Thematic Coherence and Quotation Practices in OSS Design-Oriented Online Discussions

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dc.contributor.authorBarcellini, Flore
dc.contributor.authorDétienne, Françoise
dc.contributor.authorBurkhardt, Jean-Marie
dc.contributor.authorSack, Warren
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-08T11:43:55Z
dc.date.available2023-06-08T11:43:55Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents an analysis of online discussions in Open Source Software (OSS) design. The objective of our work is to understand and model the dynamics of OSS design that take place in mailing list exchanges. We show how quotation practices can be used to locate design relevant data in discussion archives. OSS developers use quotation as a mechanism to maintain the discursive context. To retrace thematic coherence in the online discussions of a major OSS project, Python, we follow how messages are linked through quotation practices. We compare our quotation-based analysis with a more conventional analysis: a thread-based of the reply-to links between messages. The advantages of a quotation-based analysis over a thread-based analysis are outlined. Our analysis reveals also the links between the social structure and elements in the discussion space and how it shapes influence in the design process.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1145/1099203.1099237
dc.identifier.urihttps://dl.eusset.eu/handle/20.500.12015/4819
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 2005 ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work
dc.subjectdistributed asynchronous design
dc.subjectopen source software projects
dc.subjectquoting practices
dc.titleThematic Coherence and Quotation Practices in OSS Design-Oriented Online Discussionsen
gi.citation.publisherPlaceNew York, NY, USA
gi.citation.startPage177–186
gi.conference.locationSanibel Island, Florida, USA

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