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].
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.
[http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2005/08/msg00005.html Enrico Zini] is willing to assist but is looking for someone else to come up with some initial set of categories to discuss. [http://debtags.alioth.debian.org/paper-debtags.html#debtags-theoretical-foundations Relevant reading].
Debtags [http://alioth.debian.org/mail/?group_id=30454 mailing list subscriptions and archives]. [http://alioth.debian.org/projects/debtags Debtags on Alioth].
Some guidelines: ?DebTaggingGuidelines
[http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2005/08/msg00033.html Debtags and debram merging]
[http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2005/08/msg00003.html Thaddeus H. Black] has expressed his involvement in the Debtags effort. He is also the author of the former debram effort that classified some science software in the 14 division. See [http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2005/08/msg00003.html his message].
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.
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].
[wiki:?DebianScienceBiology debian-science-biology] - It has been [http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2007/02/msg00031.html suggested] to make it depend on med-bio and med-bio-dev
[wiki:?DebianSciencePhysics debian-science-physics] - adopt dependencies from [http://packages.debian.org/unstable/misc/education-physics education-physics]
[wiki:?DebianScienceChemistry debian-science-chemistry] - plus adopt dependencies from [http://packages.debian.org/unstable/misc/education-chemistry education-chemistry]
- debian-science-bibliography
[wiki:DebianGenomics debian-science-genomics] - not seperately available in Debian-Med
debian-science-pharmaceuticals - It has been [http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2007/02/msg00045.html suggested] to leave this to Debian-Med (do not hesitate to list the packages you are interested in here)
[wiki:?DebianScienceMathematics debian-science-mathematics]
[wiki:?DebianScienceElectronics debian-science-electronics]
- debian-science-mechanical
[wiki:?DebianScienceAstronomy debian-science-astronomy] - plus adopt dependencies from [http://packages.debian.org/unstable/misc/education-astronomy education-astronomy]
- debian-science-structural
- debian-science-architectural
debian-science-medical-imaging - [http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2007/02/msg00045.html Covered] by debian-med
- debian-science-signal-processing
- debian-science-agricultural
- debian-science-geophysical
- debian-science-climatology
- debian-science-fluid-dynamics
- debian-science-archaeology
debian-science-anthropology - It has been [http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2007/02/msg00037.html suggested] to be the same as archaeology
- debian-science-sociology
- debian-science-economics
- debian-science-geography
debian-science-psychology - It has been [http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2007/02/msg00045.html suggested] to leave this to debian-med
- debian-science-linguistics
- debian-science-hci
[wiki:?DebianSciencePublishing debian-science-publishing]