Discover Knowledge on FLOSS Projects Through RepoFinder

Francesca Arcelli Fontana, Riccardo Roveda, Marco Zanoni

2014

Abstract

We can retrieve and integrate knowledge of different kinds. In this paper, we focus our attention on FLOSS (Free, Libre and Open Source Software) projects. With this aim, we introduce RepoFinder, a web application we have developed for the discovery, retrieval and analysis of open source software. RepoFinder supports a keyword-based discovery process for FLOSS projects through google-like queries. Moreover, it allows to analyze the projects according to well-known software metrics and other features of the code, and to compare some structural aspects of the different projects. In the paper, we focus on the discovery capabilities of RepoFinder, evaluating them on different project categories and comparing them with a well-known search engine as Google.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Arcelli Fontana F., Roveda R. and Zanoni M. (2014). Discover Knowledge on FLOSS Projects Through RepoFinder . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval - Volume 1: KDIR, (IC3K 2014) ISBN 978-989-758-048-2, pages 485-491. DOI: 10.5220/0005156704850491

in Bibtex Style

@conference{kdir14,
author={Francesca Arcelli Fontana and Riccardo Roveda and Marco Zanoni},
title={Discover Knowledge on FLOSS Projects Through RepoFinder},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval - Volume 1: KDIR, (IC3K 2014)},
year={2014},
pages={485-491},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005156704850491},
isbn={978-989-758-048-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval - Volume 1: KDIR, (IC3K 2014)
TI - Discover Knowledge on FLOSS Projects Through RepoFinder
SN - 978-989-758-048-2
AU - Arcelli Fontana F.
AU - Roveda R.
AU - Zanoni M.
PY - 2014
SP - 485
EP - 491
DO - 10.5220/0005156704850491