Re: How to properly cite Debian in an academic work?

[Joenio Marques da Costa <joenio@joenio.me>]

Hi again Joost,

I was not clear in my first message, my use case is to cite
the Debian Operating System.

It was my mistake to use the sentence: "the Debian project
as a whole", sorry.

The real case is, I'm writing a paper right now about a software
tool I've developed and I used Debian to develop it, I would like to
cite the Debian OS in this paper, just to make it clear that the
work I did was made using the Debian OS.

Thanks for your comments,

Le 18/09/2024 à 19:49, Joost van Baal-Ilić a écrit :
> Hi again Joenio,
>
> In your original post, you asked on how to cite "the Debian project as a
> whole".  But what do you mean by that?  The Debian project is an informal group
> of people and Debian is used to refer to the Operating System.  (And it's not a
> legal entity.)  What is your usecase?   Are you actually trying to refer to
> some specific product shipped by the Debian project?
>
> Bye!
>
> Joost
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 07:13:41PM +0200, Joenio Marques da Costa wrote:
> > Hi Joost,
> >
> > Thanks for your answer.
> >
> > Citing an "Operating System" is in fact something that I'm not sure
> > how to proceed.
> >
> > But software is something we could cite, and in fact there
> > is a movement inside the academic field to give more visibility
> > and to recognize the work of software authors.
> >
> > In the last few years some initiatives were created to improve the
> > quality of software citation, one example is the CITATION File Format
> > (CFF)[1], it provides citation metadata for software or datasets.
> >
> > Another example is the CodeMeta Project[2], but those 2 examples are
> > mainly designed for software projects created with academic purpose
> > in mind, what is not the case of Debian, however I don't think it
> > hurts to bring those into Debian, if possible.
> >
> > [1] https://citation-file-format.github.io
> > [2] https://codemeta.github.io
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Le 18/09/2024 à 17:43, Joost van Baal-Ilić a écrit :
> > > Hi Joenio,
> > >
> > > On Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 04:49:27PM +0200, Joenio Marques da Costa wrote:
> > > > Do we have any documentation with recommendation on how to
> > > > properly cite Debian in an academic work?
> > > >
> > > > By citing Debian I mean a citation to the Debian project
> > > > as a whole rather then citing a specific package inside Debian.
> > > >
> > > > When I search on Google Scholar for the string below.
> > > >
> > > > "Debian Operating System"
> > > >
> > > > I can find some results, such as [1] and [2], that could be
> > > > used to cite "Debian - The Operating System" but I'm not sure
> > > > it would be the best approach.
> > > >
> > > > Do you have any recommendation or references where can I find
> > > > more info about this topic?
> > > >
> > > > [1] https://www.jstor.org/stable/223198
> > > > [2] https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.5555/1212556
> > >
> > > I think scientific citations refer to texts / books / articles, not to software
> > > collections?  So The Debian Operating System we ship is not a publication which
> > > could be cited?
> > >
> > > My € 0,02.
> > >
> > > Bye,
> > >
> > > Joost
> >
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> > Joenio Marques da Costa
> > Research Software Engineer
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