University of Washington: Linguistics: Ling 573: Spring 2015: Deliverable #1

Ling 573 - Natural Language Processing Systems and Applications
Spring 2015
Deliverable #1: Setting up: Due April 7, 2015, 11:59pm

Goals

Through this assignment you will set up the environment for your project:

Organize your project repository under a standard version control system.
Begin to structure/outline your project reports, using a standard format.

There is no coding or development required for this deliverable.

Organize your team

For this project you will work in teams of 3 (typically).

Setting up your repository

You will need to set up a repository to support your collaborative work on your project. You may use either a GIT or a Subversion repository. Once you form your team, your should send your team list to Glenn and indicate the type of repository you will be using. Basic how-tos are available on the CLMS wiki as well as on many public websites.

If you are using Subversion, David Brodbeck will set up an SVN repository for your team on the Linguistics SVN server.
If you are using GIT, David will provide you with a directory under /workspace with suitable permissions where you will be able to create your repository.
- You may alternatively use an external hosting service, like Github Education, provided that it is not public and that the instructor and TA have access to it.

You should lay out the repository along the following lines, for Subversion and GIT, respectively.

For groups using Subversion: Assuming the group's directory is G1,
G1/trunk: main code
G1/branches: experiments
G1/tags: releases/deliverables
G1/tags/D1
G1/tags/D2
G1/tags/D3
G1/tags/D4

For groups using GIT: Since GIT does not rely on directory structure for repository organization, you just need to ensure that you tag each deliverable release appropriately so that it can be graded.

Each release should have following basic structure:
Dx.cmd: top-level Condor file (not needed for D1)
README: not needed for D1
src/: source code
doc/: reports, powerpoints, additional documentation
outputs/: output files
results/: evaluation results

Beginning the project report

Create an initial project report - essentially a paper outline, according to the guidelines.

This initial version should include the sections (headings and as little text as you'd like) below:

Title, Author, and Contact information
Abstract
Introduction
System Overview, and
References

The References Section should include at least two properly formatted entries.

Please name your report D1.pdf.

The goal of this exercise is to ensure that, for the remainder of the course, you can concentrate on building working systems, rather than trying to figure out bibtex or arguing with your teammates about whether to use Word or latex.

Summary

Create and lay out your repository.
Format your simple 'report'.
Add your report PDF to the repository.
Create a tag D1 for this deliverable.
Verify that all components have been added and any changes checked in.