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INSTITUTIONAL SOFTWARE TEMPLATES FOR ALIGNING BEST PRACTICES IN RESEARCH SOFTWARE Manuel Garcia Alvarez & Angelina Momin
WELCOME TO THIS WORKSHOP! 30/10/2025 Manuel Garcia TU Delft Angelina Momin UTwente
OBJECTIVE OF THIS WORKSHOP •Discuss the role of software templates in adhering to best practices when developing research software. •Discuss the importance of coordinating efforts to define best practices for research software. Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable FAIR PRINCIPLES
OBJECTIVE OF THIS WORKSHOP •Expectations from participants oHow important is the role of best practices in creating high quality software? oAnd how do we coordinate the efforts on best practices, so that research software has similar quality standards?
WHAT IS YOUR JOB POSITION/ ROLE?
HOW MUCH EXPERIENCE DO YOU HAVE IN WRITING (RESEARCH) SOFTWARE? *Software that was developed for research purposessupport, enable, or perform research.
RESEARCH SOFTWARE TEMPLATES •Code and resource layout •Version control •License •Citation •Documentation •Code documentation •Packaging •Unit testing •Publishing •… Illustration by Storyset.com A research software template provides the structure and boilerplate code for a research software project*
WHY USE A RESEARCH SOFTWARE TEMPLATE? oFacilitates the initiation of research software projects by reducing time and lowering entry barriers. oEncourages the use of best practicesaddition of licenses, version control, documentation oSupports adherence to FAIR principlesfindable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable. oPromotes standardized and consistent structures across projects oMakes it easier to adopt evolving software development best practices in a fast-changing field
GROUP ACTIVITY 30/10/2025 9
meta-template Python Template R-Template License* Documentation* Citation* Packaging* …* …* Python Software License Documentation Citation Packaging … Testing … RSoftware License Documentation Citation Packaging … … Citation* Citation Citation
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meta-template License** Documentation** Citation** …** Python Template License* Documentation* Citation* Packaging* …* Testing* …* RTemplate License* Documentation* Citation* Packaging* …* …* Python Software License Documentation Citation Packaging … Testing … RSoftware License Documentation Citation Packaging … … Language specific components Components from meta template Citation** Citation** Citation** Citation** Citation**
META-TEMPLATE VIDEO DEMONSTRATION https://youtu.be/z-bmsxxQV6o?si=HTb2HXMHTjDO_KwO
DISCUSSIONIS A TASK FORCE NEEDED FOR COORDINATION OF EFFORTS ON BEST PRACTICES?
AT WHAT LEVEL SHOULD SUCH A TASK FORCE BE IMPLEMENTED?
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