j@251: (cl:in-package #:amuse-datasets)
j@250: 
j@251: ;;; Abstract classes for datasets.
j@251: 
j@251: (defclass dataset-identifier (identifier) ()
j@250:   (:documentation "A dataset is a set of pieces used for a particualar
j@250: analytical task. A dataset is not necessarily the same thing as a
j@250: corpus or collection (are these things different?). Corpus indicates
j@250: that a set of pieces have been curated in some way and in that sense
j@250: `belong together'. A dataset is just simply a set of pieces gathered
j@250: together to analyse, and the pieces can be from any corpus or
j@251: backend."))
j@250: 
j@251: (defclass dataset (list-slot-sequence) ())