Toward Research Software Categories

arXiv (Cornell University)

Abstract

Research software has been categorized in different contexts to serve different goals. We start with a look at what research software is, before we discuss the purpose of research software categories. We propose a multi-dimensional categorization of research software. We present a template for characterizing such categories. As selected dimensions, we present our proposed role-based, developer-based, and maturity-based categories. Since our work has been inspired by various previous efforts to categorize research software, we discuss them as related works. We characterize all these categories via the previously introduced template, to enable a systematic comparison.

Authors 9

1. Wilhelm Hasselbring

   Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR) · Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

   Affiliation as printed

   Software Engineering , Kiel University , Kiel , 24098 , Germany

   Stephan Druskat , German Aerospace Center (DLR) , Berlin , 12489 , Germany

2. Stephan Druskat
3. Jan Bernoth
4. Philine Betker

   University of Potsdam · Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research

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   Department for Epidemiology , Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research , Brunswick , Germany

   Jan Bernoth , University of Potsdam , Potsdam , 14476 , Germany

5. Michael Felderer

   German Sport University Cologne · University of Cologne · Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)

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   German Aerospace Center (DLR) & University of Cologne , Cologne , 51147 , Germany

6. Stephan Ferenz

   Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg

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   Department of Computer Science , Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg , 26129 Oldenburg

7. Anna-Lena Lamprecht

   University of Potsdam · Technische Universität Braunschweig

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   TU Braunschweig , Braunschweig , 38106 , Germany

   University of Potsdam , Potsdam , 14476 , Germany Jan Linxweiler ,

8. Jan Linxweiler
9. Bernhard Rumpe⋆ Aachen Software Engineering

   RWTH Aachen University

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   Computer Science Research Software Engineering Research Electrical Engineering Research Mechanical Engineering Research

   Software Engineering , RWTH Aachen University , Germany