[seul-edu] Fw: Timetabling with Linux

[Doug Loss <dloss@suscom.net>]

I just received this from a gentleman in Portugal.  jm, you may want to
contact him about it:

On Mon, 17 Apr 2000, Carlos Fonseca wrote:
> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 23:44:53 +0100 (WEST)
> To: dloss@seul.org
> From: Carlos Fonseca <cmfonsec@ualg.pt>
> Subject: Timetabling with Linux
> 
> Dear Doug,
> 
> In response to the question about timetabling software in the Linux
> in
> education report #16, I can say that I, too, am not aware of any
> timetabling software for Linux.
> 
> Having said that, we are using PostgreSQL, Apache, PHP and Python
> over
> Linux to manage the timetables here at UCEH, University of Algarve,
> Portugal. Although that service is still experimental (this is the
> second
> semester we've been using it), you can reach the site containing the
> timetables at http://www.ualg.pt:8500/. Please follow the link
> "Cursos",
> pick one, and then select one "Horário". You can then follow the
> links in
> each event to get information additional information and navigate the
> timetables. The pages are all generated on the fly and reflect the
> database's contents.
> 
> The software is essentially a prototype, but it works - it doesn't
> automatically generate timetables (yet!), but it is very useful to us
> when
> producing them, due to the large amounts of information involved. 
> Currently, we are working on re-designing the database structure and
> developing user interfaces for actually inputing the data, as we have
> been
> using pgaccess to edit the tables directly... The code is currently
> not
> available (it really isn't ready for public consumption), but we
> intend to make source available for the redesigned system as we make
> progress on it.  Hopefully, we will get funded to do it, as well.
> 
> I look forward to reading more about this in a future Linux in
> education
> report.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Carlos Fonseca
> (Lecturer)
> 
> 
> 
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