Mapping of Two Schemes of Classification for Software Classification

SALIS is a repository of open source software along with metadata information. It is a pilot project covering the areas of computer networks and information systems. The objective is to demonstrate the usefulness of such repositories to the Indian academic and developer community in making informed decisions while using open source software. To enable organization and retrieval of the information stored in the repository, a modified CCS (Computing Classification Scheme) by ACM(Association of Computing Machinery) was used. Since a sizeable section of the end-user community was familiar with the USPTO classification scheme, a need was felt to classify the software by the USPTO scheme also. Instead of classifying by two schemes, it was decided to have a mapping or a concordance between the two schemes so that the classification process can be simplified. The approach used to derive a concordance between two diverse classification schemes is described.