Archiving Software Surrogates on the Web for Future Reference

Software has long been established as an essential aspect of the scientific process in mathematics and other disciplines. However, reliably referencing software in scientific publications is still challenging for various reasons. A crucial factor is that software dynamics with temporal versions or states are difficult to capture over time. We propose to archive and reference surrogates instead, which can be found on the Web and reflect the actual software to a remarkable extent. Our study shows that about a half of the webpages of software are already archived with almost all of them including some kind of documentation.Comment: TPDL 2016, Hannover, German

BlogForever D4.4: Digital Repository Component Design

This report describes in detail the design, architecture and features of the BlogForever's weblog digital repository (web application). First of all, we introduce the Invenio software platform and its merits, explaining the reasons why we decided it should be the basis for the BlogForever digital repository. Then we present a review of the past and current work and highlight how our fi ndings aff ected and supported some of the key decisions regarding the design of the repository. Furthermore, we analyze and illustrate how the the suggested architecture represents a robust weblog digital repository solution through its various stages: ingestion, management, preservation and dissemination. Finally, we list the various features