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| Paper: |
Practices in Code Discoverability |
| Volume: |
461, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXI |
| Page: |
623 |
| Authors: |
Teuben, P.; Allen, A.; Nemiroff, R. J.; Shamir, L. |
| Abstract: |
Much of scientific progress now hinges on the reliability,
falsifiability and reproducibility of computer source codes.
Astrophysics in particular is a discipline that today leads other
sciences in making useful scientific components freely available
online, including data, abstracts, preprints, and fully published
papers, yet even today many astrophysics source codes remain hidden
from public view. We review the importance and
history of source codes in astrophysics and previous efforts to develop
ways in which information about astrophysics codes can be shared.
We also discuss why some scientist coders resist sharing or publishing
their codes, the reasons for and importance of overcoming this resistance,
and alert the community to a reworking of one of the first attempts
for sharing codes,
the Astrophysics Source Code Library (ASCL). We discuss the implementation
of the ASCL in an accompanying poster paper.
We suggest that code could be given a similar level of referencing as
data gets in repositories such as ADS. |
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