Open code programmes (GNU) for information retrieval

Authors

  • Carlos García Figuerola Paniagua Departamento de Informática y Automática, Facultad de Traducción y Documentación, Universidad de Salamanca, España
  • José Luis Alonso Berrocal Departamento de Informática y Automática, Facultad de Traducción y Documentación, Universidad de Salamanca, España
  • Ángel Francisco Zazo Rodríguez Departamento de Informática y Automática, Facultad de Traducción y Documentación, Universidad de Salamanca, España
  • Emilio Rodríguez Vázquez de Aldana Departamento de Informática y Automática, Facultad de Traducción y Documentación, Universidad de Salamanca, España

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54886/scire.v14i2.1749

Abstract

Free software tries to overcome the problems caused by the technological dependency that results from the use of “proprietary” software. The ideas of free software and open source arose some time ago in opposition to the conception of software as owned by a company, whose use is subjected to various restrictions affecting to copies, number of users, physical location, etc. On the contrary, the basic characteristics of open code are free use, free copy and distribution, free access to the source code; and, consequently, freedom of modification, improvement and adjustment. Free access to the source code has made possible the portability of this type of software to different physical architectures and different operating systems; so, although this is not formally a requirement for a programme to be considered open source, the fact is that most of open source programmes are characterized, among other things, by their portability among platforms. In the information field there are lots of free software programs suited for several specific tasks. This paper deals with free software specialized in information retrieval. Our target is to analyze the most frequently used programs in this field.

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Published

2008-12-31

How to Cite

García Figuerola Paniagua, C., Alonso Berrocal, J. L., Zazo Rodríguez, Ángel F., & Rodríguez Vázquez de Aldana, E. (2008). Open code programmes (GNU) for information retrieval. Scire: Knowledge Representation and Organization (ISSNe 2340-7042; ISSN 1135-3716), 14(2), 31–40. https://doi.org/10.54886/scire.v14i2.1749

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Vol.14, N.2 (2008)

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