Alliez, P;
Cosmo, RD;
Guedj, B;
Girault, A;
Hacid, M-S;
Legrand, A;
Rougier, NP;
(2020)
Attributing and Referencing (Research) Software: Best Practices and Outlook from Inria.
Computing in Science and Engineering
, 22
(1)
pp. 39-52.
10.1109/MCSE.2019.2949413.
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Abstract
Software is a fundamental pillar of modern scientiic research, not only in computer science, but actually across all elds and disciplines. However, there is a lack of adequate means to cite and reference software, for many reasons. An obvious rst reason is software authorship, which can range from a single developer to a whole team, and can even vary in time. The panorama is even more complex than that, because many roles can be involved in software development: software architect, coder, debugger, tester, team manager, and so on. Arguably, the researchers who have invented the key algorithms underlying the software can also claim a part of the authorship. And there are many other reasons that make this issue complex. We provide in this paper a contribution to the ongoing eeorts to develop proper guidelines and recommendations for software citation, building upon the internal experience of Inria, the French research institute for digital sciences. As a central contribution, we make three key recommendations. (1) We propose a richer taxonomy for software contributions with a qualitative scale. (2) We claim that it is essential to put the human at the heart of the evaluation. And (3) we propose to distinguish citation from reference.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Attributing and Referencing (Research) Software: Best Practices and Outlook from Inria |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1109/MCSE.2019.2949413 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1109/MCSE.2019.2949413 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | cs.DL, cs.DL, cs.SE |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10083909 |
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