1. OSOR - new opportunities for sharing statistical software
CoRD Task Force
15 June 2009
Agenda item 8
OSOR - new opportunities for sharing statistical software
CoRD Task Force – 15 June 2009

2. What is OSOR? OSOR stands for Open Source Observatory and Repository
OSOR is financed by the IDABC programme of the European Commission; financing beyond the lifetime of IDABC will be ensured by the follow-up programme ISA
OSOR offers services for OSS projects serving the needs of administrations
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3. The OSOR community OSS and Statistics offers:
A commented list of statistical OSS useful for public administrations
A wiki with more detailed information on the listed applications
Additional useful links and resources for administrations interested in the subject, including Guidelines on publishing statistical software as OSS
You are invited:
To become a member of the community
To contribute to the wiki and to the list of applications
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4. The OSOR repository offers:
A full configured development system supporting standard development tools integrated into one web page
A project web site with a wiki
A source repository with versioning tool allowing the development teams to safely coordinate and track software source code changes with a choice between CVS or SVN
Tools for communication between members of a development team like discussion forums, bug tracking, support for change and enhancement requests, submission of patches, mailing lists, posting of news, task lists and to-do lists, document management with approval queue
You are invited:
To publish your statistical software as OSS here
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5. Where to find OSOR? OSOR main page: http://www.osor.eu/
Community OSS and Statistics:
OSOR forge:
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