Published March 25, 2026 | Version v1
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Making Research Software Visible, Citable, and Preserved: A Metadata Deep Dive for RSEs

Authors/Creators

  • 1. EDMO icon National Institute for Research in Computer and Control Sciences
  • 2. ROR icon Software Heritage

Description

Software Heritage collects publicly available source code from numerous software projects and tracks their ongoing development.

Research software is increasingly recognized as a core research output, yet it often remains difficult to discover, cite, and preserve. Metadata plays a key role and requires dedicated effort to provide high-quality information. 

About the event

The HiRSE Seminar Series is a series of talks revolving around topics relevant for and to Research Software Engineering. The seminars cover a broad range of topics from political to technical ones, take place every 2 to 4 weeks. The events are open to everyone interested and held online. Furthermore, the talks are recorded and published on the YouTube channel if the speakers agree.

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