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Daniel S. Katz2+ years after publishing, have the FAIR Principles for Research Software (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/FAIR4RS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FAIR4RS</a>) been useful & usable? Learn about the results of a survey to understand this & to discuss next steps.Webinars (1 July): UTC 11:00-12:00 (<a href="https://unsw.zoom.us/meeting/register/JNJmSnpcQMenHjMLAoWxmQ#/registration" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://unsw.zoom.us/meeting/register/JNJmSnpcQMenHjMLAoWxmQ#/registration</a>) UTC 22:00-23:00 (<a href="https://unsw.zoom.us/meeting/register/PhyT4hnTRe6feV1xsSHmcQ#/registration" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://unsw.zoom.us/meeting/register/PhyT4hnTRe6feV1xsSHmcQ#/registration</a>)

Steffi GenderjahnSWHIDs (SoftWare Hash IDentifiers ) are persistent identifiers <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/PIDs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PIDs</a> for software source code artifacts such as source code files, source trees, commits, and other objects typically found in version control systems.📣Great news: The <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/SHWID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SHWID</a> now meets the <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/ISO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ISO</a> standard. Congratulations 🙌 <a href="https://mstdn.social/@swheritage" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@swheritage</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/OpenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenScience</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/ResearchSoftwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ResearchSoftwar</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/FAIR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FAIR</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/FAIR4RS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FAIR4RS</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/RDM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RDM</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/OpenInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenInfrastructure</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/PIDecosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PIDecosystem</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/@PIDNetworkDE" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@PIDNetworkDE</a>

Daniel S. Katz<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#introduction</a> I'm Dan Katz, Chief Scientist at NCSA (<a href="https://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/</a>) at U Illinois and Res Prof in CS and our iSchool. I'm also a co-founder of ReSA (<a href="https://www.researchsoft.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.researchsoft.org/</a>), US-RSE (<a href="https://us-rse.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://us-rse.org/</a>), JOSS (<a href="https://joss.theoj.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://joss.theoj.org/</a>), and URSSI (<a href="https://urssi.us/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://urssi.us/</a>). I work on <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/researchsoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#researchsoftware</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/softwaresustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#softwaresustainability</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/softwarecitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#softwarecitation</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#policy</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/RSEng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSEng</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/scholcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scholcomm</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/FAIR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FAIR</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/FAIR4RS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FAIR4RS</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/FAIR4ML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FAIR4ML</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/cyberinfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cyberinfrastructure</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/HPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HPC</a> Hobbies: <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/birdphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#birdphotography</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/walks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#walks</a>

Daniel S. KatzEric Jensen & I have a new paper out, based on a survey of research software funders, in a Sloan-funded research software policy projectE. A. Jensen, D. S. Katz, "Awareness of FAIR and FAIR4RS among international research software funders," Scientific Data, v.12, 627, 2025. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04820-4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04820-4</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FAIR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FAIR</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FAIR4RS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FAIR4RS</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ResearchSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ResearchSoftware</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ResearchData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ResearchData</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ResearchSoftwarePolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ResearchSoftwarePolicy</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ResearchPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ResearchPolicy</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ResearchFunding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ResearchFunding</a>

ljcSoftware Management Plans <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/SMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SMP</a> are getting attention! Two talks today at <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/deRSE25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#deRSE25</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@de_rse" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@de_rse</a> Our talk on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/machine_actionable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#machine_actionable</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/SMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SMP</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/maSMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maSMP</a> and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FAIR4RS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FAIR4RS</a> available at <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14866849" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14866849</a><a href="https://nfdi.social/@NFDI" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@NFDI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@ZBMED" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ZBMED</a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/@elixir_europe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@elixir_europe</a>

ljcHi <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/deRSE25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#deRSE25</a> attendees and <a href="https://mastodon.social/@de_rse" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@de_rse</a> community. Did you already participate in the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FAIR4RS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FAIR4RS</a> survey? Still time to do so, deadline 2025-03-07. Results will be published one month later.2+ years after publishing, have the FAIR principles for Research Software been useful & usable? <a href="https://forms.gle/sRhRQD4gWBQWzcGS7" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/sRhRQD4gWBQWzcGS7</a>Share your thoughts!

ZB MEDLater at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deRSE25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#deRSE25</a> is another tutorial with Leyla Jael Castro: An Introduction to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FAIR4RS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FAIR4RS</a> principles, research software metadata, machine-actionable Software Management Plans, and a practical approach to extract software metadata. ogy.de/o8tk <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maSMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maSMP</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RSMetaData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSMetaData</a>

Daniel S. KatzWe've now published the recording of our second <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FAIR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FAIR</a> principles for research software (<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FAIR4RS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FAIR4RS</a>) 2-year review webinar: <a href="https://youtu.be/iBtDm8BP05g" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/iBtDm8BP05g</a>The first was also recorded, as <a href="https://youtu.be/Ex691O5Koe0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/Ex691O5Koe0</a>And our survey for the review itself where we ask you for feedback about the principles is <a href="https://bit.ly/FAIR4RS-2-year-review-survey" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/FAIR4RS-2-year-review-survey</a>

Daniel S. KatzWe've now published the recording of our first <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FAIR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FAIR</a> principles for research software (<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FAIR4RS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FAIR4RS</a>) 2-year review webinar: <a href="https://youtu.be/Ex691O5Koe0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/Ex691O5Koe0</a>The second is in two days, at 1800 CST, 5 Dec (0 UTC 6 Dec): register at <a href="https://illinois.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwod-6gqj4qE9Ewl7M-890S-VYNkUM4UiKh" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://illinois.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwod-6gqj4qE9Ewl7M-890S-VYNkUM4UiKh</a>And our survey for the review itself where we ask you for feedback about the principles is <a href="https://bit.ly/FAIR4RS-2-year-review-survey" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/FAIR4RS-2-year-review-survey</a>

Daniel S. KatzIf you are using or have considered using the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FAIR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FAIR</a> principles for research software <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FAIR4RS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FAIR4RS</a> (<a href="https://doi.org/10.15497/RDA00068" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.15497/RDA00068</a>), please help us understand what we got right or wrong, and what we should consider changing, as part of a 2-year review, by filling out <a href="https://bit.ly/FAIR4RS-2-year-review-survey" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/FAIR4RS-2-year-review-survey</a>

SSI💻Two years from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FAIR4RS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FAIR4RS</a> a small a small group of core contributors is seeking to understand if the principles have been useful and usable. If you would like to contribute, find out more about how to get involved at <a href="https://www.software.ac.uk/news/contribute-evaluation-fair-principles-research-software" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.software.ac.uk/news/contribute-evaluation-fair-principles-research-software</a>

Neil :emacs: :orgmode:[SURVEY]Do you think the FAIR principles for Research Software <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FAIR4RS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FAIR4RS</a> are working?<a href="https://www.rd-alliance.org/groups/data-policy-standardisation-and-implementation-ig/posts/?post=170381" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rd-alliance.org/groups/data-policy-standardisation-and-implementation-ig/posts/?post=170381</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/openresearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openresearch</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#software</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rse</a>

Daniel S. KatzDo you think the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FAIR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FAIR</a> principles for Research Software (<a href="https://doi.org/10.15497/RDA00068" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.15497/RDA00068</a>) are working? 2+ years after publishing, with over 500 people involved, we’re keen to understand if the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FAIR4RS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FAIR4RS</a> principles have been useful & usable. If not, we’re asking the community what needs changing to make them work. Survey: <a href="https://forms.gle/sRhRQD4gWBQWzcGS7" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/sRhRQD4gWBQWzcGS7</a> Webinars about the process: 1. 2024-11-25 1400 UTC - <a href="https://illinois.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkduiurTIvE9QYmlH6qg51h-SSoyprzUef" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://illinois.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkduiurTIvE9QYmlH6qg51h-SSoyprzUef</a> 2. 2024-12-06 0000 UTC - <a href="https://illinois.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwod-6gqj4qE9Ewl7M-890S-VYNkUM4UiKh" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://illinois.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwod-6gqj4qE9Ewl7M-890S-VYNkUM4UiKh</a>

Bharath M. PalavalliWe've been arguing for this for such a long time! One more call for <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/reproducibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reproducibility</a> in research: <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772368224001227?dgcid=rss_sd_all" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772368224001227?dgcid=rss_sd_all</a>. We could have saved a tonne of time of academics/researchers and publishers just put their data and models out instead of only results. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FAIR4RS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FAIR4RS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#research</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/openscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openscience</a>

Yves Vincent Grossmann🎉 our new journal article about <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Software</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Management" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Management</a> Plans <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/SMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SMP</a> and the current usage scenarios are online <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/researchsoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#researchsoftware</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/fair4researchsoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fair4researchsoftware</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/fair4rs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fair4rs</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Forschungssoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Forschungssoftware</a> <a href="https://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2024-043" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2024-043</a>

Samantha Wittke- Participated in a panel on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FAIR4RS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FAIR4RS</a>, which was an enriching and exciting experience alongside brilliant colleagues. - Represented Nordic-RSE in the RSE worldwide session—it's always inspiring to learn from other RSE groups.On Friday we went on a beautiful ~21km hike along England's east coast. Thank you Mark for showing us around!

slackline :emacs: :orgmode<a href="https://fediscience.org/@lnnrtwttkhn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@lnnrtwttkhn</a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/@adredish" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@adredish</a> Spot on, science doesn't move in leaps and bounds, but small incremental steps, just like software development and as you say the technical solutions are there.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FAIR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FAIR</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FAIR4RS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FAIR4RS</a>

Research Software AllianceWondering about the impact of the FAIR for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ResearchSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ResearchSoftware</a> (<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FAIR4RS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FAIR4RS</a>) Principles, 2 years after their release? See our blog post on adoption, with <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/initiatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#initiatives</a> from: <a href="https://akademienl.social/@eScienceCenter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@eScienceCenter</a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/@tudelft3d" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@tudelft3d</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/@universiteitleiden" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@universiteitleiden</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@eosc_everse" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@eosc_everse</a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/@elixir_europe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@elixir_europe</a> <a href="https://nfdi.social/@NFDI4DS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@NFDI4DS</a> <a href="https://bird.makeup/users/faircore4eosc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@faircore4eosc</a> <a href="https://helmholtz.social/@HelmholtzOpenScienceOffice" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@HelmholtzOpenScienceOffice</a> <a href="https://bird.makeup/users/resdatall" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@resdatall</a> And 200+ citations from across the disciplinary spectrum<a href="https://www.researchsoft.org/blog/2024-03/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.researchsoft.org/blog/2024-03/</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@danielskatz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@danielskatz</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@neocarlitos" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@neocarlitos</a>

ZB MED💡 Reading Tip:The FAIR for Research Software Principles - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FAIR4RS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FAIR4RS</a> - were published in 2022, and a number of organisations were already planning to implement them at that time. The latest blog post from <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@researchsoft" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@researchsoft</a> provides an update on initiatives working to implement the principles across five areas of cultural change: policies, incentives, communities, training and infrastructure.🔽 🔽 🔽 <a href="https://www.researchsoft.org/blog/2024-03/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.researchsoft.org/blog/2024-03/</a>

Research Software AlliancePlease help us draft an update on adoption of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FAIR4RS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FAIR4RS</a> Principles (released in 2022), particularly with examples of how implementation is progressing. Add inputs by 1 March to <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1asGd7NVkdfcZGdD3G79ZcyC7KgnesKHR14Dxo6F0fcA/edit" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1asGd7NVkdfcZGdD3G79ZcyC7KgnesKHR14Dxo6F0fcA/edit</a> or contact info@researchsoft.orgFor background info on who was planning adoption in 2022 see <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6258366" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6258366</a>

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