The Text Files
The Text Files
The TCS Genealogy
is also available in plain text format.
It consists of two files,
the database file
and the
university file.
The Database File
The database file
contains the main database. It consists of a header, followed
by the entries. Each line of the header begins with the character "#".
Each entry consists of four fields separated by a single tab character.
The fields are, from left to right:
- the student's name,
- the name of the student's thesis adviser,
- an acronym for the university granting the doctoral degree
(see below), and
- the year the degree was granted.
A student with multiple doctoral degrees has one entry for each.
A student with multiple advisers for a single doctoral degree also
has multiple entries (one for each adviser), but the university and year
are the same.
A field consisting solely of the character "?" indicates
that the information in that field is unknown.
The "?" character is also used to indicate
that the information provided in a field may be incorrect.
An entry for a person without a doctoral degree (which is included when he
or she has served as a thesis adviser on doctoral degrees)
has the string "---" (three
hyphens) in the adviser, university, and year fields.
The University File
The university file
maps acronyms to universities. Each entry consists of an acronym,
followed by the character "=", followed by the name, city or town,
state or province (if applicable), and country of a university
(separated by commas).