On 02/11/16 11:42, Margherita Di Leo wrote:
Dear Peter, Helli, All,
On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 7:41 PM, "Peter Löwe" <peter.lo...@gmx.de
<mailto:peter.lo...@gmx.de>> wrote:
Dear PSC,
I would like to propose two topics for discussion by the board:
a) Option to migrate to a git/gog-based repository. This proposal is
being forwarded from Helli (cc), based on the current successful
migration by the Postgis project (
https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/postgis-devel/2016-October/025981.html
<https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/postgis-devel/2016-October/025981.html>),
to ensure that the developers can use a state of the art repository.
I'm in favor, provided that a volunteer is found for migrating the
history and repository. In the case of Postgis, as far as I understand,
strk took care of that.
Contrary to others here I'm complete ignorant of git, and so have no
experience whatsoever which would allow me to judge the advantage of
moving. But I'm willing to read "git for dummies" if everyone else
thinks it is better... ;-)
b) Option to use persistent identifiers (Digital Object Identifiers
(DOI)) for software, documentation and data in the GRASS project.
DOI are currently mostly known to reference and cite scientific
articles ("like a ISBN number for books"). DOI can also be assigned
to scientific data, including software. The benefit in doing this is
providing scientific citability, which implies scientific credit and
recognition for the authors of the software or data. DOI for
software/data are provided/minted by the DataCite non profit
organisation (https://www.datacite.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DataCite
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DataCite>). OSGeo, being a non profit
organisation itself with significant IT infrastructure, could apply
to DataCite to receive DOI (has already been positively checked by
the DataCite folks). However, this requires a need within the OSGeo
projects to use DOI. I believe this could be a great driver to
foster the authoring and publication of add-on modules for GRASS,
for which the authors could be credited via a DOI upon "publication"
within the GRASS community. FWIW, DOI are already assigned to all
OSGeo (and GRASS!)-related FOSS4G conference videos in the TIB
AV-Portal. Example: http://dx.doi.org/10.5446/20425
<http://dx.doi.org/10.5446/20425> (DOI also serve as "unbreakable"
weblinks.)
Good idea.
Any opinion from the others?
+1
Moritz
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