From c6d3f1baba1e37fbd87fbaf3256369e5ba7dad8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: timveken <127443807+timveken@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 13:28:38 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Create Software archive and publish This is the part about archiving and publishing of software that has been taken from the topic about Software Registration. See comment in #441 --- topics/Software archive and publish | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) create mode 100644 topics/Software archive and publish diff --git a/topics/Software archive and publish b/topics/Software archive and publish new file mode 100644 index 000000000..69009c319 --- /dev/null +++ b/topics/Software archive and publish @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +## Registration & Findability + +When you have finished finalizing research software and are ready to archive it, there are many options available. Depending on the research and choices made earlier the archive provides the option to fill in descriptive fields for a dataset. The descriptions in the archives often are automatically created using metadata standards like DataCite or Dublin Core, or some other type of standard. See also section [Metadata](../topics/metadata.qmd) + +When registering research software in an archive it is important to use unique identifiers to allow for increased findability and easy attribution & citation. Examples of this are: + +* **Personal names**: try to consistently use the same notation for all researchers and contributors that are included as authors +* **ORCID**: using a unique identifier like this for all authors is recommended. More information is [available here](https://libguides.vu.nl/orcid). +* **Institutional names**: avoid using different versions (or language versions) of participating Institutes/organisations and departments. In the case of VU Amsterdam the official written name is: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. For each organisation or Institute that is included: try to make sure that the official name is used each time. [Search here](https://ror.org/search). +* **ROR**: using a unique identifier like this for all institutes and organisations is recommended. In the case of VU Amsterdam the ROR is [https://ror.org/008xxew50](https://ror.org/008xxew50). For other institutes and organisations [search here](https://ror.org/search). + +Some archives also allow you to preregister your research software. Examples are: + +* [Open Science Framework](https://help.osf.io/hc/en-us/sections/360003624093-Create-Registrations) (OSF) Registration +* [Zenodo & registration](https://zenodo.org/deposit)