Hello, The ade4 package is now available on CRAN. ade4 is a multivariate data analysis package oriented towards statistical ecology. The main functions include one-table (PCA, COA, MCA, PCO, etc.), two-tables (PCAIV, Co-inertia, CCA, etc.) and k-tables multivariate analysis methods, with several Monte-Carlo tests and many graphical display methods. A complete documentation with many example data sets is also available. Most of these methods and data sets come from statistical ecology, but the statistical methods can of course be used in many other fields. The ade4 package is a port of the ADE4 software to R. The ADE4 software is also free and available on Internet, and it has its own web server and mailing list : http://pbil.univ-lyon1.fr/ADE-4/ADE-4.html Jean -- Jean Thioulouse - Equipe "Ecologie Statistique" - UMR CNRS 5558 Universite Lyon 1, Bat. Mendel, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France Fax: (33) 4 78 89 27 19 Tel: (33) 4 72 43 27 56 http://macg3400.univ-lyon1.fr/JTHome.html