[Rprotobuf-commits] r555 - papers/rjournal

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Author: edd
Date: 2013-12-17 01:22:31 +0100 (Tue, 17 Dec 2013)
New Revision: 555

Modified:
   papers/rjournal/eddelbuettel-francois-stokely.bib
   papers/rjournal/eddelbuettel-francois-stokely.tex
Log:
minor edits


Modified: papers/rjournal/eddelbuettel-francois-stokely.bib
===================================================================
--- papers/rjournal/eddelbuettel-francois-stokely.bib	2013-12-17 00:20:47 UTC (rev 554)
+++ papers/rjournal/eddelbuettel-francois-stokely.bib	2013-12-17 00:22:31 UTC (rev 555)
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
   author = {Simon Urbanek and Yossi Rubner},
   year = {2012},
   note = {R package version 0.3-1},
-  url = {http://CRAN.R-project.org/package=emdist},
+  url = {http://cran.r-project.org/package=emdist},
 }
 @article{pearson1895contributions,
   title={Contributions to the mathematical theory of evolution. II. Skew variation in homogeneous material},
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@
 @Manual{rprotobuf,
    title = {RProtoBuf: R Interface to the Protocol Buffers API},
    author = {Romain Francois and Dirk Eddelbuettel and Murray Stokely},
-   note = {R package version 0.2.6},
-   year = {2012},
+   note = {R package version 0.3.2},
+   year = {2013},
    url = {http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/RProtoBuf/index.html},
 }
 @Manual{r,
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@
     author = {{R Core Team}},
     organization = {R Foundation for Statistical Computing},
     address = {Vienna, Austria},
-    year = {2012},
-    note = {{ISBN} 3-900051-07-0},
+    year = {2013},
     url = {http://www.R-project.org/},
   }
 @article{dean2008mapreduce,

Modified: papers/rjournal/eddelbuettel-francois-stokely.tex
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--- papers/rjournal/eddelbuettel-francois-stokely.tex	2013-12-17 00:20:47 UTC (rev 554)
+++ papers/rjournal/eddelbuettel-francois-stokely.tex	2013-12-17 00:22:31 UTC (rev 555)
@@ -7,17 +7,24 @@
 \abstract{Modern data collection and analysis pipelines often involve
  a sophisticated mix of applications written in general purpose and
  specialized programming languages.  Protocol Buffers are a popular
- method of serializing structured data between applications.  The
+ method of serializing structured data between applications---while remaining
+ indendent of programming languages or operating system.  The
  \textbf{RProtoBuf} package provides a complete interface to this
  library.
-TODO keep it less than 150 words.
+ %TODO(ms) keep it less than 150 words.
 }
 
+%TODO(de) 'protocol buffers' or 'Protocol Buffers' ?
+
 \section{Introduction}
 
 Comparison with what people start with in R : CSV
-comparison with what is only slightly better: JSON
 
+Comparison with what is only slightly better: JSON
+
+Maybe mention related, competing approaches such as BSON, Thrift, msgpack,
+though we get carried away.
+
 Introductory section which may include references in parentheses
 \citep{R}, or cite a reference such as \citet{R} in the text.
 
@@ -136,11 +143,11 @@
 
 \bibliography{eddelbuettel-francois-stokely}
 
-\address{Author One\\
-  Affiliation\\
-  Address\\
-  Country}
-\email{author1 at work}
+\address{Dirk Eddelbuettel\\
+  Debian and R Projects\\
+  711 Monroe Avenue, River Forest, IL 60305\\
+  USA}
+\email{edd at debian.org}
 
 \address{Author Two\\
   Affiliation\\