A metadata analysis for machine-actionable Software Mng Plans - Poster

Data Management Plans (DMPs) describe the data management lifecycle for the data corresponding to a research project, including activities from collection to preservation Machine-actionable DMPs improve text-based DMPs by adding a semantic layer representing the most common elements relevant to DMPs, from datasets to funders. Similar to DMPs, Software Management Plans (SMPs) follow the software management lifecycle. The ELIXIR SMP was developed to support life science researchers and make it easier to follow research software good practices aligned to the findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable principles for research software. Currently, the ELIXIR SMP is a questionnaire-based document that would benefit from a machine-actionable approach. Here, we present a preliminary metadata analysis including possible types and properties from Schema.org that could be used to model machine-actionable SMPs