The creation of a new type of scientific deposit: Software

Yannick Barborini (1) , Roberto Di Cosmo (2, 3) , Antoine R. Dumont (2) , Morane Gruenpeter (2) , Bruno P Marmol (1) , Alain Monteil (4) , Jozefina Sadowska (4) , Stefano Zacchiroli (5, 2)

1 CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe
2 Software Heritage
3 Inria Siège
4 INRIA-IES - Information et Édition Scientifiques
5 IRIF (UMR_8243) - Institut de Recherche en Informatique Fondamentale

Software has become an indissociable support of technical and scientific knowledge. The preservation of this universal body of knowledge has become as essential as preserving research articles and data sets. Software preservation is a pillar of reproducibility.

Mots clés: Reproductibility; Open / free software; Source Code

Domaines: Génie logiciel [cs.SE]; Bibliothèque électronique [cs.DL]; Base de données [cs.DB]

Yannick Barborini, Roberto Di Cosmo, Antoine R. Dumont, Morane Gruenpeter, Bruno P Marmol, et al.. The creation of a new type of scientific deposit: Software. RDA Eleventh Plenary Meeting, Berlin, Germany, Mar 2018, Berlin, Germany. , 2018. ⟨hal-01738741⟩