view base/datasets/classes.lisp @ 251:6a3adca16910

Refactor dataset stuff out of amuse-database-admin, and add midifile-dataset.

(cl:in-package #:amuse-datasets)

;;; Abstract classes for datasets.

(defclass dataset-identifier (identifier) ()
  (:documentation "A dataset is a set of pieces used for a particualar
analytical task. A dataset is not necessarily the same thing as a
corpus or collection (are these things different?). Corpus indicates
that a set of pieces have been curated in some way and in that sense
`belong together'. A dataset is just simply a set of pieces gathered
together to analyse, and the pieces can be from any corpus or
backend."))

(defclass dataset (list-slot-sequence) ())