Some questions occurred about committing data to the MATSim project on SourceForge. To clarify, what kind of data is allowed to commit and where to put it, here a short guideline:

1. Only commit source files in "src" and its subdirectories. Do not commit any data files under "src"!
   Exception:
   • MATSim "config.xml" files are allowed under "src/playground/<username>".
2. If you need to use data during the development and you want to keep that data on a save place, please use internal storages of you institution (e.g. internal CVS repositories, internal shared folders, etc.)
3. When you write JUnit test cases under "test/src", you are allowed to add required data to "test/input" or "test/scenario". Then please follow the following constraints:
   • Use—if possible—already existing scenario data sets given in "test/scenario".
   • Add only small data sets (some Kbytes to max. 2 Mbytes) to "test/input" or "test/scenario". Note that bigger files may be compressed with gzip since MATSim supports reading and writing gzipped files with org.matsim.utils.io.IOUtils.getBufferedReader() and IOUtils.getBufferedWriter() respectively.
   • Use artificial or falsified data in test cases and put them under "test/input" or "test/scenario". Remember: SourceForge is public to everyone!

 So, to make it short: You are not allowed to add any data to the SourceForge repository except:

• config.xml-files in your playground
• files required for official JUnit test cases in "test/input/<name of your test>" or "test/scenario/…".