Latest Publications on Industry and Research

Challenges to open collaborative data engineering [HICSS 2023]

Abstract: Open data is data that can be used, modified, and passed on, for free, similar to open-source software. Unlike open-source, however, there is little collaboration in open data engineering. We perform a systematic literature review of collaboration systems in open data, specifically for data engineering by users, taking place after data has been made…

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2022-09-26

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2. Building Products, 2.3 Open Source (Building)
How to think about a dependency on commercial open-source software

Another day in open source land, another vendor relicensing away from an open source license to a source-available license. What was new for me this time, however, was that Apache Flink, a community open source project, had a dependency on Lightbend’s Akka, the commercial open source project that relicensed. This is surprising, because in my…

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2022-09-24

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1. Software Industry, 1.5 Commercial Open Source
Problems, solutions, and success factors in the openMDM user-led open source consortium [CAIS Journal]

Abstract: Open-source software (OSS) development offers organizations an alternative to purchasing proprietary software or commissioning custom software. In one form of OSS development, organizations develop the software they need in collaboration with other organizations. If the software is used by the organizations to operate their business, such collaborations can lead to what we call “user-led…

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2022-07-29

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1. Software Industry, 1.4 Open Source Foundations
The Four Opens: Open Source Beyond the Code (Ildikó Vancsa, IEEE Computer Column)

I’m happy to report that the 21st article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title The Four Opens: Open Source Beyond the Code Keywords — Authors Ildikó Vancsa, Open Infrastructure Foundation Publication Computer vol. 55, no. 6 (June 2022), pp. 81-84 Abstract: This article describes a set of guiding principles…

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2022-06-14

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1. Software Industry, 1.2 Open Source (Industry)
The benefits of pre-requirements specification traceability [RE 2022]

Abstract: Requirements traceability is the ability to trace requirements to other software engineering artifacts. Traceability can be classified as either pre- or post-requirements specifications (RS) traceability. Pre-RS traceability is the ability to trace between requirements and their origin. However, the benefits of pre-RS traceability are often not clear. In this article, we systematically lay out…

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2022-06-13

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2. Building Products, 2.1 Engineering
Call for article proposals for Open Source Expanded column in IEEE Computer Magazine

Readers of this blog may have noticed that I manage a regular (bi-monthly) column on open source for the IEEE Computer magazine (about 60K print subscribers and many more online readers). Article topics are broadly about open source. I’m calling for proposals for new articles in the series. You can read past articles on this…

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2022-05-23

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1. Software Industry, 1.2 Open Source (Industry)