The <i>Conundrum Challenges</i> for Research Software in Open Science

In the context of Open Science, the importance of <i>Borgman’s conundrum challenges</i> that have been initially formulated concerning the difficulties to share Research Data is well known: <i>which</i> Research Data <i>might be shared, by whom, with whom, under what co...

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Main Authors: Teresa Gomez-Diaz, Tomas Recio
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Published: MDPI AG 2024-11-01
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description In the context of Open Science, the importance of <i>Borgman’s conundrum challenges</i> that have been initially formulated concerning the difficulties to share Research Data is well known: <i>which</i> Research Data <i>might be shared, by whom, with whom, under what conditions, why, and to what effects</i>. We have recently reviewed the concepts of Research Software and Research Data, concluding with new formulations for their definitions, and proposing answers to these conundrum challenges for Research Data. In the present work we extend the consideration of the Borgman’s conundrum challenges to Research Software, providing answers to these questions in this new context. Moreover, we complete the initial list of questions/answers, by asking how and where the Research Software may be shared. Our approach begins by recalling the main issues involved in the Research Software definition, and its production context in the research environment, from the Open Science perspective. Then we address the <i>conundrum challenges</i> for Research Software by exploring the potential similarities and differences regarding our answers for these questions in the case of Research Data. We conclude emphasizing the usefulness of the followed methodology, exploiting the parallelism between Research Software and Research Data in the Open Science environment.
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spelling doaj-art-b0ede72e72374c858a991ce567ab8e962025-08-20T02:08:14ZengMDPI AGComputers2073-431X2024-11-01131130210.3390/computers13110302The <i>Conundrum Challenges</i> for Research Software in Open ScienceTeresa Gomez-Diaz0Tomas Recio1Laboratoire d’Informatique Gaspard-Monge, University Gustave Eiffel, 5 Boulevard Descartes, 77420 Champs-sur-Marne, FranceDepartamento de Matemáticas y Física, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad Nebrija, C/Santa Cruz de Marcenado 27, 28015 Madrid, SpainIn the context of Open Science, the importance of <i>Borgman’s conundrum challenges</i> that have been initially formulated concerning the difficulties to share Research Data is well known: <i>which</i> Research Data <i>might be shared, by whom, with whom, under what conditions, why, and to what effects</i>. We have recently reviewed the concepts of Research Software and Research Data, concluding with new formulations for their definitions, and proposing answers to these conundrum challenges for Research Data. In the present work we extend the consideration of the Borgman’s conundrum challenges to Research Software, providing answers to these questions in this new context. Moreover, we complete the initial list of questions/answers, by asking how and where the Research Software may be shared. Our approach begins by recalling the main issues involved in the Research Software definition, and its production context in the research environment, from the Open Science perspective. Then we address the <i>conundrum challenges</i> for Research Software by exploring the potential similarities and differences regarding our answers for these questions in the case of Research Data. We conclude emphasizing the usefulness of the followed methodology, exploiting the parallelism between Research Software and Research Data in the Open Science environment.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-431X/13/11/302Research SoftwareResearch DataOpen ScienceBorgman’s conundrum challenges
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Research Data
Open Science
Borgman’s conundrum challenges
title The <i>Conundrum Challenges</i> for Research Software in Open Science
title_full The <i>Conundrum Challenges</i> for Research Software in Open Science
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Research Data
Open Science
Borgman’s conundrum challenges
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