Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
A project SMP committing to semantic versioning, MIT licence, Zenodo deposit on each release, and Software Heritage archival.
- Is an instance
A Horizon Europe project producing both a DMP and an SMP as deliverables.
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
A GitHub README file.
- Not an instance
A general DMP that mentions one repository link.
Editorial commentary
SMPs address topics that DMPs do not naturally cover: software dependencies, build and test infrastructure, versioning and release schedules, software citation, deposit in archives such as Software Heritage, and post-project maintenance. The Software Sustainability Institute's SMP framework is widely cited.
References
- Software Sustainability Institute, 'A Checklist for a Software Management Plan' (2018); Netherlands eScience Center SMP guidance.
Also known as
SMP · research software management plan
Machine-readable encodings
Use in your systems
xml
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vocab-term="Software management plan (SMP)"
vocab-term-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/software-management-plan-smp" />json
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