Sources: file structure
Every source cited in the file structure files, scored by the protocol (first pass, one scorer).
Kind "experiment" covers empirical studies of code or users; "theory" covers proofs and algorithms. Pages that did not load score 0 on the parts unseen.
Grey sources, scored
| Key | Kind | Quality | Used in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft 2024 | platform specification, tier 2 | A3.5 M4 O2 D1 P1 N1 I0.5 T0.5 = 13.5 | against.md, review.md, state-of-the-art.md |
| Ousterhout 2025 | public repository, discussion, tier 2 | A3 M4.5 O1.5 D1 P1 N1 I1 T0.5 = 13.5 (last 25k characters unread) | against.md |
| Tornhill 2015 | book (publisher page), tier 1 | A3 M4.5 O1.5 D1 P0.5 N1 I0 T1 = 12.5 | position.md, review.md |
| Git 2023 | tool documentation, tier 2 | A3.5 M3.5 O2 D1 P1 N0.5 I0.5 T0.5 = 12.5 (first 100k of 448k characters read) | against.md |
| Nielsen Norman 2024 | company article, tier 2 | A3.5 M4.5 O1.5 D1 P1 N0.5 I0 T0.5 = 12.5 | against.md, review.md, state-of-the-art.md |
| Go 2014 | release notes, tier 2 | A3.5 M3.5 O1.5 D0.5 P1 N1 I0 T0.5 = 11.5 | review.md |
| Ousterhout 2018 | book (author page), tier 1 | A4 M2.5 O1 D1 P0.5 N0.5 I0 T1 = 10.5 | against.md |
| Bazel 2026 | tool documentation, tier 2 | A3.5 M3.5 O1.5 D0 P1 N0.5 I0 T0.5 = 10.5 | review.md |
| GitHub 2026b | platform documentation, tier 2 | A3.5 M3.5 O1.5 D0 P1 N0.5 I0 T0.5 = 10.5 | review.md |
| ESLint 2026a | linter documentation, tier 2 | A3.5 M3.5 O1.5 D0 P1 N0.5 I0 T0.5 = 10.5 | against.md, baseline.md, review.md, state-of-the-art.md |
| Wiggins 2011 | practitioner guide, tier 2 | A3.5 M2.5 O1 D1 P1 N0.5 I0.5 T0.5 = 10.5 | against.md, review.md, state-of-the-art.md |
| Lakos 1996 | book (publisher page), tier 1 | A3.5 M3 O1 D1 P0 N0.5 I0 T1 = 10 | against.md |
| Maven 2026 | tool documentation, tier 2 | A3.5 M2.5 O1.5 D1 P0.5 N0.5 I0 T0.5 = 10 | against.md, baseline.md, position.md, review.md |
| Cargo 2026 | tool documentation, tier 2 | A3.5 M3 O1.5 D0 P1 N0.5 I0 T0.5 = 10 | against.md, baseline.md, review.md |
| Go 2026 | project documentation, tier 2 | A3.5 M3 O1.5 D0 P1 N0.5 I0 T0.5 = 10 | review.md |
| ESLint 2026b | linter documentation, tier 2 | A3.5 M3 O1.5 D0 P1 N0.5 I0 T0.5 = 10 | review.md |
| Nielsen Norman 2017 | company article, tier 2 | A3.5 M2.5 O1 D1 P1 N0.5 I0 T0.5 = 10 | against.md, review.md |
| Thomas 2019 | book (publisher page), tier 1 | A3.5 M2 O0.5 D1 P0.5 N0.5 I0.5 T1 = 9.5 | against.md |
| Rails 2026 | tool documentation, tier 2 | A3 M3.5 O1 D0.5 P0.5 N0.5 I0 T0.5 = 9.5 (last 16k characters unread) | against.md, baseline.md, review.md |
| Checkstyle 2026 | linter documentation, tier 2 | A2.5 M2 O1.5 D1 P1 N0.5 I0.5 T0.5 = 9.5 | against.md, baseline.md, review.md, state-of-the-art.md |
| Cox 2021 | issue thread, tier 3 | A3 M2 O1.5 D1 P0.5 N0.5 I1 T0 = 9.5 | review.md |
| Dodds 2020 | blog post, tier 3 | A2.5 M2.5 O0.5 D1 P1 N1 I0.5 T0 = 9 | against.md, position.md, review.md |
| Metz 2016 | blog post, tier 3 | A2.5 M2.5 O0.5 D1 P1 N1 I0.5 T0 = 9 | against.md, position.md |
| Fowler 1999 | encyclopedia page about a book, tier 3 | A0.5 M4 O1.5 D1 P1 N0.5 I0.5 T0 = 9 (a Wikipedia page, not the book) | against.md, position.md, review.md, state-of-the-art.md |
| Hogemo 2021 | preprint, tier 2 | A1 M4 O1.5 D1 P0 N1 I0 T0.5 = 9 (abstract page only; no journal reference) | review.md |
| Szyfelbein 2026 | preprint, tier 2 | A1 M4 O1.5 D1 P0 N1 I0 T0.5 = 9 (abstract page only; no journal reference) | review.md |
| Pan 2021 | preprint, tier 2 | A1 M3 O1.5 D1 P0 N1 I0 T0.5 = 8 (abstract page only; no journal reference) | review.md |
| Ranganathan 1933 | book (scan record), tier 1 | A2.5 M0 O0 D1 P0 N0 I0.5 T1 = 5 (library scan record only) | against.md |
| Ranganathan 1937 | book (scan record), tier 1 | A2.5 M0 O0 D1 P0 N0 I0 T1 = 4.5 (library scan record only) | against.md |
| Hunt 1999 | book (index record), tier 1 | A0.5 M0 O0 D1 P0 N0 I1 T1 = 3.5 (OpenAlex record, no abstract) | review.md |
| Martin 2003 | book, tier 1 | A1 M0 O0 D0 P0 N0 I0 T1 = 2 (not read), publisher page held no book details | review.md |
| Martin 2008 | book, tier 1 | A0 M0 O0 D0 P0 N0 I0 T1 = 1 (not read), HTTP 403 | against.md |
| Martin 2017 | book, tier 1 | A0 M0 O0 D0 P0 N0 I0 T1 = 1 (not read), HTTP 403 | against.md, frame.md |
| Baldwin 2000 | book, tier 1 | A0 M0 O0 D0 P0 N0 I0 T1 = 1 (not read), HTTP 403 | review.md |
| Broughton 2015 | book (contents sample), tier 1 | A0 M0 O0 D0 P0 N0 I0 T1 = 1 (not read), PDF unreadable | against.md |
| Hunt 2013 | conference talk, tier 2 | A0 M0 O0 D0 P0 N0 I0 T0.5 = 0.5 (not read), video | against.md |
Formal sources
| Key | Kind | Used in |
|---|---|---|
| Basili 1984 | experiment | against.md |
| Bavota 2014 | experiment | review.md |
| Baxter 1998 | experiment | review.md, state-of-the-art.md |
| Beck 2011 | experiment | against.md |
| Bellon 2007 | experiment | position.md, review.md, state-of-the-art.md |
| Bille 2015 | experiment | review.md |
| Binkley 2008 | experiment | against.md |
| Binkley 2009 | experiment | against.md, review.md |
| Candela 2016 | experiment | baseline.md, position.md, review.md, state-of-the-art.md |
| Charikar 2017 | theory | review.md, state-of-the-art.md |
| Chidamber 1994 | theory | review.md |
| Cohen-Addad 2019 | theory | baseline.md, review.md |
| DeStefano 2007 | review | against.md |
| Dasgupta 2016 | theory | README.md, position.md, review.md, state-of-the-art.md |
| Downey 1980 | theory | review.md, state-of-the-art.md |
| El Emam 2001 | experiment | against.md, review.md |
| El Emam 2002 | experiment | against.md, position.md, state-of-the-art.md |
| Fenton 1999 | review | against.md |
| Filliatre 2006 | theory | review.md |
| Gall 1998 | experiment | against.md, position.md, review.md |
| Garcia 2013 | experiment | review.md, state-of-the-art.md |
| Harman 2012 | survey | review.md |
| Hatton 1997 | experiment | against.md |
| Hofmeister 2017 | experiment | review.md |
| Jiang 2007 | experiment | review.md |
| Juergens 2009 | experiment | against.md, state-of-the-art.md |
| Kamiya 2002 | experiment | review.md |
| Kapser 2008 | experiment | against.md, state-of-the-art.md |
| Kiger 1984 | experiment | against.md, position.md, review.md, state-of-the-art.md |
| Ko 2006 | experiment | against.md |
| Kohler 2012 | theory | review.md |
| Koru 2008 | experiment | against.md |
| Koru 2009 | experiment | against.md |
| Koru 2010a | experiment | against.md |
| Koru 2010b | experiment | against.md |
| Larson 1998 | experiment | against.md, position.md, review.md, state-of-the-art.md |
| Lawrance 2013 | experiment | position.md, review.md |
| Lawrie 2006 | experiment | against.md, review.md |
| Lawrie 2007 | experiment | against.md |
| Lohrey 2013a | theory | review.md |
| Lohrey 2013b | theory | |
| Lohrey 2015 | survey | review.md |
| MacCormack 2006 | experiment | position.md, review.md |
| Madrid 2009 | experiment | against.md |
| Mancoridis 1998 | experiment | baseline.md, review.md |
| Miller 1981 | experiment | against.md, position.md, review.md, state-of-the-art.md |
| Mitchell 2006 | experiment | baseline.md, review.md, state-of-the-art.md |
| Mkaouer 2015 | experiment | review.md |
| Moseley 2017 | theory | baseline.md, review.md |
| Murphy 2001 | experiment | position.md, review.md |
| Parnas 1972 | theory | against.md, review.md |
| Passos 2010 | survey | review.md |
| Pirolli 1999 | review (theory) | review.md |
| Potdar 2014 | experiment | against.md |
| Praditwong 2011 | experiment | review.md |
| Rattan 2013 | survey | review.md |
| Rissanen 1978 | theory | review.md |
| Roy 2009 | survey | review.md |
| Roy 2017 | theory | review.md |
| Sadowski 2015 | experiment | against.md |
| Sangal 2005 | experiment | review.md |
| Satija 2017 | review (encyclopedia entry) | against.md |
| Schankin 2018 | experiment | review.md |
| Shtern 2012 | survey | review.md |
| Silva 2014 | experiment | against.md, state-of-the-art.md |
| Stevens 1974 | theory | review.md |
| Svajlenko 2015 | experiment | review.md |
| Syer 2015 | experiment | against.md, position.md, state-of-the-art.md |
| Tarr 1999 | theory | against.md, frame.md |
| Tzerpos 1999 | theory | review.md |
| Wiggerts 1997 | review | review.md |
| Xu 2015 | experiment | against.md, state-of-the-art.md |
| Yin 2011 | experiment | against.md, state-of-the-art.md |
| Zimmermann 2005 | experiment | against.md, position.md, review.md |