INCF endorses Five Recommendations for FAIR Software Posted By: David Kennedy - Dec 8, 2021Tool/Resource: NITRC Community INCF endorses Five Recommendations for FAIR Software as a Best Practice 1 DECEMBER 2021 The FAIR principles originated in data management. The acronym stands for Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable. The FAIR principles have served as a flagship for promoting good data management practices but until recently they were not directly applicable to software. The Five Recommendations for FAIR Software (https://fair-software.eu/) aim to encourage the greater adoption of FAIR principles by providing a set of starting recommendations that researchers can use to improve the quality, reach, and reproducibility of their software. The recommendations were created by the Netherlands eScience Center (https://www.esciencecenter.nl/) and DANS (https://dans.knaw.nl/en/), the Dutch national centre of expertise and repository for research data. The Five Recommendations for FAIR Software were endorsed on November 30, 2021, after a public comment period and review by the INCF SBP committee. The five recommendations: #1 Use a publicly accessible repository with version control #2 Add a license #3 Register your code in a community registry #4 Enable citation of software #5 Use a software quality checklist More information about the INCF endorsement process (https://incf.org/activities/endorse). Submit a standard or best practice for endorsement (https://incf.org/form/suggest-a-sbp). |
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