Semantic Technologies team at ZB MED Information Centre for Life Sciences
Published December 14, 2023 | Version v1
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Five Minutes to Write a Software Management Plan – A Machine-actionable Approach to Simplify the Creation of SMPs

Creators

  • 1. ZB MED Information Centre for Life Sciences
  • 2. NFDI4DataScience
  • 3. ROR icon Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
  • 4. ROR icon Max Planck Digital Library
  • 5. ROR icon Amsterdam University Medical Centers
  • 6. ROR icon Delft University of Technology
  • 7. ROR icon Technical University of Darmstadt
  • 8. NFDI4Ing

Description

Abstract: The Software Management Plan (SMP) is a relevant tool for handling research software. Despite benefits for research (e.g., low barrier for researchers, promotion of good practices), SMPs are not yet used across the board. A semi-automated approach can solve this problem. In the following document, we discuss a possible workflow for creating machine-actionable SMPs using various tools. This approach was developed during an NFDI4DataScience hackathon at the German National Library of Medicine (ZB Med) - Information Centre of Life Sciences on maSMPs at the end of 2023.

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Funding

NFDI4DataScience 460234259
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

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