TY - JOUR
T1 - FLOSSmole
T2 - A Collaborative Repository for FLOSS Research Data and Analyses
AU - Howison, James
AU - Conklin, Megan
AU - Crowston, Kevin
PY - 2006/7
Y1 - 2006/7
N2 - This article introduces and expands on previous work on a collaborative project, called FLOSSmole (formerly OSSmole), designed to gather, share, and store comparable data and analyses of free, libre, and open source software (FLOSS) development for academic research. The project draws on the ongoing collection and analysis efforts of many research groups, reducing duplication, and promoting compatibility both across sources of FLOSS data and across research groups and analyses. The article outlines current difficulties with the current typical quantitative FLOSS research process and uses these to develop requirements and presents the design of the system.
AB - This article introduces and expands on previous work on a collaborative project, called FLOSSmole (formerly OSSmole), designed to gather, share, and store comparable data and analyses of free, libre, and open source software (FLOSS) development for academic research. The project draws on the ongoing collection and analysis efforts of many research groups, reducing duplication, and promoting compatibility both across sources of FLOSS data and across research groups and analyses. The article outlines current difficulties with the current typical quantitative FLOSS research process and uses these to develop requirements and presents the design of the system.
KW - data mining
KW - methodologies
KW - open source
KW - software engineering
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U2 - 10.4018/jitwe.2006070102
DO - 10.4018/jitwe.2006070102
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85001555286
SN - 1554-1045
VL - 1
SP - 17
EP - 26
JO - International Journal of Information Technology and Web Engineering (IJITWE)
JF - International Journal of Information Technology and Web Engineering (IJITWE)
IS - 3
ER -