>>>>> "DC" == David Carlisle <[log in to unmask]> writes: >> the fact that things are in contrib/supported is no real indication at >> all -- people ask for their stuff to go there, and then disappear (for >> example, the author of booktabs, an excellent package, is uncontactable), DC> The original idea of the supported area (and described in a document of DC> Joachim's which I am not sure was ever really public) I never intended to keep it private. And I always thought it's on CTAN -- but when I checked it now, I couldn't find it. It was not really appreciated by the developper community at that time. Reactions were not unfriendly -- more uninterested... For those still interested: http://ftp.dante.de/~schrod/ holds it. Today, one might want to think about using RDF for that task, see http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-rdf-syntax/. The Open Software Description Format (OSD, http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-OSD.html) doesn't seem to be appropriate for our realm. Cheers, Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Joachim Schrod Email: [log in to unmask] Net & Publication Consultance GmbH Tel.: +49-6074-861530 Roedermark, Germany Fax: +49-6074-861531