Scope
<p>Eclipse QSOS (Qualification and Selection of Open Source Software) is both <strong>a methodology and a collaborative tool</strong> that allows users to define, evaluate, qualify and compare open source software based on the specific needs and constraints of a company, organization, project or individual.</p><p>The scope of this project includes:</p><ul><li data-list-item-id="e560febade6e6035c69e71e0d64ba097a">The <strong>documentation </strong>describing the QSOS Methodology</li><li data-list-item-id="e1149ada10fc8b65bbe55975c455ce535">The <strong>web application</strong> and <strong>central repository</strong> allowing to put into practice that methodology</li></ul><p>The web application has the following <strong>features</strong>:</p><ul><li data-list-item-id="e866c9f35e440494ff7d8b2d1b13a0218">Defining types of software</li><li data-list-item-id="ec24a3fb76935a3d4872869687387e40b">Referencing all types of licenses</li><li data-list-item-id="e112c2fc6620325b3d9ef0a56862e62f2">Referencing software and their different versions</li><li data-list-item-id="eb7879f0294992b6567262de25d01a559">Defining versioned evaluation grids</li><li data-list-item-id="e9d8b2f9f156a1d6cd7d2d4db34109b25">Evaluating software maturity based on predefined generic criteria</li><li data-list-item-id="e1d5c9a25ecb2bbbe8376be24b7d77fa8">Defining domain-specific evaluation criteria (evaluation grids)</li><li data-list-item-id="eea267cb97acb77b8cc65c99598a3cc77">Evaluating open-source software</li><li data-list-item-id="e1d354020df4150c38e9dd32cebe6e874">Defining user-specific requirement presets in the form of weightings for evaluation grid criteria</li><li data-list-item-id="efa527276b4f07271e5df99b6c31f7b85">Comparing different software or versions of software according to a specific evaluation grid and requirement presets</li><li data-list-item-id="e5e32d8308047fa59268e18e761e27165">Display a comparison table and some visualization charts</li><li data-list-item-id="e2d22ad5f0f81d79fcaf201a6d825d2de">Importing legacy QSOS files</li><li data-list-item-id="e46c5dbe4bd80ffdc71a29b195f5d3861">Exporting comparisons as PDF</li></ul>
