From Gregor.Gorjanc at bfro.uni-lj.si  Sat Mar 12 23:16:54 2005
From: Gregor.Gorjanc at bfro.uni-lj.si (Gorjanc Gregor)
Date: Sat Mar 12 23:17:08 2005
Subject: [Rd] CRAN Task Views: ctv package available
Message-ID: <7FFEE688B57D7346BC6241C55900E730B6FF98@pollux.bfro.uni-lj.si>

Gregor:
>> I think that there is a lot of "fields" where this views cover the same
>> stuff. When I first read about ctv I thought it will be implemented more
>> in somewhat "hierarchical" or kind of "multiple" way, since for example
>> linear models come usefull in many different fields and some people might
>> never look under "Econometrics" view as Paul stated.
>>
>> I realize that "hierarchical/multiple" is far from easy and I do not have
>> any clear idea how to implement it, but it would probably easier to maintain
>> larger set of views in such a way and it would be easier to generate new
>> ones.

Achim
> Yes, the implementation would not be the main problem, but the
> maintenance. For hierarchical views, there needs to be much more
> communication and coordination between the maintainers of related views.
> My idea was to keep the work low for the maintainers...hoping that there
> would be more people volunteering to maintain a view related to their
> field of research or application.

Yes, you are right about needed work. Anyway, one can copy some parts from 
different views and create a new one ;)

Regards, Gregor


[Rd] CRAN Task Views: ctv package available
Gorjanc Gregor