DocumentCode
2386010
Title
Documentation practices in scientific software development
Author
Pawlik, Aleksandra ; Segal, J. ; Petre, Marian
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput., Open Univ., Milton Keynes, UK
fYear
2012
fDate
2-2 June 2012
Firstpage
113
Lastpage
119
Abstract
This paper focuses on documentation practices in scientific software development and takes into account two perspectives: that of scientists who develop software (scientists-developers) and of those scientists who use it. We describe documentation practices of scientists-developers. We also explore the role of users´ community in scientific software documentation. We compare our findings to studies about documentation practices of professional software developers and discuss how production of documentation in scientific software development can be supported.
Keywords
natural sciences computing; software engineering; system documentation; documentation practices; professional software developers; scientific software development; scientific software documentation; scientists-developers; Communities; Documentation; Google; Interviews; Manuals; Programming; Software; documentation; empirical study; end-user development; scientific software development;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (CHASE), 2012 5th International Workshop on
Conference_Location
Zurich
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1823-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CHASE.2012.6223004
Filename
6223004
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