Tools
This page lists some existing tools to help with CodeMeta files
File Generation
Some of the early tools still need a little updating to use the latest version of the codemeta context.
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| tool | language | codemeta version | maintainer | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CodeMeta file generator | Ruby | 0.1.0 | arfon | (no support for current schema) |
| Bolognese | Ruby | 1.0.0 | mfenner | primarily a tool for conversion between formats provided by DataCite, including codemeta and schema.org |
| codemetar | R | 2.0.0 | cboettig | Generate codemeta for R packages; + generic codemeta manipulation |
| codemetapy | Python | 2.0.0 | proycon | Generate codemeta for Python, NodeJS, Java packages and others; + generic codemeta manipulation |
| tributors | Python | 2.0.0 | vsoch | Generate codemeta contributors section from GitHub API and Orcid API |
| cff-converter | Python | 2.0.0 | jspaaks | Convert CITATION.cff files to codemeta |
| CodeMeta generator | Javascript | 2.0.0 | ProgVal | Online form to create or complete a codemeta file |
| codemeta-harvester | POSIX Shell | 2.0.0 | proycon | Automatic software metadata conversion pipeline that uses codemetapy and other tools |
| codemeta-server | Python | 2.0.0 | proycon | Webservice offering an API (including SPARQL) and simple human web-interface so search and browse software metadata |
| openCARP-CI | Python | openCARP developers | GitLab CI pipelines including the conversion from CodeMeta to other formats (Citation File Format (CFF), DataCite, BagIt and BagPack) |
Integrations
Integrations indicate existing platforms & services which understand CodeMeta descriptions. These do not provide a user-facing software tool for generating codemeta.json, but can ingest existing codemeta.json files automatically.
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| Name | Description | Authors | Language | Codemeta Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fidgit: | An ungodly union of GitHub and Figshare | Arfon Smith, Kaitlin Thaney, Mark Hahnel | Ruby | 0.1.0 |
| Software Heritage | The metadata indexers | SWH team | Python | 2.0 |
Pending:
- JOSS
- Zenodo
- DataCite
- Figshare