Jump to content

Talk:Artifact (software development)

Page contents not supported in other languages.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 136.163.203.8 (talk) at 08:34, 1 June 2012. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Please, it seems that everything is an artifact ; specs, plans, source code, executables, applications, documentation ...

What is NOT an artifact ? Which is the differentiation criteria ?

I think that, even in software-development area, this word should be used with a meaning close to its "root" meaning, i.e. (from Wikipedia) "An artifact or artefact is any object made or modified by a human"

89.96.190.247 (talk) 09:16, 26 January 2011 (UTC)A.Buratti[reply]

Only byproducts?

Are there any references for the narrow meaning "byproduct"? AFAIK, an artifact can be any output of a development process (source code, documentation, requirements documents, design, executables, test results, etc.). -- 132.231.198.153 (talk) 10:56, 26 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"An artifact or artefact is any object made or modified by a human". Is a file an object? No it is changes in a magnetic field on a hard drive. I don't like the use of the word artifact when it comes to files.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Artifact_(software_development)&oldid=495426345"