The challenge and promise of software citation for credit, identification, discovery, and reuse
arXiv:1601.04734 · doi:10.1145/2968452
Abstract
In this article, we present the challenge of software citation as a method to ensure credit for and identification, discovery, and reuse of software in scientific and engineering research. We discuss related work and key challenges/research directions, including suggestions for metadata necessary for software citation.
Challenge paper submitted to ACM Journal of Data and Information Quality. v4: 2nd revised submission