
The Research Software Metadata (RSMD) Guidelines poster presents a structured framework to improve the visibility, recognition, and reusability of research software in academia. Aimed at researchers, software engineers, curators, and institutional staff, the guidelines align with FAIR principles and support the broader goals of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). The poster outlines seven key aspects of software metadata: general information, accessibility and preservation, reference and identification, description and classification, credit and attribution, reuse and legal considerations, and re-executability. These categories are visually represented to emphasize their role in ensuring high-quality, sustainable metadata. The poster highlights the importance of embedding intrinsic metadata files directly into source code—such as README, LICENSE, CITATION.cff, and codemeta.json—and introduces the CodeMeta tools that support this practice, including a metadata vocabulary, crosswalk table, and generator. It acknowledges current challenges in adoption, automation, and proper citation while encouraging community engagement and institutional support. The RSMD Guidelines are designed to be adaptable across disciplines and national contexts, supporting open science policies such as those from UNESCO. A QR code or link directs viewers to the full guidelines on GitHub, inviting them to explore and implement these best practices for sustainable research software.
| selected citations These citations are derived from selected sources. This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | 0 | |
| popularity This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network. | Average | |
| influence This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | Average | |
| impulse This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network. | Average |
