Integrating DOAP in CodeMeta crosswalk table

[moranegg]

​Hello,

I'm a research intern at Software Heritage which collects the source code of software projects from a variety of origins. The same source code can be collected from different origins, each providing potentially complementary or conflicting metadata describing the project of which this source code is part, and the people that take part in it.

As I was researching different software ontologies I discovered the CodeMeta ​initiative, where a crosswalk table of metadata standards keeps different vocabularies.

I think it's important to integrate DOAP into the CodeMeta table and I'll be glad to do so, but I would love your input on the translation between DOAP terms and CodeMeta terms:

DOAP	Description	CodeMeta
name	The main name of the project, by which it is known publicly	title
shortname	A short name of the project, most often used for filenames	-
homepage*	URI of the project's homepage, associated only with this one project	relatedLink
Old-homepage*	URI of a project's past homepage, associated only with this one project	relatedLink
created Date	when the project was created, in YYYY-MM-DD form	dateCreated
description	Plain text description of a project; several sentences	description
shortdesc	A short plain text description of a project; eight or nine words	-
category	A URI denoting a category assigned to the project	tags
wiki	URI of a Wiki attached to this project	relatedLink
bug-database	URI of a bug tracker or e-mail address to report bugs on the project	issueTracker
screenshots	URI of a Web page with screenshots of the project	relatedLink
mailing-list	URI of a mailing list attached to this project	relatedLink
programming-language	Programming language this project is implemented in or intended for use with	programmingLanguage
os	Operating system the project is limited to (omit if the project is not OS-specific)	operatingSystem
license	URI of a license through which the project software is available	licenseId
download-page	URI of the location where the project software can be downloaded	downloadLink
download-mirror	URI of a download mirror site	-
repository	A doap:Repository describing a source code repository for the project	codeRepository
release	A doap:Version describing a current release of the project's software	version
maintainer	A foaf:Person describing the project maintainer or leader	agents,role, isMaintainer
developer	A foaf:Person describing a developer on the project	agents, role
documenter	A foaf:Person describing a contributor of documentation to the project	agents, role
translator	A foaf:Person describing a contributor of translations to the project	agents, role
helper	A foaf:Person describing a contributor to the project not otherwise described by the other properties	agents, role
	A URL for the instructions to create an executable version of the software from source code.	buildInstructions
	A URL for the continuous integration system	contIntegration
	Keywords associated with the software	controlledTerms
		dateModified
		datePublished
	The computer hardware and software required to run the software	depends
	A designation of the current state of the software in the development lifecycle	developmentStatus
	A calendar date specifying the end of a restricted access period	embargoDate
	An institution, organization or other entity that has provided monetary resources	funding
		isAutomatedBuild
	A logical value (true/false) indicating that an agent must be included in a citation of the software	agents.mustbeCited
		isRightsHolder
		publisher
		readme
		relatedPublications
	A universally unique character string associated with the software.	identifier
		softwarePaperCitationIdentifiers
	External software components that could enhance operation of or enable advanced functionality of the software package but are not strictly required	suggests
	The user identity that uploaded the software to an online repository	uploadedBy
	A URL for the software distribution in compressed form	zippedCode

Also, I was wondering ​if​ you have statistics about the usage of DOAP ​o​n Github or in general?

Cheers, Morane

[kjetilk]

The mapping sounds good to me!

The only thing I might add is that you could also look into using Dublic Core Terms for some of the properties that DOAP doesn't have, like dates.

[ewilderj]

Nice work, thanks for sharing it! I can't find any immediate comments, except to back up what @kjetilk said: your publisher, for instance, has a Dublin Core analog which could be used in DOAP descriptions.