Software Toolkit

A Software Toolkit is a software system that facilitates the creation of another software system.

• Context:
  • It can be used to solve an Interactive Task (and provide a UI).
  • It can be used to create a Prototype System.
  • It can be used to create a Production System.
  • It can provide a Software Library.
  • It can range, by programming language, from being a Java-based Toolkit, ...., to being a Scala-based Toolkit.
• Example(s):
  • Machine Learning Toolkit, such as OpenNLP, Lingpipe, FACTORIE, MALLET, and SRILM Toolkit.
  • ETL Toolkit.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Software Package.
  • a Software Framework.
• See: Software Code, Scripting System.

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