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     <div class="entry">
       <div class="title">Free Timetabling Software - nice free software</div>
       <div class="date"> 7th July 2012</div>
     <div class="entry">
       <div class="title">Free Timetabling Software - nice free software</div>
       <div class="date"> 7th July 2012</div>

-      <div class="body"><p>Included in <ahref="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu</a> is a
-large collection of end user and school specific software.  One of the
-packages not installed by default but provided in the Debian archive
-for schools to install if they want to, is a system to automatically
-plan the school time table using information about available teachers,
-classes and rooms, combined with the list of required courses and how
-many hours each topic should receive.  The software is
+      <div class="body"><p>Included in <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu /
+Skolelinux</a> is a large collection of end user and school specific
+software.  It is one of the packages not installed by default but
+provided in the Debian archive for schools to install if they want to,
+is a system to automatically plan the school time table using
+information about available teachers, classes and rooms, combined with
+the list of required courses and how many hours each topic should
+receive.  The software is
+

 <a href="http://lalescu.ro/liviu/fet/">named FET</a>, and it provide a
 graphical user interface to input the required information, save the
 result in a fairly simple XML format, and generate time tables for
 <a href="http://lalescu.ro/liviu/fet/">named FET</a>, and it provide a
 graphical user interface to input the required information, save the
 result in a fairly simple XML format, and generate time tables for


@@ -38,245 +40,142 @@ Windows</a>.</p>
 feature list</a>, liftet from the project web site:</p>
 
 <p><ul>
 feature list</a>, liftet from the project web site:</p>
 
 <p><ul>

-       <li><p>FET is free software, licensed under the GNU GPL v2 or later.
-       You can freely use, copy, modify and redistribute it</p>
-       </li>
-       
-       <li><p>Localized to en_US (US English, default), ar (Arabic), ca (Catalan), da (Danish),
-       de (German), el (Greek), es (Spanish), fa (Persian), fr (French), gl (Galician), he (Hebrew),
-       hu (Hungarian), id (Indonesian), it (Italian), lt (Lithuanian),
-       mk (Macedonian), ms (Malay), nl (Dutch), pl (Polish), pt_BR (Brazilian Portuguese), ro (Romanian),
-       ru (Russian), si (Sinhala), sk (Slovak), sr (Serbian), tr (Turkish), uk (Ukrainian), uz (Uzbek)
-       and vi (Vietnamese) (incompletely for some languages)</p>
-       </li>
+
+  <li>FET is free software, licensed under the GNU GPL v2 or later.
+    You can freely use, copy, modify and redistribute it </li>

        
        

-       <li><p>Fully automatic generation
-       algorithm, allowing also semi-automatic or manual allocation</p>
-       </li>
+  <li>Localized to en_US (US English, default), ar (Arabic), ca
+    (Catalan), da (Danish), de (German), el (Greek), es (Spanish), fa
+    (Persian), fr (French), gl (Galician), he (Hebrew), hu
+    (Hungarian), id (Indonesian), it (Italian), lt (Lithuanian), mk
+    (Macedonian), ms (Malay), nl (Dutch), pl (Polish), pt_BR
+    (Brazilian Portuguese), ro (Romanian), ru (Russian), si (Sinhala),
+    sk (Slovak), sr (Serbian), tr (Turkish), uk (Ukrainian), uz
+    (Uzbek) and vi (Vietnamese) (incompletely for some languages)
+    </li>

        
        

-       <li><p>Platform independent
-       implementation, allowing running on GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac and any
-       system that Qt supports</p>
-       </li>
+  <li>Fully automatic generation algorithm, allowing also
+    semi-automatic or manual allocation</li>

        
        

-       <li><p>Flexible modular
-       XML format for the input file, allowing editing with an XML editor
-       or by hand (besides FET interface)</p>
-       </li>
+  <li>Platform independent implementation, allowing running on
+    GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac and any system that Qt supports </li>

        
        

-       <li><p>Import/export from CSV format</p>
-       </li>
+  <li>Flexible modular XML format for the input file, allowing editing
+    with an XML editor or by hand (besides FET interface)</li>

        
        

-       <li><p>The resulted timetables
-       are exported into HTML, XML and CSV formats</p>
-       </li>
+  <li>Import/export from CSV format</li>

        
        

-       <li><p>Flexible students
-       structure, organized into sets: years, groups and subgroups. FET allows
-       overlapping years and groups and non-overlapping subgroups. You can even
-       define individual students (as separate sets)</p>
-       </li>
+  <li>The resulted timetables are exported into HTML, XML and CSV
+    formats </li>

        
        

-       <li><p>Each constraint has a weight percentage, from 0.0% to 100.0%
-       (but some special constraints are allowed to have only 100% weight percentage)</p>
-       </li>
+  <li>Flexible students structure, organized into sets: years, groups
+    and subgroups. FET allows overlapping years and groups and
+    non-overlapping subgroups. You can even define individual students
+    (as separate sets)</li>

        
        

-       <li><p>Limits for the algorithm (all these limits can be increased on demand,
-       as a custom version, because this would require a bit more memory):</p>
+  <li>Each constraint has a weight percentage, from 0.0% to 100.0%
+    (but some special constraints are allowed to have only 100% weight
+    percentage)</li>

        
        

+  <li>Limits for the algorithm (all these limits can be increased on
+    demand, as a custom version, because this would require a bit more
+    memory):
+    <ul>
+      <li>Maximum total number of hours (periods) per day: 60</li>
+      <li>Maximum number of working days per week: 35</li>
+      <li>Maximum total number of teachers: 6000</li>
+      <li>Maximum total number of sets of students: 30000</li>
+      <li>Maximum total number of subjects: 6000</li>
+      <li>Virtually unlimited number of activity tags</li>
+      <li>Maximum number of activities: 30000</li>
+      <li>Maximum number of rooms: 6000</li>
+      <li>Maximum number of buildings: 6000</li>
+      <li>Possibility of adding multiple teachers and
+          students sets for each activity.  (it is possible
+          also to have no teachers or no students sets for an
+          activity)</li>
+      <li>Virtually unlimited number of time constraints</li>
+      <li>Virtually unlimited number of space constraints</li>
+    </ul></li>
+
+  <li>A large and flexible palette of time constraints:
+    <ul>
+      <li>Break periods</li>
+      <li>For teacher(s):
+        <ul>
+         <li>Not available periods</li>
+         <li>Max/min days per week</li>
+         <li>Max gaps per day/week</li>
+         <li>Max hours daily/continuously</li>
+         <li>Min hours daily</li>
+         <li>Max hours daily/continuously with an activity tag</li>
+
+         <li>Respect working in an hourly interval a max number of
+           days per week</li>
+       </ul></li>
+      <li>For students (sets):

        <ul>
        <ul>

-               <li><p>Maximum total number of hours (periods) per day: 60</p></li>
-
-               <li><p>Maximum number of working days per week: 35</p></li>
-
-               <li><p>Maximum total number of teachers: 6000</p></li>
-
-               <li><p>Maximum total number of sets of students: 30000</p></li>
-
-               <li><p>Maximum total number of subjects: 6000</p></li>
-
-               <li><p>Virtually unlimited number of activity tags</p></li>
-
-               <li><p>Maximum number of activities: 30000</p></li>
-
-               <li><p>Maximum number of rooms: 6000</p></li>
-
-               <li><p>Maximum number of buildings: 6000</p></li>
-
-               <li><p>Possibility of adding multiple teachers and students sets for each activity.
-               (it is possible also to have no teachers or no students sets for an activity)</p></li>
-
-               <li><p>Virtually unlimited number of time constraints</p></li>
-
-               <li><p>Virtually unlimited number of space constraints</p></li>
+         <li>Not available periods</li>
+         <li>Begins early (specify max allowed beginnings at second hour)</li>
+         <li>Max gaps per day/week</li>
+         <li>Max hours daily/continuously</li>
+         <li>Min hours daily</li>
+         <li>Max hours daily/continuously with an activity tag</li>
+
+         <li>Respect working in an hourly interval a max number of
+           days per week</li>
+       </ul></li>
+      <li>For an activity or a set of activities/subactivities:
+        <ul>
+         <li>A single preferred starting time</li>
+         <li>A set of preferred starting times</li>
+         <li>A set of preferred time slots</li>
+         <li>Min/max days between them</li>
+         <li>End(s) students day</li>
+         <li>Same starting time/day/hour</li>
+         <li>Occupy max time slots from selection (a complex and
+           flexible constraint, useful in many situations)</li>
+         <li>Consecutive, ordered, grouped (for 2 or 3 (sub)activities)</li>
+         <li>Not overlapping</li>
+         <li>Max simultaneous in selected time slots</li>
+         <li>Min gaps between a set of (sub)activities</li>
+       </ul></li>
+    </ul></li>
+
+  <li>A large and flexible palette of space constraints:
+    <ul>
+      <li>Room not available periods</li>
+      <li>For teacher(s):
+        <ul>
+         <li>Home room(s)</li>
+         <li>Max building changes per day/week</li>
+         <li>Min gaps between building changes</li>

        </ul>
        </ul>

-
-       </li>
-
-       <li><p>A large and flexible
-       palette of time constraints:</p>
-       <ul>
-
-               <li><p>Break periods</p>
-               </li>
-
-               <li><p>For teacher(s):</p>
-               <ul>
-                       <li><p>
-                               Not available periods
-                       </p></li>
-                       <li><p>
-                               Max/min days per week
-                       </p></li>
-                       <li><p>
-                               Max gaps per day/week
-                       </p></li>
-                       <li><p>
-                               Max hours daily/continuously
-                       </p></li>
-                       <li><p>
-                               Min hours daily
-                       </p></li>
-                       <li><p>
-                               Max hours daily/continuously with an activity tag
-                       </p></li>
-                       <li><p>
-                               Respect working in an hourly interval a max number of days per week
-                       </p></li>
-               </ul>
-               </li>
+      </li>

                
                

-               <li><p>For students (sets):</p>
-               <ul>
-                       <li><p>
-                               Not available periods
-                       </p></li>
-                       <li><p>
-                               Begins early (specify max allowed beginnings at second hour)
-                       </p></li>
-                       <li><p>
-                               Max gaps per day/week
-                       </p></li>
-                       <li><p>
-                               Max hours daily/continuously
-                       </p></li>
-                       <li><p>
-                               Min hours daily
-                       </p></li>
-                       <li><p>
-                               Max hours daily/continuously with an activity tag
-                       </p></li>
-                       <li><p>
-                               Respect working in an hourly interval a max number of days per week
-                       </p></li>
-               </ul>
-               </li>
-               
-               <li><p>For an activity or a set of activities/subactivities:</p>
-               <ul>
-                       <li><p>
-                               A single preferred starting time
-                       </p></li>
-                       <li><p>
-                               A set of preferred starting times
-                       </p></li>
-                       <li><p>
-                               A set of preferred time slots
-                       </p></li>
-                       <li><p>
-                               Min/max days between them
-                       </p></li>
-                       <li><p>
-                               End(s) students day
-                       </p></li>
-                       <li><p>
-                               Same starting time/day/hour
-                       </p></li>
-                       <li><p>
-                               Occupy max time slots from selection
-                               (a complex and flexible constraint, useful in many situations)
-                       </p></li>
-                       <li><p>
-                               Consecutive, ordered, grouped (for 2 or 3 (sub)activities)
-                       </p></li>
-                       <li><p>
-                               Not overlapping
-                       </p></li>
-                       <li><p>
-                               Max simultaneous in selected time slots
-                       </p></li>
-                       <li><p>
-                               Min gaps between a set of (sub)activities
-                       </p></li>
-               </ul>
-               </li>
+      <li>For students (sets):
+        <ul>
+         <li>Home room(s)</li>
+         <li>Max building changes per day/week</li>
+         <li>Min gaps between building changes</li>

        </ul>
        </ul>

-
-       </li>
-
-       <li><p>A large and flexible
-       palette of space constraints:</p>
-       <ul>
-
-               <li><p>Room not available periods</p>
-               </li>
-
-               <li><p>For teacher(s):</p>
-               <ul>
-                       <li><p>
-                               Home room(s)
-                       </p></li>
-                       <li><p>
-                               Max building changes per day/week
-                       </p></li>
-                       <li><p>
-                               Min gaps between building changes
-                       </p></li>
-               </ul>
-               </li>
-               
-               <li><p>For students (sets):</p>
-               <ul>
-                       <li><p>
-                               Home room(s)
-                       </p></li>
-                       <li><p>
-                               Max building changes per day/week
-                       </p></li>
-                       <li><p>
-                               Min gaps between building changes
-                       </p></li>
-               </ul>
-               </li>
-               
-               <li><p>Preferred room(s):</p>
-               <ul>
-                       <li><p>
-                               For a subject
-                       </p></li>
-                       <li><p>
-                               For an activity tag
-                       </p></li>
-                       <li><p>
-                               For a subject and an activity tag
-                       </p></li>
-                       <li><p>
-                               Individually for a (sub)activity
-                       </p></li>
-               </ul>
-               </li>
-
-               <li><p>For a set of activities:</p>
-               <ul>
-                       <li><p>
-                               Occupy a maximum number of different rooms
-                       </p></li>
-               </ul>
-               </li>
-
+      </li>
+      <li>Preferred room(s):
+        <ul>
+         <li>For a subject</li>
+         <li>For an activity tag</li>
+         <li>For a subject and an activity tag</li>
+         <li>Individually for a (sub)activity</li>

        </ul>
        </ul>

+      </li>

 
 

-       </li>
+      <li>For a set of activities:
+        <ul>
+         <li>Occupy a maximum number of different rooms</li>
+       </ul>
+      </li>
+    </ul>
+  </li>

 </ul></p>
 
 <p>I have not used it myself, as I am not involved in time table
 </ul></p>
 
 <p>I have not used it myself, as I am not involved in time table


@@ -322,7 +221,13 @@ section</a>.</p>
 
 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/06/">June (20)</a></li>
 
 
 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/06/">June (20)</a></li>
 

-<li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/07/">July (8)</a></li>
+<li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/07/">July (17)</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/08/">August (6)</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/09/">September (9)</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/10/">October (15)</a></li>

 
 </ul></li>
 
 
 </ul></li>
 


@@ -441,25 +346,29 @@ section</a>.</p>
 
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- <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian">debian (55)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian">debian (57)</a></li>

 
 

- <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian edu">debian edu (107)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian edu">debian edu (115)</a></li>

 
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  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/digistan">digistan (9)</a></li>
 

+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/docbook">docbook (7)</a></li>
+

  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/drivstoffpriser">drivstoffpriser (4)</a></li>
 
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- <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english (139)</a></li>
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+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/fiksgatami">fiksgatami (19)</a></li>

 
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- <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/frikanalen">frikanalen (6)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/freeculture">freeculture (8)</a></li>
+
+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/frikanalen">frikanalen (8)</a></li>

 
 

- <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/intervju">intervju (29)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/intervju">intervju (31)</a></li>

 
 

- <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/kart">kart (16)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/kart">kart (17)</a></li>

 
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@@ -467,19 +376,19 @@ section</a>.</p>
 
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+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/multimedia">multimedia (25)</a></li>

 
 

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+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/norsk">norsk (209)</a></li>

 
 

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+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/nuug">nuug (145)</a></li>

 
 

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+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/offentlig innsyn">offentlig innsyn (6)</a></li>

 
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@@ -495,27 +404,27 @@ section</a>.</p>
 
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 </ul>