RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Making Biomedical Research Software FAIR: Actionable Step-by-step Guidelines with a User-support Tool
JF bioRxiv
FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
SP 2022.04.18.488694
DO 10.1101/2022.04.18.488694
A1 Patel, Bhavesh
A1 Soundarajan, Sanjay
A1 Ménager, Hervé
A1 Hu, Zicheng
YR 2023
UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2023/07/06/2022.04.18.488694.abstract
AB Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) guiding principles tailored for research software have been proposed by the FAIR for Research Software (FAIR4RS) Working Group. They provide a foundation for optimizing the reuse of research software. The FAIR4RS principles are, however, aspirational and do not provide practical instructions to the researchers. To fill this gap, we propose in this work the first actionable step-by-step guidelines for biomedical researchers to make their research software compliant with the FAIR4RS principles. We designate them as the FAIR Biomedical Research Software (FAIR-BioRS) guidelines. Our process for developing these guidelines, presented here, is based on an in-depth study of the FAIR4RS principles and a thorough review of current practices in the field. To support researchers, we have also developed a workflow that streamlines the process of implementing these guidelines. This workflow is incorporated in FAIRshare, a free and open-source software application aimed at simplifying the curation and sharing of FAIR biomedical data and software through user-friendly interfaces and automation. Details about this tool are also presented.Competing Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest.