@conference {548,
	title = {Archetypal Internet-Scale Source Code Searching},
	booktitle = {OSS2008: Open Source Development, Communities and Quality (IFIP 2.13)},
	series = {IFIP International Federation for Information Processing},
	volume = {275/2008},
	year = {2008},
	month = {2008///},
	pages = {257 - 263},
	publisher = {Springer},
	organization = {Springer},
	chapter = {21},
	abstract = {Programmers often search for Open Source code to use in their projects. To understand how and why programmers search for source code, we onducted a web-based survey and collected data from 69 respondents, including 58 specific examples of searches. Analyzing these anecdotes, we found that they could be categorized along two orthogonal dimensions: motivation (reuse vs. reference example) and size of search target. The targets of these searches could range in size from a block (a few lines of code) to a subsystem (e.g. library or API), to an entire system. Within these six combinations of motivations and target sizes, nine repeating motifs, or archetypes, were created to characterize Internet-scale source code searching. Tools used for searching and the criteria for selecting a component are also discussed. We conclude with guidance on how these archetypes can inform better evaluation of Internet-scale code search engines, as well as the design of new features for these tools.
},
	issn = {978-0-387-09683-4},
	doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09684-1_21},
	attachments = {https://flosshub.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/Archetypal\%20Internet-Scale\%20Source.pdf},
	author = {Umarji, Medha and Sim, Susan and Lopes, Crista}
}
