From 66021b0a2e514945d358ca61f29706e650227ef4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Morane Gruenpeter Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 13:21:29 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add Accesibility recommendations --- chapters/2.Accessibility_preservation.md | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/chapters/2.Accessibility_preservation.md b/chapters/2.Accessibility_preservation.md index e96492b..cee16da 100644 --- a/chapters/2.Accessibility_preservation.md +++ b/chapters/2.Accessibility_preservation.md @@ -1,4 +1,32 @@ # Accessibility and preservation ## Objective -To ensure accessibility and preservation, researchers and software engineers are strongly recommended to follow the archival and sharing recommendations below. \ No newline at end of file +To ensure accessibility and preservation, researchers and software engineers are strongly recommended to follow the archival and sharing recommendations below. + +## Recommendations +### RSMD-2.1 +**Essential ☆☆☆** + +Archive the source code repository in the universal source code archive, [Software Heritage](https://archive.softwareheritage.org/), using the [save code now,](save.softwareheritage.org) to ensure long-term access to the full development history. + +* This method can be used for software at any level of maturity when software is publicly available. + +### RSMD-2.2 +**Essential ☆☆☆** + +Archive software source code in a scholarly repository (e.g [Zenodo](https://zenodo.org/), [HAL](https://hal.science/)) to ensure that software can be found and accessed in a _scholarly context_. + +Note: Proprietary software can be deposited in an institutional repository. + +* This method should be used when a software object is ready to be reported and shared. Some repositories offer the possibility to create a software record with the archived copy in RSMD-2.1 (e.g [HAL](https://www.softwareheritage.org/2023/04/04/swhid-deposit-hal/)) + + + +### RSMD-2.3 +**Important ☆☆** + +Register software projects in a disciplinary or community registry (e.g [ascl.net](https://ascl.net/), [bio.tools](https://bio.tools/), [swMath](https://zbmath.org/software/), [RRID portal](https://scicrunch.org/resources/about/resource), [RSD](https://research-software-directory.org/), [WikiData](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Main_Page), [DataCite](https://datacite.org/)) to ensure that software can be found and accessed. + +To answer this recommendation, semi-automatic tools should be provided by infrastructures to reduce duplication of effort done by researchers or software creators. + +Note: Proprietary software can be registered in an institutional catalog (e.g the INRIA BIL). \ No newline at end of file