Re: TIOGA

On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Considering no one has used it in 4 years that I remember, my guess is
> that it is an abandonded Berkeley project.

If it does not break anything in our build process, please let it in there
while I do further research on what it is ... I personally think what I've
seen on the web site so far is interesting and bears further investigation
before we just yank it out ...

> > > On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > 
> > > > Does anyone know what backend/tioga is for?  It's not Spanish for TOAST,
> > > > is it? :-)  It looks like it wasn't compilable for quite a while.
> > > 
> > > It was some db visualization tool.  There is a web page about it
> > > somewhere at Berkeley.  I say remove the directory.  It is junk now.
> > 
> > that is a bit rash considering that you tend to imply that you don't even
> > know what it is?
> > 
> > Peter, according to google, the  primary Berkeley site that comes up is:
> > 
> >     http://datasplash.cs.berkeley.edu/
> > 
> > "DataSplash combines a sophisticated navigation model with a paint program
> > interface with which users can create custom visualizations. A beta
> > version of the software is now available."
> > 
> >     And, from the overview:
> > 
> > "Tioga DataSplash (formerly known as Tioga-2) allows users to
> > interactively create and browse visualizations of database tables.
> > DataSplash was developed by members of the Tioga Project at the University
> > of California at Berkeley. DataSplash software is available on Alpha/OSF,
> > HP/UX, Intel/Linux, and Sparc /Solaris platforms. We are porting to other
> > UNIX platforms as well."
> > 
> >     The "Quick Tour" looks really cool, but I'm not sure how tied into
> > the whole backend/tioga directory this whole thing is.  My first feel is
> > that 'tioga datasplash' is a userland application, but someone else might
> > be able to make a better determination?
> >     
> >     Check out this, which explains what 'Splashes' are ... it almost
> > gives me the feel of Visual Statistical Modeling ... ?
> > 
> >     http://datasplash.cs.berkeley.edu/splashes.html
> > 
> >     If it isn't breaking anything, please leave it in there, as I'd
> > like to look into this a bit further ...
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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