Architecture Communication in Two Open Source Projects

Two files contain analysis of architectural communication from developer mailing lists for the Hibernate and ArgoUML projects. The data includes identified architecture elements and coding results based on the ISO 42010:2011 standard. The complementary material was authored by Tingting Bi of Wuhan University.

Use Cases

• Analyze the 'why, who, when, and what' of architecture communication based on the described study framework.
• Identify architecture elements in developer mailing list posts based on the provided inclusion criteria and terms.
• Study the relationship between architectural posts and coding results for concepts mentioned in the description.
• Compare architectural communication patterns between the Hibernate and ArgoUML projects.

Strengths

• Data is structured around a defined standard (ISO 42010:2011) for identifying architecture elements.
• Analysis is provided for two distinct open-source software projects, allowing for comparison.
• Includes both raw post excerpts ('Content') and derived analytical columns ('Architecture Element', 'Concept').

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics beyond the few described must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Developer mailing lists of the Hibernate and ArgoUML open-source projects.

Collection Method

Manual identification and coding based on the ISO 42010:2011 standard.