Semantic web support for open-source software development

Dillon, Tharam S.; Simmons, Gregory

doi:10.1109/SITIS.2008.114

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Authors

Dillon, Tharam S.

Simmons, Gregory

Date

2008

Type

Conference Paper

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Citation

Dillon, Tharam and Simmons, Gregory, 2008. Semantic web support for open-source software development, in Dipanda, A. and Chbeir, R. and Yetongnon, K. (ed), 4th International Conference on Signal-Image Technology & Internet-Based Systems, Nov 30 2008, pp. 603-613, Bali, Indonesia: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society.

Source Title

Proceedings of the 4th international conference on signal-image technology & internet-based systems (SITIS 2008)

Source Conference

4th International Conference on Signal-Image Technology & Internet-Based Systems (SITIS 2008)

DOI

10.1109/SITIS.2008.114

ISBN

9780769534930

Faculty

Curtin Business School

School of Information Systems

School

Centre for Extended Enterprises and Business Intelligence

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23172

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Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

Open-source software is unique in that the development of the product is performed in public over the Internet by developers who elect to contribute to the project and rarely if ever meet face-to-face. Software development is a knowledge intensive process and the information generated in open-source software development projects is typically housed in a central Internet repository. Open-source repositories typically contains vast amounts of information, much of it unstructured, meaning that even if a question has previously been discussed and dealt with it is not a trivial task to locate it, leading to rework, confusion amongst developers and possibly deterring new developers from getting involved.This paper develops an ontology based software development architecture for open-source software development. Such an architecture would enable better categorisation of information, communication, co-ordination and the development of sophisticated search agents.