Identifying knowledge brokers that yield software engineering knowledge in OSS projects Export

@article{citeulike:1074868, abstract = {Much research on open source software development concentrates on developer lists and other software repositories to investigate what motivates professional software developers to participate in open source software projects. Little attention has been paid to individuals who spend valuable time in lists helping participants on some mundane yet vital project activities. Using three Debian lists as a case study we investigate the impact of knowledge brokers and their associated activities in open source projects. Social network analysis was used to visualize how participants are affiliated with the lists. The network topology reveals substantial community participation. The consequence of collaborating in mundane activities for the success of open source software projects is discussed. The direct beneficiaries of this research are in the identification of knowledge experts in open source software projects.}, author = {Sowe, Sulayman and Stamelos, Ioannis and Angelis, Lefteris}, citeulike-article-id = {1074868}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2005.12.019}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V0B-4JD0H19-2/2/b976cf12ccbb25b989067342d2261069}, doi = {10.1016/j.infsof.2005.12.019}, journal = {Information and Software Technology}, keywords = {expertise, list, mailing, oss, seeking}, month = {November}, number = {11}, pages = {1025--1033}, posted-at = {2007-01-29 19:42:26}, priority = {2}, title = {Identifying knowledge brokers that yield software engineering knowledge in OSS projects}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2005.12.019}, volume = {48}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1074868 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1074868 N2 - Much research on open source software development concentrates on developer lists and other software repositories to investigate what motivates professional software developers to participate in open source software projects. Little attention has been paid to individuals who spend valuable time in lists helping participants on some mundane yet vital project activities. Using three Debian lists as a case study we investigate the impact of knowledge brokers and their associated activities in open source projects. Social network analysis was used to visualize how participants are affiliated with the lists. The network topology reveals substantial community participation. The consequence of collaborating in mundane activities for the success of open source software projects is discussed. The direct beneficiaries of this research are in the identification of knowledge experts in open source software projects. IS - 11 JF - Information and Software Technology EP - 1033 TI - Identifying knowledge brokers that yield software engineering knowledge in OSS projects VL - 48 SP - 1025 KW - expertise KW - list KW - mailing KW - oss KW - seeking AU - Sowe, Sulayman AU - Stamelos, Ioannis AU - Angelis, Lefteris PY - 2006/11// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2005.12.019 ER -