How do you assess an aspect of research software in 20 questions?
This repository aims to collect early feedback on draft questions designed to assess research software, which are to be used by the Institute's Online Guidance Service currently in development. We're keen to involve the community early on to help us improve these questions, and any feedback is greatly appreciated!
Please read this blog post before you register any issues which provides more detail on the background and motivations for this activity. We are particularly interested in comments that address gaps in the topic.
If you wish to take a look, see links to the questions sets below. If you'd like to leave a comment, feel free to add an issue to this repository, and if you leave your full name your contribution as a reviewer will be credited.
When registering a comment as an issue be sure to include:
- In the issue title: the topic, and also question number(s) if you're referring to specific questions
- In the issue body:
- Your comment - ideally a paragraph or so with any links as needed
- Your full name if you wish to be credited as a reviewer
The questions sets are intended for use by the Institute's Online Guidance Service, an automated service being developed by the Software Sustainability Institute to assist researchers seeking guidance on how to improve their research software. Read this blog post for further details.
The repository currently contains questions for comment on the following topics:
As new question sets are developed they will be added here for comment.