Does anyone know of any standards for the classification of software?

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Does anyone know of any standards for the classification of software?

I have, of course, tried Google/Bing and have found one or two classifications for specific industries, but nothing general. The sort of thing I'm looking for is: General Office Tools -> Wordprocessing -> Word Utilities -> File Management -> Compression -> Winzip

Waht I am after is a Standar that has been issued by some organization, or is used my a number of different parties - not just a classification a single org is using.

sourceforge has a taxonomy (categories) that projects are filed under.

troelskn 2009-12-16 09:20:20

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Sourceforge has a software map.

Andrew Aylett 2009-12-16 09:22:46

At least this is comprehensive - but has many odd classifications. (e.g. Word Processing is under Text Editors, not Office/Business). The structure looks like it grew organically rather than planned - and is certainly not a standard.

Gary A 2009-12-16 10:01:57

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There is also a list on the Wikipedia article for Software Application.

Konamiman 2009-12-16 09:27:16

I saw this, but this isn't a well thought out list and certainly isn't a standard.

Gary A 2009-12-16 09:53:30

SourceForge calls its categories "Trove categories", which suggests that they are not the only ones using it, but I could find little to no information about this system.

Thomas 2009-12-16 09:41:00

Also not an official standard, but possibly more consistently applied, is dmoz's software category.

Andrew Aylett 2009-12-16 11:50:49

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