Method and system for monitoring a software artifact
First Claim
1. A computer system, comprising:
- a transceiver operable to transmit and receive communications over at least a portion of a network; and
a processor cooperatively operable with the transceiver, and configured to facilitate;
collecting and storing information of a released version of a software project that uses a plurality of software artifacts, the information for the software project including;
a project identifier for the project, artifact identifiers for all of the plurality of artifacts used by the project, information about the temporal version for all of the plurality of software artifacts used by the project, and contact information for a user of the software project;
collecting, from a software repository by communication over the transceiver, metadata associated with the plurality of software artifacts, the metadata for each of the plurality of software artifacts including;
information identifying the respective artifact, and user information indicative of an expected effectiveness of the respective artifact for its intended use;
periodically monitoring the metadata to determine whether there has been any actionable change in the metadata associated with the plurality of software artifacts; and
notifying the user of the software project via the transceiver using the contact information if it is determined that there has been an actionable change in the metadata associated with the plurality of software artifacts,wherein the user information includes user-provided ranking information specific to the respective artifact obtained from a community of users to which the user belongs, andwherein the community of users to which the user belongs is determined by a profile of the user or the user project to which the user belongs as indicated by the profile of the user.
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Abstract
A computer system is provided, comprising: a transceiver; and a processor configured to facilitate: collecting and storing information related to a software project having one or more software artifacts, the information including: a project identifier, artifact identifiers for the artifacts used by the project, information about the temporal version for the artifacts, and contact information for a project user; collecting, from a repository, artifact metadata associated with the software artifacts, the artifact metadata including: information identifying the artifact, information about security risks associated with the artifact, information about a license associated with the artifact, or information indicative of a level of use or user rating of the artifact; periodically monitoring the metadata to determine whether there has been any actionable change in the artifact metadata; and notifying the project user using the contact information if it is determined that there has been an actionable change in the artifact metadata.
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15 Claims
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1. A computer system, comprising:
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a transceiver operable to transmit and receive communications over at least a portion of a network; and a processor cooperatively operable with the transceiver, and configured to facilitate; collecting and storing information of a released version of a software project that uses a plurality of software artifacts, the information for the software project including;
a project identifier for the project, artifact identifiers for all of the plurality of artifacts used by the project, information about the temporal version for all of the plurality of software artifacts used by the project, and contact information for a user of the software project;collecting, from a software repository by communication over the transceiver, metadata associated with the plurality of software artifacts, the metadata for each of the plurality of software artifacts including;
information identifying the respective artifact, and user information indicative of an expected effectiveness of the respective artifact for its intended use;periodically monitoring the metadata to determine whether there has been any actionable change in the metadata associated with the plurality of software artifacts; and notifying the user of the software project via the transceiver using the contact information if it is determined that there has been an actionable change in the metadata associated with the plurality of software artifacts, wherein the user information includes user-provided ranking information specific to the respective artifact obtained from a community of users to which the user belongs, and wherein the community of users to which the user belongs is determined by a profile of the user or the user project to which the user belongs as indicated by the profile of the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A computer system, comprising:
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a transceiver operable to transmit and receive communications over at least a portion of a network; and a processor cooperatively operable with the transceiver, and configured to facilitate; collecting and storing information of a released version of a software project that uses a plurality of software artifacts, the information for the software project including;
a project identifier for the project, artifact identifiers for all of the plurality of artifacts used by the project, information about the temporal version for all of the plurality of software artifacts used by the project, and contact information for a user of the software project;collecting, from a software repository by communication over the transceiver, metadata associated with the plurality of software artifacts, the metadata for each of the plurality of software artifacts including;
information identifying the respective artifact, information about security risks associated with the respective artifact, information about a license associated with the respective artifact, and user information indicative of an expected effectiveness of the respective artifact for its intended use;periodically monitoring the metadata to determine whether there has been any actionable change in the metadata associated with the plurality of software artifacts; and notifying the user of the software project via the transceiver using the contact information if it is determined that there has been an actionable change in the metadata associated with the plurality of software artifacts, and wherein the processor is further configured to facilitate;
interacting with a user to collect human-provided metadata including the user information.
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6. A computer-implemented method for monitoring a software project that includes one or more software artifacts for a user, comprising:
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collecting, from the software repository by communication over the transceiver, project metadata of a released version of a software project that use a plurality of software artifacts, the information for the software project including;
a project identifier for the project, artifact identifiers for all of the plurality of software artifacts used by the respective project, information about the temporal version for all of the plurality of software artifacts used by the respective project, and contact information for a user of the software project;collecting, from a software repository by communication over a transceiver, artifact metadata associated with each of the plurality of software artifacts, the artifact metadata including;
information identifying the respective artifact, and user information indicative of an expected effectiveness of the respective artifact for its intended use;periodically monitoring the artifact metadata to determine whether there has been any actionable change in the artifact metadata associated with the plurality of software artifacts; and notifying the user of the software project via the transceiver using the contact information if it is determined that there has been an actionable change in the artifact metadata associated with the plurality of software artifacts, wherein the user information includes user-provided ranking information specific to the respective artifact obtained from a community of users to which the user belongs, and wherein the community of users to which the user belongs is determined by a profile of the user or the user project to which the user belongs as indicated by the profile of the user. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions for execution by a computer, the instructions including a computer-implemented method for providing a method for monitoring a software project, the instructions for implementing:
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collecting, from the software repository by communication over the transceiver, project metadata of a released version of a software project that use a plurality of software artifacts, the information for the software project including;
a project identifier for the project, artifact identifiers for all of the plurality of software artifacts used by the respective project, information about the temporal version for all of the plurality of software artifacts used by the respective project, and contact information for a user of the software project;collecting, from a software repository by communication over a transceiver, artifact metadata associated with each of the plurality of software artifacts, the artifact metadata including;
information identifying the respective artifact, and user information regarding an expected effectiveness of the respective artifact for its intended use;periodically monitoring the artifact metadata to determine whether there has been any actionable change in the artifact metadata associated with the plurality of software artifacts; and notifying the user of the software project via the transceiver using the contact information if it is determined that there has been an actionable change in the artifact metadata associated with the plurality of software artifacts, wherein the user information includes user-provided ranking information specific to the respective artifact obtained from a community of users to which the user belongs, and wherein the community of users to which the user belongs is determined by a profile of the user or the user project to which the user belongs as indicated by the profile of the user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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