<s>
Social	B-General_Concept
software	I-General_Concept
engineering	I-General_Concept
(	O
SSE	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
branch	O
of	O
software	B-General_Concept
engineering	I-General_Concept
that	O
is	O
concerned	O
with	O
the	O
social	O
aspects	O
of	O
software	O
development	O
and	O
the	O
developed	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SSE	O
focuses	O
on	O
the	O
socialness	O
of	O
both	O
software	B-General_Concept
engineering	I-General_Concept
and	O
developed	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
one	O
hand	O
,	O
the	O
consideration	O
of	O
social	O
factors	O
in	O
software	B-General_Concept
engineering	I-General_Concept
activities	O
,	O
processes	O
and	O
CASE	O
tools	O
is	O
deemed	O
to	O
be	O
useful	O
to	O
improve	O
the	O
quality	O
of	O
both	O
development	O
process	O
and	O
produced	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SSE	O
studies	O
and	O
builds	O
socially-oriented	O
tools	O
to	O
support	O
collaboration	O
and	O
knowledge	O
sharing	O
in	O
software	B-General_Concept
engineering	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
participants	O
of	O
the	O
1st	O
International	O
Workshop	O
on	O
Social	B-General_Concept
Software	I-General_Concept
Engineering	I-General_Concept
and	O
Applications	O
(	O
SoSEA	O
2008	O
)	O
proposed	O
the	O
following	O
characterization	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
observations	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
SSE	O
is	O
that	O
the	O
concepts	O
,	O
principles	O
,	O
and	O
technologies	O
made	O
for	O
social	O
software	O
applications	O
are	O
applicable	O
to	O
software	O
development	O
itself	O
as	O
software	B-General_Concept
engineering	I-General_Concept
is	O
inherently	O
a	O
social	O
activity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Consequently	O
vertical	B-Application
market	I-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
software	O
development	O
tools	O
,	O
engineering	O
tools	O
,	O
marketing	O
tools	O
or	O
software	O
that	O
helps	O
users	O
in	O
a	O
decision	O
making	O
process	O
can	O
profit	O
from	O
social	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Such	O
vertical	O
social	O
software	O
differentiates	O
strongly	O
in	O
its	O
user-base	O
from	O
traditional	O
social	O
software	O
such	O
as	O
Yammer	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
