Quantitative Quality Model for Evaluating Open Source Web Applications: Case Study of Repository Software
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Many open source web applications exist today and
universities also find them useful. For instance, universities
now manage most of their research output by storing them in
their respective institutional repositories. These repositories
are often built as open source web applications and known as
repository software. Several of these exist but three popular
ones include: DSpace, EPrints and Greenstone (DEG). These
three are open source and built by different institutions.
Considering their increasing adoption and usage by
universities today, it would be useful to have a model that can
compare between the quality of two or more web applications
and suggest the better option to an institution intending to
adopt one. This paper therefore proposes a model for
measuring quality in open source web applications (focusing
on repository software) by adapting existing quality models.
The proposed model is used to measure quality in DEG. The
proposed model is validated through real data and the results
presented and discussed. Overall, the model rated DSpace as
the better option.
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QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science