Preserve Research: AI Tools for Archiving Software & Data

Preserve Research: AI Tools for Archiving Software & Data

Preserve Research is a specialized AI skill designed to assist in the long-term archiving of research software and data. It supports the use of Software Heritage to manage source history with SWHID persistent identifiers and facilitates Zenodo deposits with versioned DOIs. This skill is crucial for archiving code, data, environments, and documentation, ensuring their resolvability and integrity beyond the lifespan of individual projects, grants, and institutional repositories.

What this skill does

• Initiates and manages Software Heritage save requests for archiving source code history with persistent identifiers.
• Enables Zenodo deposits, ensuring that research outputs receive versioned DOIs for reliable referencing.
• Assists in selecting appropriate domain and institutional repositories for long-term data preservation.
• Guides decision-making on what components of a project (code, data, environments, documentation) should be archived and when.
• Provides strategies for archiving research materials effectively at the end of a project's life cycle.

Who it is for

This skill is ideal for researchers, developers, and academic teams who require robust solutions for the preservation of software and data beyond the availability of current hosting platforms. It particularly benefits those involved in scientific publication, where persistent access to code and data is mandated by funder policies.

Use cases

• Researchers ensuring that software and data linked to scholarly articles remain accessible and resolvable long into the future.
• Development teams consolidating and archiving intellectual assets at project retirement or handover.
• Institutions responding to policies requiring long-term preservation of funded project outputs.

Technical details

• Integration with Software Heritage for archiving source history using SWHIDs.
• Facilitation of Zenodo deposits to assign versioned DOIs to research artifacts.
• Guidance in choosing and utilising domain-specific and institutional repositories.

Source & Licence

This package is built on open-source work published by fdiblen (fdiblen/rseng-agent-skills) and distributed under MIT. The original licence text and copyright notice are included in your download.

Personal and commercial use, modification and redistribution are permitted, provided the original copyright and licence notice are retained.

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• Format: ZIP archive containing the skill files, documentation and the original licence.
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