diff --git a/_includes/navbar.html b/_includes/navbar.html index 33ab05b..2f49740 100644 --- a/_includes/navbar.html +++ b/_includes/navbar.html @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ {% assign pg = site.pages | sort: "weight" %} {% for node in pg %} - {% unless node.path contains "imprint" or node.path contains "index" %} + {% unless node.path contains "imprint" or node.path contains "index" or node.weight <= 0 %} {% assign node_conf2019 = false %} {% if node.url contains "/conf2019/" %} diff --git a/en/definition_research_software.md b/en/definition_research_software.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..13a40d4 --- /dev/null +++ b/en/definition_research_software.md @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +--- +layout: default +title: Definition Research Software +weight: 0 +--- + +# Definition Research Software + +At the moment, there is no single universally used or accepted definiton of research software. +This is not for a lack of effort. +A lot of discussions happend and still happen on this topic and so far resulted in a few definitons that all go in roughly the same direction, but put more emphasis on one or the other aspect. +We are involved in those discussions as de-RSE e.V., but we did not (yet) single out a specific definition, but for the time being collect there what we consider some of the most often used definitions. + +## from: “Defining Research Software: a controversial discussion” + +A Summary Report of FAIR4RS Subgroup 3 activity and discussion, available on [zenodo](https://zenodo.org/records/5504016). + +_Research Software includes source code files, algorithms, scripts, computational workflows and executables that were created during the research process or for a research purpose. +Software components (e.g., operating systems, libraries, dependencies, packages, scripts, etc.) that are used for research but were not created during or with a clear research intent should be considered software in research and not Research Software. +This differentiation may vary between disciplines._ + +This definition was also used in + +- the [Amsterdam Declaration on Funding Research Software Sustainability](https://zenodo.org/records/8325436) +- the [FAIR Principles for Research Software (FAIR4RS Principles)](https://zenodo.org/records/6623556), an RDA recommendation + +## from: “UK Research Software Survey 2014” + +Available on [zenodo](https://zenodo.org/records/14809). + +_Software that is used to generate, process or analyse results that you intend to appear in a publication (either in a journal, conference paper, monograph, book or thesis). +Research software can be anything from a few lines of code written by yourself, to a professionally developed software package. +Software that does not generate, process or analyse results - such as word processing software, or the use of a web search - does not count as ‘research software’ for the purposes of this survey._ + +## from: “Research Software – Quality Assured and Re-usable”, a call for proposals to increase the usability of existing Research Software by the DFG + +Available from the [DFG](https://www.dfg.de/en/news/news-topics/announcements-proposals/2022/info-wissenschaft-22-85). + +_Nowadays, the use of software is an integral part of research work in almost all disciplines. +Typical areas of application include the generation, processing, analysis and visualisation of research data and, especially in the natural sciences and engineering, the control and execution of experiments. +If software is developed for this purpose in the context of research, it is referred to as research software._ + +## from: “Research Software Sustainability”, a call for proposals by the DFG. + +Available from the [DFG](https://www.dfg.de/resource/blob/172676/861b6b46e50aef649ee6634c7a2d0b6a/161026-dfg-call-proposal-software-en-data.pdf). + +_In every phase of scientific work, many disciplines use research software, for example to +generate, process, analyse and visualise research data. +In this sense, the term “research +software” refers to the software applications and software libraries specially created for +scientific knowledge gain._