Merge branch 'main' into RSE-FDM-person-similarities

Author: dokempf

paper.tex

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ \section{Motivation}
 Several stakeholder perspectives are discussed and supported by (inter)national examples, including that of RSEs within RSE groups, RSEs embedded in research groups, Researchers in need of RSE resources, organizational management and that of funders.
 
 We will draw parallels to research data here, because both, data and software, play a fundamental role in all of the research. Over the past decades, Research Data Management (RDM) has evolved into a topic of national interest with NFDI consortia for all disciplines and a research data law. 
-Federal state RDM initiatives\footnote{e.g. HeFDI, SaxFDM, FDM-BBB, FDM-NDS and others} accelerate the topic further providing regional training, networking and other supporting services. 
+Federal state RDM initiatives\footnote{\url{https://forschungsdaten.info/fdm-im-deutschsprachigen-raum/deutschland/}} accelerate the topic further and provide regional training, networking and other supporting services. 
 Many research organisations have established central RDM groups that support research projects in all aspects from grant proposals to hands-on support and maintaining Data Management Plans (DMP). 
 Funding agencies acknowledge the importance of research data and started to make RDM mandatory in research projects. 
 Due to the similar nature of both, data and software, and their importance in today's digital research, it is reasonable to expect a similar trajectory in the development of research software as a topic.
@@ -155,15 +155,12 @@ \subsection{International Comparison and Current Developments}
 and the German Research Council~\autocite{dfg_gsp}.
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-RSE groups offer consulting on creating management documents as well as implementing the policies.
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-As another parallel to federal RDM initiatives, there are first ideas and grant proposals to establish similar structures for research software. 
-
 Another development taking place worldwide is the encouragement of authors to submit both, data and software, for peer review. As an example, the journal "Nature" initiated such a policy\footnote{\url{https://www.nature.com/nature-portfolio/editorial-policies/reporting-standards}} in 2018~\autocite{Nature2018}.
-This is another activity that can be supported by RSE groups. 
+RSE groups are able to offer researchers consulting tailored to their specific needs on how to implement and document those policies.
 
-The global FAIR movement originated from RDM has enlarged their focus to research software. The FAIR principles for Research Software (FAIR4RS)~\autocite{ChueHong2022} have been adopted worldwide~\autocite{Barker2024} 
-including the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the German Research Foundation (DFG). 
+The global FAIR movement originated from RDM and widened their focus to include research software.
+However, it also has become clear in that process that software is not “just another type of data" and, e.g., the FAIR principles are not sufficient for software.
+The FAIR principles for Research Software (FAIR4RS)~\autocite{ChueHong2022} have been adopted worldwide~\autocite{Barker2024}, including the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the German Research Foundation (DFG).
 % adoption of FAIR4RS (inter)nationally
 The rather complex assessment of FAIRness~\autocite{Wilkinson2023,FAIRmaturity} has also widened from data to software~\autocite{Lamprecht2020}.
 
@@ -355,7 +352,7 @@ \subsection{Create a Network of Institutional Partners}
 At the same time, through collaboration with the Library, the RSE group can address the first two letters of FAIR: Findability and Accessibility.
 
 Topics of RSE and RDM do have noticeable similarities.
-Thus, while software often does require different solutions than data, collaboration between an RSE department and an FDM department will in practice be really close.
+While software often does require different solutions than data, collaboration between an RSE department and an FDM department will in practice be really close.
 The main reasons for that are that both provide services that are inherently research-oriented and that both deal with the digital side of research.
 Requests by researchers in that direction often touch both aspects, RSE and RDM.
 Thus, often a close collaboration between RSE and FDM groups helps everyone: both RSE and RDM groups by being able to offer a more comprehensive service than when working alone, as well as the researcher, who benefits from receiving this single coordinated service, instead of dealing with two independent entities.