Leibniz MMS Days 2018 - Abstract

Leinweber, Katrin

Killed By A Thousand Paper Cuts? A Newcomer's Perspective On Possibilities And Gaps In Software Citation Workflows

Citation workflows offer the opportunity to consider a wide range of aspects between low-level technical details (like metadata structures) up to user experience design (like the number of necessary clicks/commands). This talk summarises from a newcomer's perspective, how citing software equivalently to books, articles, etc. is already possible. To explore this, we'll be venturing through the realms of TeX code, XML configs and clicky-bunti web-apps. However, existing gaps in the software citation workflow are undeniable. We want to highlight some of those gaps specifically, discuss ideas of how to patch them, and derive general tactics and strategies to improve software citation workflows.