Maintenance processes are part of the life cycle of distributed applications, making it necessary to ensure their easy assistance after deployment of the application currently in use. On the basis of the recorded action is taken to assess the maintenance process and maintenance process as a...

Virtual environment represents the tool which assures the access to the course material, and makes possible the interaction teacher – participant as well as the content management and the course activities. For implementing an online courses program or some online collaboration spaces, one of...

A text file filter is a program that converts one text file into another on the basis of a set of rules. For statistical applications, a text file filter can convert data embedded in a complicated text file so that Stata can read and analyze it. A text file filter can also automate the...

The eXtensible Markup Language, or XML is a method to add structure and context to unstructured information This paper presents some of the latest issues in using XML as a standard for information publishing. We present XBRL (eXtended Business Reporting Language) and possible applications in...

estout, introduced by Jann (Stata Journal 5: 288–308), is a useful tool for producing regression tables from stored estimates. However, its syntax is relatively complex and commands may turn out long even for simple tables. Furthermore, having to store the estimates beforehand can be...