PackageCategorization

Package Categorization

Package Categories are structured in a simple hierarchy.

Packages can belong to more than one category

The categorization model is closely related to the site-node structure in the openacs4 (used to map packages onto the url space).

The categories are based on a mismash of stuff taken from CPAN, the Vaults of Parnassus, and Sourceforge.

here is what they currently look like:

     -- top level categories
     perform gideon_category__new(null, v_root_cat, 
                                ''Control Flow'', ''t'', ''t'');

     perform gideon_category__new(null, v_root_cat, ''Data Type'', ''t'', ''t'');

     perform gideon_category__new(null, v_root_cat, ''Developer'', ''t'', ''t'');

     perform gideon_category__new(null, v_root_cat, 
                                     ''Documentation'', ''t'', ''t'');

     -- database modules
     v_top_cat := select gideon_category__new(null, v_root_cat, 
                                        ''Database'', ''t'', ''t'');    
     perform gideon_category__new(null, v_top_cat,  ''DBAPI'', ''t'', ''t'');

     -- sys adminstration modules
     perform gideon_category__new(null, v_root_cat, ''System'', ''t'', ''t'');

     -- xml modules
     perform gideon_category__new(null, v_root_cat, ''XML'', ''t'', ''t'');

     -- text processing modules
     perform gideon_category__new(null, v_root_cat, ''Text'', ''t'', ''t'');

     -- core libraries extensions... not sure about this one... stackless?
     perform gideon_category__new(null, v_root_cat, 
                                     ''Core Modules'', ''t'', ''t'');

     -- interfaces between python and other languages
     perform gideon_category__new(null, v_root_cat, 
                                     ''Language Interface'', ''t'', ''t'');

     -- user interfaces / gui
     perform gideon_category__new(null, v_root_cat, 
                                     ''User Interface'', ''t'', ''t'');

     -- image processing
     perform gideon_category__new(null, v_root_cat, ''Images'', ''t'', ''t'');

     -- mail processing / handling
     perform gideon_category__new(null, v_root_cat, ''Mail'', ''t'', ''t'');

     -- file processing / handling
     perform gideon_category__new(null, v_root_cat, ''File'', ''t'', ''t'');

     -- the grab category
     perform gideon_category__new(null, v_root_cat, 

     -- the real grab bag category
     v_top_cat := select gideon_category__new(null, v_root_cat, 
                                        ''Internet'', ''t'', ''t'');

     perform gideon_category__new(null, v_top_cat, ''Web'', ''t'', ''t'');
     perform gideon_category__new(null, v_top_cat, ''Apache'', ''t'', ''t'');
     perform gideon_category__new(null, v_top_cat, ''Zope'', ''t'', ''t'');
     perform gideon_category__new(null, v_top_cat, ''CGI'', ''t'', ''t'');
     perform gideon_category__new(null, v_top_cat, ''Webware'', ''t'', ''t'');

     -- scientific /engineering /number crunching modules
     perform gideon_category__new(null, v_root_cat, ''Scientific'', ''t'',    ''t'');

     -- cryptographic and encryption modules -- need to be careful here.
     perform gideon_category__new(null, v_root_cat, ''Security'', ''t'', ''t'');

     perform gideon_category__new(null, v_root_cat, ''Sound'', ''t'', ''t'');

     -- hmm..
     perform gideon_category__new(null, v_root_cat, ''Games'', ''t'', ''t'');

     -- network modules
     perform gideon_category__new(null, v_root_cat, ''Networking'', ''t'', ''t'');

     perform gideon_category__new(null, v_root_cat, ''Internationalization'', ''t'', ''t''

     --perform gideon_category__new(null, v_root_cat, ''Server'', ''t'', ''t'');

     perform gideon_category__new(null, v_root_cat, ''Operating System'', ''t'', ''t'');