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That doesn't mean there isn't a git repository (or multiple) somewhere with all the code and TeX source for the paper. It's just that these aren't usually publi
by beojan 8y ago
That doesn't mean there isn't a git repository (or multiple) somewhere with all the code and TeX source for the paper. It's just that these aren't usually published.
- speedplane 8y agoYour focus on the Tex source is pretty amusing. Imagine working for a year on a project, building countless experiments that your write code for, edit, annotate in random files or on a notepad, build huge datasets, spin up and down servers or various equipment. Then, when you finally get a result, you put write a nicely formatted document in Tex or Microsoft Word or whatever. That final document represents a tiny fraction of the work and thought you put into it. The ability to mess with that final product without the underlying 99% of thinking and effort that went into it gets you nowhere.
- COGlory 8y agoSeriously, this whole git idea shows the level of ignorance surrounding the actual scientific process and workflow. The data files for my work (protein crystallography) are terabytes upon terabytes large. There's no reasonable way to distribute them. They go through multiple layers of data paring. Any final raw data is included in the supplemental material, but it has already been heavily curated and reduced. And also biased. The solution to this problem is not iteration and revision.
- beojan 8y agoI'm not focusing on the TeX source. I said "code (i.e. simulation and/or analysis code) and TeX source (including the original images for plots and the data those were made from)".