The task force builds on previous work to define criteria for software authorship and describe contribution types/roles in software. It aims to address
- a lack of community guidelines and criteria for software authorship;
- a lack of community support for any one existing contribution taxonomy/vocabulary for software.
Roadmap
Software Authorship Community Guidelines
- ☑ Examine relevant previous work
- ☑ Draft authorship guidelines v0
- ☑ Draft authorship guidelines v1
- ☑ Expert consultation and review of authorship guidelines v1
- ➔ Review integration in authorship guidelines v2
- ☐ Community survey on authorship guidelines v2
- ☐ Survey results integration in authorship guidelines v3
- ☐ Publish authorship guidelines v3
Software Contribution Community Guidelines
- ☑ Examine relevant previous work
- ☑ Draft contribution taxonomy v0
- ☐ Re-examine relevant previous work based on authorship guidelines
- ☐ Draft contribution taxonomy v1
- ☐ Expert consultation and review of taxonomy v1
- ☐ Review integration in taxonomy v2
- ☐ Community survey on taxonomy v2
- ☐ Survey results integration in taxonomy v3
- ☐ Publish contribution taxonomy v3
Task Force Members
- Carlos Martinez-Ortiz*, Netherlands eScience Center, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5565-7577
- Deborah Leem*, University College London (UCL), https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5836-0899
- Gemma Turon Rodrigo*, Fundació Ersilia Open Source Initiative, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6798-0275, gemma@ersilia.io
- Hugo Gruson*, data.org, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4094-1476
- Neil Chue Hong*, University of Edinburgh / Software Sustainability Institute, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8876-7606
- Saranjeet Kaur Bhogal*, Research Software Alliance, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7038-1457
- Stephan Druskat* (chair), German Aerospace Center (DLR), https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4925-7248, stephan.druskat@dlr.de
Joining the Task Force
If you are interested in joining the Task Force as an active member, please write an email to a member whose email address is listed above, stating your interest and describing any relevant experience you may have. We will then invite you to a Task Force meeting to meet the other Task Force members.
