[PyOpenSci] Submit xclim to the Journal of Open Source Software

[Zeitsperre]

https://joss.theoj.org/about

The Journal of Open Source Software is an initiative for Research Software Engineers (RSEs) who primarily develop tools to facilitate research to be able to showcase their accomplishments. It also provides an easy method to inform other researchers about Ouranos and xclim (or possibly other work we may do).

The approach I'm suggesting is that once we've finalized enough of the library/docs to merit a 1.0 tagged release, we create a one or two page document describing the library and submit this to the journal. They perform a peer-review process and suggest changes that augment the quality of the docs and utility of the library and, just like a typical journal, if accepted we're provided a DOI, a link on their site, and author credit.

Absolutely not a priority for now but I wanted to open a ticket here so that this is on our radars for maybe Q2 2019.

[Balinus]

Seems like a good idea!

[aulemahal]

#415 should be closed before this (to have all realms).

[Zeitsperre]

https://www.pyopensci.org/peer-review-guide/software-peer-review-guide/author-guide.html