Oral Abstract

Birds of a Feather Discussion (B9) Alice Allen (Astrophysics Source Code Library/UMD)

Future Governance of the Astrophysics Source Code Library

Over the past nine years, the Astrophysics Source Code Library (ASCL, ascl.net) has grown from a small repository holding about 40 codes with hand-coded HTML pages to a resource with citable entries on over 2000 codes with a modern database structure that is user- and editor-friendly maintained by a small group of volunteers. With code authors, researchers, and journal editors depending on it, it's time to look at the governance and management of the resource to see whether its current structure best serves it and the astro community. Please join members of the ASCL advisory committee for an open discussion on what a new governance model for the ASCL might be.Sign on url:

Poster Abstract

P9.7 Alice Allen (Astrophysics Source Code Library/UMD)

Theme: Evolution of software development and management

CodeMeta.json files, NASA software, and cake: The Astrophysics Source Code Library at 20

The Astrophysics Source Code Library (ASCL, ascl.net) celebrates its 20th birthday this year. It was founded in 1999 to improve research transparency by making software methods more discoverable and research more reproducible and falsifiable. What changes have been made to the resource recently? How does the community use it? Do recently-created services supplant it? This presentation will answer these questions and more, and will cover new capabilities of the ASCL, its latest collaborations and projects, slick tricks, and how the ASCL fits into the research software discovery/citation/repository ecosystem.