Description
Research software is a central pillar in science in general, in Helmholtz and at HZDR in particular. Our software policy at HZDR provides orientation for researchers and promotes their independence and ability to act as researchers developing software at HZDR. Advice is given and recommendations are made that cover the whole software development life cycle. The overall objective is to make the process of research software development more sustainable and foster verifiability, traceability and reproducibility of scientific results.
Depending on the classification of the software to be developed in a software application class specific software quality assurance measures are suggested or even enforced as mandatory measures. The policy makes a strong statement towards the development of open source software (OSS) and also gives guidance towards which OSS license to use and why.
The Helmholtz Federated IT Services (HIFIS) offer not only IT services to whole Helmholtz but also trainings and consultings. These offers and our plans to provide further educational resources in a new e-learning platform at HZDR support scientists in their ability to develop high-quality and professional research software.
