Metadata initiatives

Collaborations intended to harmonize the chaos regarding metadata and linked data about Software.

List of initiatives and contacts

• FORCE11-
  • Software Citation working group
  • Software Citation Implementation working group
• Software Preservation Network (SPN) - Metadata Standards and Policies working group- Katherine Thornton and Elizabeth Roke
• CodeMeta
• AboutCode- discover and uncover data about software code. A nexB project. - Philippe Ombredanne
• Wikidata for digital preservation

Issues for discussion

• In the effort of harmonizing metadata :
  • should we strive to contain all domains, every use case and every exception?
  • should we keep only the vital minimum for citation and search?
• Terminology : What is Software ?
  • • distinguishing between a software artifact, a software project and a software entity
    • distinguishing between software "object"(executable) and software source code
    • different versions form one software entity?