ELIXIR Software Management Plan for Life Sciences
Year: 2021
Type: preprint
Abstract: Data Management Plans are now considered a key element of Open Science. They describe the data management life cycle for the data to be collected, processed and/or generated within the lifetime of a particular project or activity. A Software Manag ement Plan (SMP) plays the same role but for software. Beyond its management perspective, the main advantage of an SMP is that it both provides clear context to the software that is being developed and raises awareness. Although there are a few SMPs already available, most of them require significant technical knowledge to be effectively used. ELIXIR has developed a low-barrier SMP, specifically tailored for life science researchers, aligned to the FAIR Research Software principles. Starting from the Four Recommendations for Open Source Software, the ELIXIR SMP was iteratively refined by surveying the practices of the community and incorporating the received feedback. Currently available as a survey, future plans of the ELIXIR SMP include a human- and machine-readable version, that can be automatically queried and connected to relevant tools and metrics within the ELIXIR Tools ecosystem and beyond.
Institutions: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, National Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden, ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, ELIXIR, Netherlands eScience Center, Sapienza University of Rome, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems and Management
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4252503516