Software Assets in Academia: A critical part of research

Software Assets in Academia: A critical part of research Morane Gruenpeter, Director of Scholarly Ecosystem Engagement and Operations RDA France | Software Heritage x OSPO-RADAR | 09/10/2025 | CC-BY 4.0 | #1/16 2 Building bridge between communities Software development communities & Research Software communities FAIR is not enough for Software Katz DS, Gruenpeter M, Honeyman T. Taking a fresh look at FAIR for research software. Patterns (N Y). 2021 Mar 12;2(3):100222. doi: 10.1016/j.patter.2021.100222. Erratum in: Patterns (N Y). 2021 May 14;2(5):100267. PMID: 33748799; PMCID: PMC7961177. This is FAIR RDA France | Software Heritage x OSPO-RADAR | 09/10/2025 | CC-BY 4.0 | #3/16 A version Accessible: Open source code repository in forge following Research Software MetaData guidelines (#RSMD) Findable: Extrinsic identifier (DOI, HAL-ID, ARK, WikiData) Reproducible: The software stack to compile and execute Reusable?: Runnable but not readable instance of the software RDA France | Software Heritage x OSPO-RADAR | 09/10/2025 | CC-BY 4.0 | #4/16 Archived: Code archived in SWH A Research Software Asset: - Used - Created - Referenced What’s the the Software Collapse? Konrad Hinsen. Dealing With Software Collapse. Computing in Science and Engineering, 2019, 21 (3), pp.104-108. ⟨10.1109/MCSE.2019.2900945⟩. ⟨hal-02117588⟩ Research Software is a thin layer on top of the global software stack https://xkcd.com/2347/ The software stack: More than Research Software Can be preserved in a: - Scholarly Infrastructure - Universal Source Code Archive RDA France | Software Heritage x OSPO-RADAR | 04/12/2025 | CC-BY 4.0 | #5/16 Standardization and normalization SWHID: ISO 18670 CodeMeta vocabulary, mappings and generator BibLaTeX @software type Building the software pillar of Open Science “… L’ANR recommande que les logiciels développés durant le projet soient mis à disposition sous une licence libre et que les codes sources soient stockés dans l’archive Software Heritage en indiquant la référence au financement ANR.” RDA France | Software Heritage x OSPO-RADAR | 09/10/2025 | CC-BY 4.0 | #6/16 The project has three main objectives: 1. Developing a Software Assets Dashboard service: simplified workflows for OSPOs 2. Adapt the CodeMeta standard to address the specific requirements of OSPOs 3. Create a dedicated Open Science helpdesk, supporting OSPO adoption and effective use of the portal. A layer on top of the Universal Archive “Open-source software development is an essential piece of the science ecosystem that drives and sustains scientific discovery,” said Joshua M. Greenberg, Program Director, Sloan Foundation. “Software Heritage’s OSPO-RADAR project will make visible that influence by giving research institutions a set of tools to better manage, document, and share their open-source work.” OSPO-RADAR RDA France | Software Heritage x OSPO-RADAR | 04/12/2025 | CC-BY 4.0 | #7/16 Snapshot:Dec. 4th 2025 An open infrastructure to collect, preserve and share all source code https://archive.softwareheritage.org/ RDA France | Software Heritage x OSPO-RADAR | 04/12/2025 | CC-BY 4.0 | #8/16 A resilient solution: preserving code from forges RDA France | Software Heritage x OSPO-RADAR | 04/12/2025 | CC-BY 4.0 | #9/16 Join the journey mor[email protected]g https://www.softwareheritage.org/ Browse the source code archive https://archive.softwareheritage.org/ Become a member https://www.softwareheritage.org/support/members-alig Volunteer as an ambassador https://www.softwareheritage.org/ambassadors/ Subscribe to the newsletter https://www.softwareheritage.org/newsletter/ The Team The Community RDA France | Software Heritage x OSPO-RADAR | 04/12/2025 | CC-BY 4.0 | #16/16