Manifesto for Software Craftsmanship
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Manifesto for Software Craftsmanship is a foundational document that promotes professionalism, technical excellence, and continuous improvement in software development as a craft.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Manifesto for Software Craftsmanship canonical | 1 |
| software craftsmanship manifesto | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7492003 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Manifesto for Software Craftsmanship Context triple: [software craftsmanship movement, hasManifesto, Manifesto for Software Craftsmanship]
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A.
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship is a highly influential software engineering book by Robert C. Martin that teaches principles and practices for writing readable, maintainable, and high-quality code.
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B.
The Clean Coder
The Clean Coder is a professional guide by Robert C. Martin that focuses on the ethics, discipline, and practices of being a responsible and effective software developer.
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C.
The Pragmatic Programmer
The Pragmatic Programmer is a highly influential software development book that offers practical advice, best practices, and philosophical guidance for writing maintainable, high-quality code and growing as a professional programmer.
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D.
Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices
"Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices" is a foundational software engineering book by Robert C. Martin that explains agile methodologies through object-oriented design principles, design patterns, and best practices for building maintainable code.
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E.
software craftsmanship movement
The software craftsmanship movement is a professional ethos in software development that emphasizes mastery, clean code, and continuous improvement, treating programming as a skilled craft rather than just a technical job.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Manifesto for Software Craftsmanship Target entity description: Manifesto for Software Craftsmanship is a foundational document that promotes professionalism, technical excellence, and continuous improvement in software development as a craft.
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A.
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship is a highly influential software engineering book by Robert C. Martin that teaches principles and practices for writing readable, maintainable, and high-quality code.
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B.
The Clean Coder
The Clean Coder is a professional guide by Robert C. Martin that focuses on the ethics, discipline, and practices of being a responsible and effective software developer.
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C.
The Pragmatic Programmer
The Pragmatic Programmer is a highly influential software development book that offers practical advice, best practices, and philosophical guidance for writing maintainable, high-quality code and growing as a professional programmer.
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D.
Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices
"Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices" is a foundational software engineering book by Robert C. Martin that explains agile methodologies through object-oriented design principles, design patterns, and best practices for building maintainable code.
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E.
software craftsmanship movement
The software craftsmanship movement is a professional ethos in software development that emphasizes mastery, clean code, and continuous improvement, treating programming as a skilled craft rather than just a technical job.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
professionalism guideline
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software development manifesto ⓘ |
| advocates |
clean code principles
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collective code ownership ⓘ continuous learning ⓘ deliberate practice ⓘ professional ethics in software development ⓘ refactoring ⓘ simple design ⓘ test-driven development ⓘ |
| availableAs | online document ⓘ |
| buildsOn | Agile Manifesto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | focus on only working software ⓘ |
| domain |
information technology management
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software engineering ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
community of professionals
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productive partnerships with customers ⓘ steadily adding value ⓘ well-crafted software ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
continuous improvement
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professionalism in software development ⓘ software craftsmanship ⓘ software development as a craft ⓘ technical excellence ⓘ |
| goal |
encourage sustainable development practices
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improve professionalism of software developers ⓘ improve quality of software products ⓘ |
| hasCoreValue |
a community of professionals over individuals and interactions of average developers
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productive partnerships over contract negotiations ⓘ steadily adding value over doing the minimum possible ⓘ well-crafted software over merely working software ⓘ |
| hasForm |
short set of value statements
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supporting principles ⓘ |
| influenced | software craftsmanship movement ⓘ |
| influencedBy | agile software development principles ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| promotes |
collaboration with business stakeholders
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craftsmanship mindset ⓘ long-term code quality ⓘ mentoring and apprenticeship in software development ⓘ raising the bar of professional software development ⓘ responsibility for code quality ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Agile Manifesto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Manifesto for Software Craftsmanship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
agile practitioners
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software craftsmen ⓘ software development teams ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Manifesto for Software Craftsmanship Description of subject: Manifesto for Software Craftsmanship is a foundational document that promotes professionalism, technical excellence, and continuous improvement in software development as a craft.
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
software craftsmanship manifesto