Theseus 3.5.1 Documentation

The following is available:

• Release note for 3.5.1
• Version change log  
   
  
• User documentation
  • Getting Started: Theseus in a nutshell, basic information on how to get started, running example plans.
  • Writing Plans and Datafiles: A more detailed description of how to construct Theseus plans and datafiles.
  • Operator List: Complete specifications for all Theseus operators and examples of how to use them.
  • Theseus.properties: Understanding the file that defines run-time configurations for Theseus.
  • FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions about how to build and run Theseus plans.
   
  
• Developer documentation
  • Accessing Theseus from existing Java applications: Theseus exports an API that allows you to easily incorporate it with your code.
  • Writing a custom Theseus operator: Shows you the basic steps towards writing your own first-class Theseus operator.
  • Apache Tomcat deployment: Information on how to make access to Theseus via a servlet possible.
  • API Documentation: All of the relevant class documentation for use when developing 3rd party applications.
   
  
• Academic publications
  • An expressive and efficient language for information gathering on the Web: discusses the Theseus dataflow-style language and streaming execution system. Presented at the Artificial Intelligence Planning and Scheduling 2002 conference (AIPS-2002) workshop on Real World Planning.
  • A dataflow approach to agent-based information management: describes an earlier form of the language and system. Presented at the 2000 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IC-AI 2000).
   
  
• Specifications
  • Theseus Specification: A very out of date specification of the system. Some of the background information, basic goals, and basic usage is still valid, but the rest has changed significantly.
   
  
• Credits