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Contributions
doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.705892
Joint ORCID – DRYAD Symposium on Research Attribution23 May 2013, OxfordNeil Chue Hong (@npch), Software Sustainability InstituteORCID: 0000-0002-8876-7606 | [email protected]
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Authorship Lifecycle
IdentifyCite
Reuse
Research
Index
Papers, data, software all research outputs ofa continuous cycle.
With software, technologymakes it easier to track, but not reward.
We cannot separatepapers, data and softwarewhen we release research.
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Versioning
Personalv1
Personal v2
Personalv3
Personal v2a
Public v1
Personal v3a
Personal v2a
Public v2
Public v3
Why do we version?- To indicate a change- To allow sharing- To confer special status
Version control systems make this easy and conceptof a person and an outputare there but not unique
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Algorithm
Function
Prog
ram
Library / Suite / Package
…
Granularity
What do we define?- Useful units of reuse
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What do we choose to identify:- Workflow?- Software that runs workflow?- Software referenced by workflow?- Software dependencies? What’s the minimum citable part?
Boundary
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AuthorshipAuthorship• Which authors have had what impact on each version of the software?• Who had the largest contribution to the scientific results in a paper?• Can micro-attribution work? Can track author, but not contribution?
http://beyond-impact.org/?p=175
OGSA-DAI projects statistics from Ohloh
Why do we identify?- To measure- To restrict- To communicate- To include
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5 Stars of Research Software
• Community There is a community infrastructure
• Open Software has permissive license
• Defined Accurate metadata for the software
• Extensible Usable, modifiable for my purpose
• Runnable I can access and run software
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c.f.5 Stars of Linked Data (Berners-Lee)5 Stars of Online Journals (Shotton)
“Golden Star”Originally by SsolbergjCC-BY
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