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The scientific fields in wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fields_of_science

Classification of scientific software in Debian

The goal of this page is to discuss how software used for DebianScience could be properly classified.

There is clearly a [http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2005/07/msg00004.html demand] for [http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2005/07/msg00002.html that]. There is also [http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2007/02/msg00013.html interest] for creating meta packages or a [http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2007/02/msg00021.html tasksel task].

Debtags

As [http://debtags.alioth.debian.org/ Debtags] are being [http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/07/msg00016.html integrated into Packages files] it might be the way to go.

Debtags already existing for the 'field' facet

You can search for the already tagged software with the debtags interface: http://debtags.alioth.debian.org/ssearch.html and tag software that has not been properly tagged:http://debtags.alioth.debian.org/todo.html

  • field::astronomy
  • field::biology
  • field::chemistry
  • field::electronics
  • field::geography
  • field::linguistics
  • field::mathematics
  • field::physics
  • field::statistics

Other QA

Another QA effort that might be related is the PackagesDescriptionsReview. It may even be [http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2005/08/msg00040.html the one to focus on first].

There is also the [http://ddtp.debian.net/ ddtp (in lack of a better link)] effort to translate the packages descriptions.

Tags discussion

The scientific fields in wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fields_of_science

The possible tags for Debian science related projects could be

  • visualization - programs like gnuplot, labplot, mayavi etc.,
  • data processing - programs like octave
  • diagrams - programs like dia, xfig
  • publishing - programs like latex, bibtex etc.,

Proposed categories

You can [http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2007/02/msg00011.html follow] this thread to see all opinions. Please add a wiki link to the following categories if it already exists a Debian Science wiki page related to any of the following. Try to spell out the categories to avoid mistakes, as [http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2007/02/msg00035.html suggested].