Referencing Source Code Artifacts: a Separate Concern in Software Citation

« (…) We analyze the role of identifiers for digital objects (IDOs), whose properties are different from, and complementary to, those of the various digital identifiers of objects (DIOs) that are today popular building blocks of software and data citation toolchains. We argue that both kinds of identifiers are needed and detail the syntax, semantics, and practical implementation of the persistent identifiers (PIDs) adopted by the Software Heritage project to reference billions of software source code artifacts such as source code files, directories, and commits. (…) »

source > hal.archives-ouvertes.fr, Roberto Di Cosmo, Morane Gruenpeter, Stefano Zacchiroli, Computing in Science & Engineering, IEEE, In press, pp.1-9. ⟨10.1109/MCSE.2019.2963148⟩. ⟨hal-02446202⟩

• Mots-clés : 
• Identifiants pérennes,
• Logiciel