About the SymbolicData Project

The SymbolicData project is set out to develop concepts and tools for testing Computer Algebra Software (CAS) and to collect relevant data from different areas of Computer Algebra. Tools and data are designed to be used both on a local site for special testing purposes and to manage a central repository at www.symbolicdata.org.

SymbolicData tools and data are available for download under the terms of the GNU Public License. Any contribution to SymbolicData presupposes (silently) that you agree (and are allowed) to put your contribution under these terms. If not refrain from contributing.

Main goals

The SymbolicData Project started with two main goals:

  1. to unify efforts to collect digital data from various areas of Symbolic Computation, and to develop tools for their management. These tools and data are useful and easily adapted for special testing purposes at a local site.
  2. to provide a central repository of digital data from different areas of Computer Algebra.
A first couple of releases in 2000-2003 used a special XML-like data format and Perl tools for their management. With the growing importance of Semantic Web applications and the availability of generic tools to create ontologies and to manage XML-based data the focus of the project moved towards a proper presentation of the data in a way that fits such concepts. This transformation is yet on the way.