Re: xls workshop?

I have the okay from my chair to host the xlispstat.org domain name, and I
plan on snapping it up for ten years. I hope to take that over this
week.

I'm now interested in knowing what folks would like provided from the
website, and how they would like it provided:
	files provided
	upload capabilities
	format
	etc.
I imagine that it would be easiest if I could start with the format of the
old xlispstat.org site, and then grow the site.
Andy

On Tue, 8 Jul 2003, Pedro Valero wrote:

> Hello lispers,
>
> Well, it looks like we have three tasks:
>
> 1. Organizing the workshop.
> 2. The special issue of the JSE
> 3. Setting up back the xlisp.org domain
>
> I would say that the different tasks might be carried by different people
> so that the workload would not be too concentrated. I have already
> volunteered for number 1 but I think this could be decided later, depending
> on the geographical situation of the people interested on attending in
> order to keep costs lower as possible. It would be useful to have a first
> expression of interest of people interested on the workshop so we might see
> if it is is really worth of the effort.
> On the other hand, the special issue of the JSE is an offer that we can not
> turn down. Again, I would volunteer for doing the work, preferably with
> somebody else. The issue might include descriptions of actual work carried
> out with xlisp-stat but it would be nice to devote some papers about
> general computational statistics matters.
> About the xlisp.org, I would suggest a new approach to the site. This
> suggestion stems from my experiences with the code in this site. When I
> download something and try to run it, it is very usual that I can not get
> anything sensible happening. The problem is that every piece of code seems
> to be reinvent basic issues such as data formats, opening files, etc. I
> think that a good project would be to create workspaces that would include
> as much of this code already loaded and to specify a minimum set of
> conventions so that playing with a new piece of software was made easy.
> This could be the subject of a paper. Another approach, of course, would be
> to take advantage of the two big projects in xlisp-stat (Arc and ViSta) and
> use the framework they provide.
>
> Pedro
>
>
>
> At 19:27 07/07/2003, [email protected] wrote:
> >I may be willing to host the xlispstat.org domain name at Northern
> >Kentucky University. What's involved, and how much will it cost? If you
> >know, and want to spare others the details, email me directly. I'm sure
> >that we have the disk space, and a machine that could handle the hits.
> >
> >I'd also like to participate in a conference on lispstat, in Spain,
> >France, or the US (maybe at NKU? I'd be willing to work to set it up). It
> >would be a shame to let this software die a death of a thousand cuts. It's
> >wonderful stuff which I routinely use, and I hope that we can make it
> >vibrant once again. I'm glad to see so many of the old names floating up
> >from the past: clearly there's still lots of interest.
> >
> >Andy
> >
> >On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Jan de Leeuw wrote:
> >
> > > Well, obviously one could. But the question is, as always, who will
> > > host and  maintain and hopefully grow it.
> > >
> > > --- Jan
> > >
> > > PS: http://www.stat.ucla.edu:16080/xlispstat/code/
> > >
> > > On Monday, Jul 7, 2003, at 07:54 US/Pacific,
> > > [email protected] wrote:
> > >
> > > > Another thing mentioned was that xlispstat.org is free to register
> > > > again.  Maybe we can try to set it up again, such that the repository
> > > > of xls code is accessible again?
> > > >
> > > ===
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> > > Editor: Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Journal of Statistical
> > > Software
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