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* Describe your software using the GeoSoft [http://www.geosoft-earthcube.org/portal/ software registry] | * Describe your software using the GeoSoft [http://www.geosoft-earthcube.org/portal/ software registry] | ||
| − | ** It will walk you through questions | + | ** You do not need to log in |
| − | ** | + | ** Select "Software" from the top, then select "Publish your software" |
| + | ** It will show you a roadmap of 6 categories and when you select one it will walk you through questions | ||
| + | ** Save the responses when you are done | ||
** GeoSoft is still a prototype, we appreciate your comments and feedback! | ** GeoSoft is still a prototype, we appreciate your comments and feedback! | ||
| + | * Once you are done, click on the name of the software | ||
| + | ** At the top you will be able to download an HTML page with the description of the software, which you can put in your code page or project page | ||
| + | ** You can also download RDF/XML or JSON if you prefer | ||
Revision as of 07:18, 17 June 2015
What This Task Involves
The training session and training materials indicate how to:
- Describe your software so that others can find it and use it by describing metadata to:
- Uniquely identify the software
- Understand what the software does
- Run the software
- Do research with the software
- Get support if you have questions or find bugs
- Contribute to the development of the software
Training Materials
This training session will be held on May 1, 2015:
Suggested Readings
- "OntoSoft: An Ontology for Scientific Software Metadata". Yolanda Gil, Varun Ratnakar, Daniel Garijo, and Idafen Santana. GeoSoft project report, 2015.
What To Do
- Describe your software using the GeoSoft software registry
- You do not need to log in
- Select "Software" from the top, then select "Publish your software"
- It will show you a roadmap of 6 categories and when you select one it will walk you through questions
- Save the responses when you are done
- GeoSoft is still a prototype, we appreciate your comments and feedback!
- Once you are done, click on the name of the software
- At the top you will be able to download an HTML page with the description of the software, which you can put in your code page or project page
- You can also download RDF/XML or JSON if you prefer
