Authoritative Linked Data Descriptions of Debian Source Packages Using ADMS.SW

Submitted by msquire on Fri, 2013-08-30 20:33
TitleAuthoritative Linked Data Descriptions of Debian Source Packages Using ADMS.SW
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2013
AuthorsBerger, O, Bac, C
Refereed DesignationRefereed
Secondary AuthorsPetrinja, E, Succi, G, Ioini, N, Sillitti, A
Secondary TitleIFIP Advances in Information and Communication TechnologyOpen Source Software: Quality Verification
Volume404
Pagination168 - 181
PublisherSpringer Berlin Heidelberg
Place PublishedBerlin, Heidelberg
ISBN Number978-3-642-38928-3
ISSN Number1868-422X
Keywordsdebian
Abstract

he Debian Package Tracking System is a Web dashboard for Debian contributors and advanced users. This central tool publishes the status of subsequent releases of source packages in the Debian distribution.

It has been improved to generate RDF meta-data documenting the source packages, their releases and links to other packaging artifacts, using the ADMS.SW 1.0 model. This constitutes an authoritative source of machine-readable Debian “facts” and proposes a reference URI naming scheme for Linked Data resources about Debian packages.

This should enable the interlinking of these Debian package descriptions with other ADMS.SW or DOAP descriptions of FLOSS projects available on the Semantic Web also using Linked Data principles. This will be particularly interesting for traceability with upstream projects whose releases are packaged in Debian, derivative distributions reusing Debian source packages, or with other FLOSS distributions.
DOI10.1007/978-3-642-38928-3_12
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