Semantic tools for improving software development in open source communities

Software development communities use different communication channels such as mailing lists, forums and bug tracking systems. These channels are not integrated which makes finding information difficult and inefficient. As a result of the ALERT project we developed a system that is able to collect and annotate information from various communication channels and store it in a single knowledge base. Using the stored knowledge the system can provide users valuable functionalities such as semantic search, finding potential bug duplicates, custom notifications and issue recommendations.