CAST: Prepare Lists v1.0

This is a very small program which can be used to produce lists which contains collection information. These lists are used by the CAST: Term-based summariser among other programs.

Installation

All you need to do in order to install this program is to download the archive which contains the CAST: Term-based summariser and unpack it in a directory (folder for Windows users :-) where you want to run the program.

Requirements

The program requires at least J2SE Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4.2 or higher which can be freely downloaded from http://java.sun.com. The program will also run if you have installed J2SE Development Kit (JDK). It will probably run with other versions of Java as well. The program was successfully tested using JDK1.4.2 and JDK1.5 running under Linux (gentoo). It should also run on any operation system which has the necessary Java Virtual Machines.

Running the program

In order to run the program you need to type a command similar to the following:

Documentation

The use of the program should be quite straightforward. You need to add the files in your collection and then select the type of list and its parameters. More documentation will be added at a later stage.
Note: the files need to be formatted according to the requirements described here.

Legal information

CAST: Prepare lists is distributed without any warranty, either expressed or implied. The program can be freely used for research purposes. If you find the program useful please acknowledge its use in your research.

Contact Information

Send bug reports, questions, feature requests etc. to Constantin Orasan (email: C.Orasan@wlv.ac.uk).