Introduction
Research Software includes source code files, algorithms, scripts, computational workflows and executables that were created during the research process or for a research purpose. Software components (e.g., operating systems, libraries, dependencies, packages, scripts,etc.) that are used for research but were not created during or with a clear research intent should be considered software in research and not Research Software. This differentiation may vary between disciplines.
Findable: Software, and its associated metadata, is easy for both humans and machines to find.
Accessible: Software, and its metadata, is retrievable via standardised protocols.
Interoperable: Software interoperates with other software by exchanging data and/or metadata, and/or through interaction via Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), described through standards.
Reusable: Software is both usable (can be executed) and reusable (can be understood, modified, built upon, or incorporated into other software).