>> Hi. Dan Grayson sent Greg and me a message letting us know about this >> discussion and I thought it might be helpful for if I joined the >> discussion as one of the managing editors. > ><SNIP> > >> I'm delighted that the journal has generated so much discussion. > >Yes, I think that forces between the different efforts in this area (I >am aware of M2, Sage and also something in that direction by Daly and >Traverso around Axiom) should coordinate/merge since having three >competing journals might not be best situation. This obviously depends >on agreeing on a bunch of things like the license of the content and >so on and since none of the journals has actually gone beyond the >planning stage and put out an issue it remains to be seen what is >happening. > >One thing that I see as a tiny problem is that right now it is the >"Journal of Software for Algebra and Geometry" while at least of JSage >(the Sage one to make it 100% clear) there was at least the >possibility to go "beyond" algebra and geometry. Since we have not >done anything in that direction the journal is vaporware for now, so >the whole point might me moot.
Dr. Traverso (Univ. Pisa) and I have had many discussions about a "live" or "literate" journal. The key concept is that the publication should include the actual source code necessary to reproduce the results in a particular version of a target system (e.g. Sage 3.1). There are many fine points to discuss and debate but I think it is vital to keep the research results with the actual implementation. The current journal/conference/thesis mechanisms do not do that, almost certainly because of their paper-based legacy. If "reference" versions of the CAS programs were available then these could be used to reproduce the results. Perhaps a CAS reference site would be appropriate. I'm not much concerned about the focus on Algebra and Geometry since an idea has to start somewhere and an over-general attempt might fail. I am hopeful that this journal can demonstrate the key concepts. I'm willing to volunteer time and energy to make it happen. Tim Daly Axiom --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
