General Information

The Editorial Board of Theory and Applications of Categories controls this series with coordination by its Managing Editor Robert Rosebrugh, Associate Managing Editor Michael Barr, and Steering Committee. Electronic archives are maintained by Theory and Applications of Categories and at various mirror sites. Paper copies of articles are archived at the Mount Allison University Library.

The Editorial Board wishes to acknowledge financial support from the M. Y. Bell Faculty Fund towards purchase of the journal Theory and Applications of Categories' first server, and on-going technical support from the Mount Allison University Computing Services Department.

CONTRIBUTOR INFORMATION

  1. After obtaining written permission from any copyright holder, an author, or other member of the community, may propose an article to a Theory and Applications of Categories Editor for Reprints in Theory and Applications of Categories (provided that they agree to 3. below).
  2. If the article has already undergone a normal refereeing process, for example by a journal, that will not be repeated. An article not published in a refereed form must first be refereed. Then, in order to ensure that only articles of lasting significance are published in TAC Reprints, the following procedure will be followed:
    (i) details of the article (author, title, original publication data) will be circulated to all TAC Editors;
    (ii) TAC Editors may signify assent or not to republish the article, and it will be accepted for TAC Reprints only if a 2/3 majority of TAC Editors responding within one month assents and there are at least five responses.
  3. When an article is accepted, the author, or other proposer, will be required to provide to TAC either a usable TeX source for the article or a PDF document acceptable to the Managing Editor that reproduces a typeset version of the article. Up to five pages of corrections, commentary and forward pointers may be appended by the author.
When submitting commentary, authors should read and follow the Format for submission of Theory and Applications of Categories

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EDITORIAL POLICY

Reprints in Theory and Applications of Categories will disseminate articles from the body of important literature in Category Theory and closely related subjects which has never been published in journal form, or which has been published in journals whose narrow circulation makes access very difficult. Publication in `Reprints in Theory and Applications of Categories' will permit free and full dissemination of such documents over the Internet. Articles appearing have been critically reviewed by the Editorial Board of Theory and Applications of Categories Only articles of lasting significance are considered for publication.

The method of distribution of the series is via the Internet tools WWW/ftp. The series is archived electronically and in printed paper format.

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SUBSCRIPTION/ACCESS TO ARTICLES

Subscribers to the journal Theory and Applications of Categories receive abstracts of new Reprints by electronic mail. PDF files of the reprints are available by WWW/ftp.

To subscribe to Theory and Applications of Categories send a request to tac@mta.ca , including your name and a postal address. The journal and reprints series are free to individuals.

Authors retain copyright to commentaries appearing with reprints. The series is copyrighted by the Theory and Applications of Categories Editorial Board. For further information, contact the Managing Editor, Robert Rosebrugh, rrosebrugh@mta.ca .

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MIRROR SITES

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