IDyOM Project

h1. Architecture

h2. Directory Structure  

The layout of the code is as follows:

* README

* COPYING

* thesis.pdf

* idyom.asd: _the system definition_

* utils/: _general-purpose utilities_

** package.lisp

** utils.lisp

* database/: _a database interface for storing symbolically encoded music_

** package.lisp

** generics.lisp

** music-data.lisp

** examples/

** data-import/: _modules for importing data from different formats to the database_

** data-export/: _modules for exporting data from the database to different formats_

* music-objects/: _a representation system for music objects that sits on top of the database_

** package.lisp

** extended-sequence.lisp

** music-objects.lisp

* viewpoints/: _viewpoint representations and functionality_

** viewpoint-extensions.lisp: _extensions to the viewpoint framework useful for modelling_

* ppm-star/: _the PPM* implementation_

** package.lisp

** generics.lisp

** ppm-star.lisp

** ppm-io.lisp

** ppm-ui.lisp

* mvs/: _the multiple-viewpoint system modelling framework_

** params.lisp: _user-level parameters to the statistical modelling_

** multiple-viewpoint-system.lisp: _modelling with multiple-viewpoints_

** prediction-sets.lisp: _representing and combining distributions, computing entropy and information content_

* apps/: _top-level applications for users_

** package.lisp

** apps.lisp: _pathnames and filenames for saving data and results_

** main.lisp: _top-level code for using the system_

** resampling.lisp: _the main user interface - estimating information content by cross-validation_

** viewpoint-selection.lisp: _on tin does it says the what_

** generation.lisp: _code for generating melodies (possibly suffering slightly from bitrot)_