:52pm
To: river-dev@incubator.apache.org
Subject: Bibliography format question
My next step on the distributed, fault tolerant transaction management
issue will be to wrote an annotated bibliography. Designing and proving
correctness of protocols and algorithms in this area is not easy, so it
is worth some reading and library search time to make sure we benefit
from all available research.
Is there is preferred way of doing this? Left to myself, I would use
BibTex for the references, and write the notes in LaTex.
Is anyone else likely to want to edit the document? If so, what are
their opinions about the document and bibliography format? Is there an
Apache way of doing something like this?
Regardless of the source format, the document will be available as a
.pdf file, so anyone can use it.
Patricia
Re: Bibliography format question
Posted by "De Groot, Cees" <cd...@marktplaats.nl>.
...and I can't help remarking that this is a bunch of people who are hacking away at a pretty advanced system. A bibliography format shouldn't be beyond them :)
On 10Mar, 2011, at 16:59 , Christopher Dolan wrote:
> I think everyone agrees that whatever output you create, Pat, will be
> appreciated so feel welcome to use the tools you prefer.
> Chris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patricia Shanahan [mailto:pats@acm.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 5:31 PM
> To: dev@river.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Bibliography format question
>
> I've taken a quick look at Lyx, and it is not exactly a LaTeX GUI. It
> has its own file format, with LaTeX import and export, although it
> closely depends on LaTeX and does do BibTeX bibliographies.
>
> It uses programs such as pdflatex to do its typesetting, so it cannot
> have any capabilities that are not in LaTeX.
>
> I'm reluctant to commit to a single GUI, so I'm still intending to
> maintain the source files as LaTeX and BibTeX, for which there are many
> GUI editors and command line tools. However, I will periodically import
> into Lyx to make sure it works. I don't expect need to do anything
> really fancy with macros and the like in LaTeX.
>
> Patricia
>
> On 3/9/2011 3:19 PM, Christopher Dolan wrote:
>> It's a LaTeX GUI. http://www.lyx.org/
>>
>> I approve of the LaTeX/BibTeX approach. BibTeX was the first (but not
>> last!) document syntax that drove me to write Makefiles... :-)
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Patricia Shanahan [mailto:pats@acm.org]
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 3:49 PM
>> To: dev@river.apache.org
>> Subject: Re: Bibliography format question
>>
>> I know nothing about Lyx, so I'll have to look into it. What format
> does
>>
>> it keep its files in?
>>
>> Patricia
>>
>>
>> On 3/9/2011 1:32 PM, Peter Firmstone wrote:
>>> For people who don't know TeX, it might be possible to use Lyx?
>>>
>>> Peter.
>>>
>>> Patricia Shanahan wrote:
>>>> On 3/9/2011 11:16 AM, Tom Hobbs wrote:
>>>>> Hi Patricia,
>>>>>
>>>>> The basic rule is, if you're the first person doing it, then you
> get
>>>>> to chose. And as you say, the result will be in a format that
>>>>> everyone can read and see. I assume that your "left to myself" bit
>>>>> describes a fairly standard way of doing this kind of thing. In
>> which
>>>>> case, I'd say go with that.
>>>>
>>>> The approach I'm considering is the way it is often done in the
>>>> computer science academic world. Its main disadvantage is that it is
>>>> not WYSIWYG. Its advantages are very precise formatting control,
> text
>>>> source files that work well with revision control, and availability
>> of
>>>> prepared BibTex data for many publications.
>>>>
>>>> However, I don't want to exclude others who might not be familiar
>> with
>>>> LaTex but would otherwise contribute.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On a vaguely related note. I agree with you that a distributed
>>>>> transaction manager is a more useful (necessary?) addition than a
>>>>> distributed Java Space, so I took the liberty of creating a Jira
> for
>>>>> tracking it's issues, notes, thoughts etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RIVER-394
>>>>>
>>>>> I hope that's okay.
>>>>
>>>> It's not just okay, it's excellent. I plan to comment on it as I
>> learn
>>>> relevant information.
>>>>
>>>> Patricia
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
Re: Bibliography format question
Posted by Peter Firmstone <ji...@zeus.net.au>.
Ditto.
- Peter.
Christopher Dolan wrote:
> I think everyone agrees that whatever output you create, Pat, will be
> appreciated so feel welcome to use the tools you prefer.
> Chris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patricia Shanahan [mailto:pats@acm.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 5:31 PM
> To: dev@river.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Bibliography format question
>
> I've taken a quick look at Lyx, and it is not exactly a LaTeX GUI. It
> has its own file format, with LaTeX import and export, although it
> closely depends on LaTeX and does do BibTeX bibliographies.
>
> It uses programs such as pdflatex to do its typesetting, so it cannot
> have any capabilities that are not in LaTeX.
>
> I'm reluctant to commit to a single GUI, so I'm still intending to
> maintain the source files as LaTeX and BibTeX, for which there are many
> GUI editors and command line tools. However, I will periodically import
> into Lyx to make sure it works. I don't expect need to do anything
> really fancy with macros and the like in LaTeX.
>
> Patricia
>
> On 3/9/2011 3:19 PM, Christopher Dolan wrote:
>
>> It's a LaTeX GUI. http://www.lyx.org/
>>
>> I approve of the LaTeX/BibTeX approach. BibTeX was the first (but not
>> last!) document syntax that drove me to write Makefiles... :-)
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Patricia Shanahan [mailto:pats@acm.org]
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 3:49 PM
>> To: dev@river.apache.org
>> Subject: Re: Bibliography format question
>>
>> I know nothing about Lyx, so I'll have to look into it. What format
>>
> does
>
>> it keep its files in?
>>
>> Patricia
>>
>>
>> On 3/9/2011 1:32 PM, Peter Firmstone wrote:
>>
>>> For people who don't know TeX, it might be possible to use Lyx?
>>>
>>> Peter.
>>>
>>> Patricia Shanahan wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 3/9/2011 11:16 AM, Tom Hobbs wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Patricia,
>>>>>
>>>>> The basic rule is, if you're the first person doing it, then you
>>>>>
> get
>
>>>>> to chose. And as you say, the result will be in a format that
>>>>> everyone can read and see. I assume that your "left to myself" bit
>>>>> describes a fairly standard way of doing this kind of thing. In
>>>>>
>> which
>>
>>>>> case, I'd say go with that.
>>>>>
>>>> The approach I'm considering is the way it is often done in the
>>>> computer science academic world. Its main disadvantage is that it is
>>>> not WYSIWYG. Its advantages are very precise formatting control,
>>>>
> text
>
>>>> source files that work well with revision control, and availability
>>>>
>> of
>>
>>>> prepared BibTex data for many publications.
>>>>
>>>> However, I don't want to exclude others who might not be familiar
>>>>
>> with
>>
>>>> LaTex but would otherwise contribute.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On a vaguely related note. I agree with you that a distributed
>>>>> transaction manager is a more useful (necessary?) addition than a
>>>>> distributed Java Space, so I took the liberty of creating a Jira
>>>>>
> for
>
>>>>> tracking it's issues, notes, thoughts etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RIVER-394
>>>>>
>>>>> I hope that's okay.
>>>>>
>>>> It's not just okay, it's excellent. I plan to comment on it as I
>>>>
>> learn
>>
>>>> relevant information.
>>>>
>>>> Patricia
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
>
RE: Bibliography format question
Posted by Christopher Dolan <ch...@avid.com>.
I think everyone agrees that whatever output you create, Pat, will be
appreciated so feel welcome to use the tools you prefer.
Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: Patricia Shanahan [mailto:pats@acm.org]
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 5:31 PM
To: dev@river.apache.org
Subject: Re: Bibliography format question
I've taken a quick look at Lyx, and it is not exactly a LaTeX GUI. It
has its own file format, with LaTeX import and export, although it
closely depends on LaTeX and does do BibTeX bibliographies.
It uses programs such as pdflatex to do its typesetting, so it cannot
have any capabilities that are not in LaTeX.
I'm reluctant to commit to a single GUI, so I'm still intending to
maintain the source files as LaTeX and BibTeX, for which there are many
GUI editors and command line tools. However, I will periodically import
into Lyx to make sure it works. I don't expect need to do anything
really fancy with macros and the like in LaTeX.
Patricia
On 3/9/2011 3:19 PM, Christopher Dolan wrote:
> It's a LaTeX GUI. http://www.lyx.org/
>
> I approve of the LaTeX/BibTeX approach. BibTeX was the first (but not
> last!) document syntax that drove me to write Makefiles... :-)
>
> Chris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patricia Shanahan [mailto:pats@acm.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 3:49 PM
> To: dev@river.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Bibliography format question
>
> I know nothing about Lyx, so I'll have to look into it. What format
does
>
> it keep its files in?
>
> Patricia
>
>
> On 3/9/2011 1:32 PM, Peter Firmstone wrote:
>> For people who don't know TeX, it might be possible to use Lyx?
>>
>> Peter.
>>
>> Patricia Shanahan wrote:
>>> On 3/9/2011 11:16 AM, Tom Hobbs wrote:
>>>> Hi Patricia,
>>>>
>>>> The basic rule is, if you're the first person doing it, then you
get
>>>> to chose. And as you say, the result will be in a format that
>>>> everyone can read and see. I assume that your "left to myself" bit
>>>> describes a fairly standard way of doing this kind of thing. In
> which
>>>> case, I'd say go with that.
>>>
>>> The approach I'm considering is the way it is often done in the
>>> computer science academic world. Its main disadvantage is that it is
>>> not WYSIWYG. Its advantages are very precise formatting control,
text
>>> source files that work well with revision control, and availability
> of
>>> prepared BibTex data for many publications.
>>>
>>> However, I don't want to exclude others who might not be familiar
> with
>>> LaTex but would otherwise contribute.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On a vaguely related note. I agree with you that a distributed
>>>> transaction manager is a more useful (necessary?) addition than a
>>>> distributed Java Space, so I took the liberty of creating a Jira
for
>>>> tracking it's issues, notes, thoughts etc.
>>>>
>>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RIVER-394
>>>>
>>>> I hope that's okay.
>>>
>>> It's not just okay, it's excellent. I plan to comment on it as I
> learn
>>> relevant information.
>>>
>>> Patricia
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
Re: Bibliography format question
Posted by Gregg Wonderly <gr...@gmail.com>.
A long time ago I created a latex generating doclet. It is on java.net as texdoclet.dev.java.net. It has ben ignored largely, because I only needed it for a short period of time. But it might be interesting to use for formatting docs to a similar style.
Gregg
Sent from my iPad
On Mar 9, 2011, at 5:30 PM, Patricia Shanahan <pa...@acm.org> wrote:
> I've taken a quick look at Lyx, and it is not exactly a LaTeX GUI. It has its own file format, with LaTeX import and export, although it closely depends on LaTeX and does do BibTeX bibliographies.
>
> It uses programs such as pdflatex to do its typesetting, so it cannot have any capabilities that are not in LaTeX.
>
> I'm reluctant to commit to a single GUI, so I'm still intending to maintain the source files as LaTeX and BibTeX, for which there are many GUI editors and command line tools. However, I will periodically import into Lyx to make sure it works. I don't expect need to do anything really fancy with macros and the like in LaTeX.
>
> Patricia
>
> On 3/9/2011 3:19 PM, Christopher Dolan wrote:
>> It's a LaTeX GUI. http://www.lyx.org/
>>
>> I approve of the LaTeX/BibTeX approach. BibTeX was the first (but not
>> last!) document syntax that drove me to write Makefiles... :-)
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Patricia Shanahan [mailto:pats@acm.org]
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 3:49 PM
>> To: dev@river.apache.org
>> Subject: Re: Bibliography format question
>>
>> I know nothing about Lyx, so I'll have to look into it. What format does
>>
>> it keep its files in?
>>
>> Patricia
>>
>>
>> On 3/9/2011 1:32 PM, Peter Firmstone wrote:
>>> For people who don't know TeX, it might be possible to use Lyx?
>>>
>>> Peter.
>>>
>>> Patricia Shanahan wrote:
>>>> On 3/9/2011 11:16 AM, Tom Hobbs wrote:
>>>>> Hi Patricia,
>>>>>
>>>>> The basic rule is, if you're the first person doing it, then you get
>>>>> to chose. And as you say, the result will be in a format that
>>>>> everyone can read and see. I assume that your "left to myself" bit
>>>>> describes a fairly standard way of doing this kind of thing. In
>> which
>>>>> case, I'd say go with that.
>>>>
>>>> The approach I'm considering is the way it is often done in the
>>>> computer science academic world. Its main disadvantage is that it is
>>>> not WYSIWYG. Its advantages are very precise formatting control, text
>>>> source files that work well with revision control, and availability
>> of
>>>> prepared BibTex data for many publications.
>>>>
>>>> However, I don't want to exclude others who might not be familiar
>> with
>>>> LaTex but would otherwise contribute.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On a vaguely related note. I agree with you that a distributed
>>>>> transaction manager is a more useful (necessary?) addition than a
>>>>> distributed Java Space, so I took the liberty of creating a Jira for
>>>>> tracking it's issues, notes, thoughts etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RIVER-394
>>>>>
>>>>> I hope that's okay.
>>>>
>>>> It's not just okay, it's excellent. I plan to comment on it as I
>> learn
>>>> relevant information.
>>>>
>>>> Patricia
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
Re: Bibliography format question
Posted by Patricia Shanahan <pa...@acm.org>.
I've taken a quick look at Lyx, and it is not exactly a LaTeX GUI. It
has its own file format, with LaTeX import and export, although it
closely depends on LaTeX and does do BibTeX bibliographies.
It uses programs such as pdflatex to do its typesetting, so it cannot
have any capabilities that are not in LaTeX.
I'm reluctant to commit to a single GUI, so I'm still intending to
maintain the source files as LaTeX and BibTeX, for which there are many
GUI editors and command line tools. However, I will periodically import
into Lyx to make sure it works. I don't expect need to do anything
really fancy with macros and the like in LaTeX.
Patricia
On 3/9/2011 3:19 PM, Christopher Dolan wrote:
> It's a LaTeX GUI. http://www.lyx.org/
>
> I approve of the LaTeX/BibTeX approach. BibTeX was the first (but not
> last!) document syntax that drove me to write Makefiles... :-)
>
> Chris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patricia Shanahan [mailto:pats@acm.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 3:49 PM
> To: dev@river.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Bibliography format question
>
> I know nothing about Lyx, so I'll have to look into it. What format does
>
> it keep its files in?
>
> Patricia
>
>
> On 3/9/2011 1:32 PM, Peter Firmstone wrote:
>> For people who don't know TeX, it might be possible to use Lyx?
>>
>> Peter.
>>
>> Patricia Shanahan wrote:
>>> On 3/9/2011 11:16 AM, Tom Hobbs wrote:
>>>> Hi Patricia,
>>>>
>>>> The basic rule is, if you're the first person doing it, then you get
>>>> to chose. And as you say, the result will be in a format that
>>>> everyone can read and see. I assume that your "left to myself" bit
>>>> describes a fairly standard way of doing this kind of thing. In
> which
>>>> case, I'd say go with that.
>>>
>>> The approach I'm considering is the way it is often done in the
>>> computer science academic world. Its main disadvantage is that it is
>>> not WYSIWYG. Its advantages are very precise formatting control, text
>>> source files that work well with revision control, and availability
> of
>>> prepared BibTex data for many publications.
>>>
>>> However, I don't want to exclude others who might not be familiar
> with
>>> LaTex but would otherwise contribute.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On a vaguely related note. I agree with you that a distributed
>>>> transaction manager is a more useful (necessary?) addition than a
>>>> distributed Java Space, so I took the liberty of creating a Jira for
>>>> tracking it's issues, notes, thoughts etc.
>>>>
>>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RIVER-394
>>>>
>>>> I hope that's okay.
>>>
>>> It's not just okay, it's excellent. I plan to comment on it as I
> learn
>>> relevant information.
>>>
>>> Patricia
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
RE: Bibliography format question
Posted by Christopher Dolan <ch...@avid.com>.
It's a LaTeX GUI. http://www.lyx.org/
I approve of the LaTeX/BibTeX approach. BibTeX was the first (but not
last!) document syntax that drove me to write Makefiles... :-)
Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: Patricia Shanahan [mailto:pats@acm.org]
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 3:49 PM
To: dev@river.apache.org
Subject: Re: Bibliography format question
I know nothing about Lyx, so I'll have to look into it. What format does
it keep its files in?
Patricia
On 3/9/2011 1:32 PM, Peter Firmstone wrote:
> For people who don't know TeX, it might be possible to use Lyx?
>
> Peter.
>
> Patricia Shanahan wrote:
>> On 3/9/2011 11:16 AM, Tom Hobbs wrote:
>>> Hi Patricia,
>>>
>>> The basic rule is, if you're the first person doing it, then you get
>>> to chose. And as you say, the result will be in a format that
>>> everyone can read and see. I assume that your "left to myself" bit
>>> describes a fairly standard way of doing this kind of thing. In
which
>>> case, I'd say go with that.
>>
>> The approach I'm considering is the way it is often done in the
>> computer science academic world. Its main disadvantage is that it is
>> not WYSIWYG. Its advantages are very precise formatting control, text
>> source files that work well with revision control, and availability
of
>> prepared BibTex data for many publications.
>>
>> However, I don't want to exclude others who might not be familiar
with
>> LaTex but would otherwise contribute.
>>
>>>
>>> On a vaguely related note. I agree with you that a distributed
>>> transaction manager is a more useful (necessary?) addition than a
>>> distributed Java Space, so I took the liberty of creating a Jira for
>>> tracking it's issues, notes, thoughts etc.
>>>
>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RIVER-394
>>>
>>> I hope that's okay.
>>
>> It's not just okay, it's excellent. I plan to comment on it as I
learn
>> relevant information.
>>
>> Patricia
>>
>
>
Re: Bibliography format question
Posted by Patricia Shanahan <pa...@acm.org>.
I know nothing about Lyx, so I'll have to look into it. What format does
it keep its files in?
Patricia
On 3/9/2011 1:32 PM, Peter Firmstone wrote:
> For people who don't know TeX, it might be possible to use Lyx?
>
> Peter.
>
> Patricia Shanahan wrote:
>> On 3/9/2011 11:16 AM, Tom Hobbs wrote:
>>> Hi Patricia,
>>>
>>> The basic rule is, if you're the first person doing it, then you get
>>> to chose. And as you say, the result will be in a format that
>>> everyone can read and see. I assume that your "left to myself" bit
>>> describes a fairly standard way of doing this kind of thing. In which
>>> case, I'd say go with that.
>>
>> The approach I'm considering is the way it is often done in the
>> computer science academic world. Its main disadvantage is that it is
>> not WYSIWYG. Its advantages are very precise formatting control, text
>> source files that work well with revision control, and availability of
>> prepared BibTex data for many publications.
>>
>> However, I don't want to exclude others who might not be familiar with
>> LaTex but would otherwise contribute.
>>
>>>
>>> On a vaguely related note. I agree with you that a distributed
>>> transaction manager is a more useful (necessary?) addition than a
>>> distributed Java Space, so I took the liberty of creating a Jira for
>>> tracking it's issues, notes, thoughts etc.
>>>
>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RIVER-394
>>>
>>> I hope that's okay.
>>
>> It's not just okay, it's excellent. I plan to comment on it as I learn
>> relevant information.
>>
>> Patricia
>>
>
>
Re: Bibliography format question
Posted by Peter Firmstone <ji...@zeus.net.au>.
For people who don't know TeX, it might be possible to use Lyx?
Peter.
Patricia Shanahan wrote:
> On 3/9/2011 11:16 AM, Tom Hobbs wrote:
>> Hi Patricia,
>>
>> The basic rule is, if you're the first person doing it, then you get
>> to chose. And as you say, the result will be in a format that
>> everyone can read and see. I assume that your "left to myself" bit
>> describes a fairly standard way of doing this kind of thing. In which
>> case, I'd say go with that.
>
> The approach I'm considering is the way it is often done in the
> computer science academic world. Its main disadvantage is that it is
> not WYSIWYG. Its advantages are very precise formatting control, text
> source files that work well with revision control, and availability of
> prepared BibTex data for many publications.
>
> However, I don't want to exclude others who might not be familiar with
> LaTex but would otherwise contribute.
>
>>
>> On a vaguely related note. I agree with you that a distributed
>> transaction manager is a more useful (necessary?) addition than a
>> distributed Java Space, so I took the liberty of creating a Jira for
>> tracking it's issues, notes, thoughts etc.
>>
>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RIVER-394
>>
>> I hope that's okay.
>
> It's not just okay, it's excellent. I plan to comment on it as I learn
> relevant information.
>
> Patricia
>
Re: Bibliography format question
Posted by Patricia Shanahan <pa...@acm.org>.
On 3/9/2011 11:16 AM, Tom Hobbs wrote:
> Hi Patricia,
>
> The basic rule is, if you're the first person doing it, then you get
> to chose. And as you say, the result will be in a format that
> everyone can read and see. I assume that your "left to myself" bit
> describes a fairly standard way of doing this kind of thing. In which
> case, I'd say go with that.
The approach I'm considering is the way it is often done in the computer
science academic world. Its main disadvantage is that it is not WYSIWYG.
Its advantages are very precise formatting control, text source files
that work well with revision control, and availability of prepared
BibTex data for many publications.
However, I don't want to exclude others who might not be familiar with
LaTex but would otherwise contribute.
>
> On a vaguely related note. I agree with you that a distributed
> transaction manager is a more useful (necessary?) addition than a
> distributed Java Space, so I took the liberty of creating a Jira for
> tracking it's issues, notes, thoughts etc.
>
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RIVER-394
>
> I hope that's okay.
It's not just okay, it's excellent. I plan to comment on it as I learn
relevant information.
Patricia
Re: Bibliography format question
Posted by Tom Hobbs <tv...@googlemail.com>.
Hi Patricia,
The basic rule is, if you're the first person doing it, then you get
to chose. And as you say, the result will be in a format that
everyone can read and see. I assume that your "left to myself" bit
describes a fairly standard way of doing this kind of thing. In which
case, I'd say go with that.
On a vaguely related note. I agree with you that a distributed
transaction manager is a more useful (necessary?) addition than a
distributed Java Space, so I took the liberty of creating a Jira for
tracking it's issues, notes, thoughts etc.
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RIVER-394
I hope that's okay.
Cheers,
Tom
On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Patricia Shanahan <pa...@acm.org> wrote:
> My next step on the distributed, fault tolerant transaction management issue
> will be to wrote an annotated bibliography. Designing and proving
> correctness of protocols and algorithms in this area is not easy, so it is
> worth some reading and library search time to make sure we benefit from all
> available research.
>
> Is there is preferred way of doing this? Left to myself, I would use BibTex
> for the references, and write the notes in LaTex.
>
> Is anyone else likely to want to edit the document? If so, what are their
> opinions about the document and bibliography format? Is there an Apache way
> of doing something like this?
>
> Regardless of the source format, the document will be available as a .pdf
> file, so anyone can use it.
>
> Patricia
>