Some useful links and information related to open source:
What is Open Source?
- What is an Open Source?: A primer on open source by Red Hat.
- What is…: More articles from Red Hat on various open source resources and major projects, such as Linux and Python.
- Open Source Guides: A collection of resources for individuals, communities, and companies who want to learn how to run and contribute to an open source project.
Open Source in an Academic Setting
- Best Practices for Scientific Computing: A summary of best practices for writing code for your research published in PLoS Biology.
- Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training: Provides a pedagogical infrastructure & didactic resources designed to recognize and support the teaching and mentoring of open and reproducible science.
- Archetypes for Research OSS Projects: A framework and guidelines for the many ways of doing OSS in science, assembled by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
- Syracuse University on GitHub: Enterprise GitHub account for Syracuse University. Use this link to request access to the GitHub Organization.
- Making Research Software FAIR: An HPC Best Practices Webinar that introduces a set of aspirational instructions for optimizing the reusability of research software: the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) principles for Research Software (or FAIR4RS principles), which are adaptations of the FAIR data principles but tailored specifically for research software.
- Journal of Open Source Software: A developer friendly, open access journal for research software packages.
Software Licensing and Citation
- Choose an open source license: A great resource for helping you to select a license for your open-source project.
- A Quick Guide to Software Licensing for the Scientist-Programmer: A primer on software licensing with a focus on the particular needs of the scientist software developer.
- Exploring Open Source Licenses: A seminar about Open Source Licenses for the Open Source Connector group at Champlain College campus in Burlington, VT.
- Software citation principles: A set of software citation principles for developers and users of software, a discussion of the motivations for developing the principles, reviews of existing community practice, and a discussion of the requirements these principles would place upon different stakeholders.
- Practical Software Citation for Research Software Developers, Maintainers and Users: An HPC Best Practices Webinar covering 1) practical steps for developers and maintainers for making their software citable and 2) practical steps for citing software.
Organizations
- Open Source Initiative: Body that defines what “open source” legally means, sets policy and standards, and advocates for open source.
- CURIOSS: A collaboration of academic OSPOs (Syracuse is one!)
- Open Source in Academia Map: An index of academic OSPOs and their missions maintained by SustainOSS (see below).
- SustainOSS: Organization devoted to open-source sustainability (check out their podcast).
- US Research Software Engineer Association (US-RSE): A community-driven effort focused on the increasingly important role of the Research Software Engineer.
- Research Software Alliance (ReSA): An organization devoted to advancing the research software ecosystem by collaborating with decision makers and key influencers. They also maintain a database of funding opportunities for research software.
- pyOpenSci and ROpenSci: Scientific open science communities of practice that host resources, run training events, and run open software peer review processes of scientific Python/R software.
Open Data Repositories
- New York Open Data Portal: Provides a powerful tool that provides centralized access to high-value New York State government data to search, explore, download, and share.
- City of Syracuse Open Data Portal: The City of Syracuse’s central location for open data, maps, and visualizations to help you understand what is happening in the city.
- US Census Data Portal: The U.S. Census Bureau’s main data search platform with data tables about People, Places, and the Economy; maps; and apps.
- Registry of Research Data Repositories (re3data): A global registry of research data repositories that covers data repositories from a wide array of academic disciplines.
- FAIRsharing: A curated, informative, and educational resource on data and metadata standards, inter-related to databases and data policies. Includes a registry of knowledgebases and repositories of data and other digital assets.
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