The SWHID deposit: a new way to contribute research software to HAL
We are delighted to announce that the SWHID deposit for Research Software on HAL and Software Heritage is available on all HAL instances since January 2023. Thanks to a close…
Research Software workshop at RDA P20: we will be there, are you?
We are pleased to share that a research software workshop will be held as part of the RDA P20 plenary in Gothenburg and online, on Friday, March 24th. The workshop…
Research Software gets on stage in two new European projects
In June 2020, exactly two years ago in the middle of the pandemic, a dedicated task force was assembled to work on Scholarly Infrastructures Research Software (SIRS) as part of…
Seventeen Software Heritage Ambassadors in 2021
The stated mission of Software Heritage is to build the universal software source code archive, enabling a wealth of applications in academia, cultural heritage, industry and public administration. This is…
Software Stories: a novel approach to present landmark legacy code
During the fifth anniversary of Software Heritage, we have unveiled Software Stories, a novel approach to present the history of landmark software projects, making it accessible to a wide range…
Intrinsic and Extrinsic identifiers
Building a solid web of knowledge that lasts over time is of paramount importance for academia. A key component of this are the links between the different research outputs, and…
Software Heritage contributes CodeMeta generator to the community
Software projects are a precious part of our technical, scientific and organisational knowledge, and that’s why Software Heritage’s mission is to collect, preserve and share all their source code. In…
The swh-badges are here!
In recent years, the trend of adding badges to a repository’s README file, became very popular. Many possibilities exist; license, continuous integration, passing tests, peer reviewed, chat, release date, and…
Research Software Hackathon at FORCE2019
Last week, we had the pleasure to participate in the Research Software Hackathon during the FORCE2019 conference. It was remarkable to see so many people interested in the same goal:…
FAIRsFAIR
FAIRsFAIR is a European project to foster FAIR Data Practices in Europe, which aims to supply practical solutions for the use of the FAIR data principles throughout the research data…