Hi! I like the idea. It makes software look more seriouse. Could happen that your software gets citations on sites like citeseerx.ist.psu.edu if used consequently :-)
Nik Am Dienstag, 7. Oktober 2008 schrieb Michael Banck: > Hi, > > One thing I'd like to have added to the nice package overviews at > http://cdd.alioth.debian.org/science/tasks/chemistry.html etc. is a > canonical reference which should be given in scientific papers using > that package. > > On the one hand, this is mandated by some (non-free) packages already, > on the other hand, it is good scientific practise and would be nice to > have better exposed and centrally available. > > E.g, for mpqc, this would be (see http://www.mpqc.org/pub.php) > > "The Massively Parallel Quantum Chemistry Program (MPQC), Version > 2.3.1, Curtis L. Janssen, Ida B. Nielsen, Matt L. Leininger, Edward F. > Valeev, Joseph P. Kenny, Edward T. Seidl, Sandia National Laboratories, > Livermore, CA, USA, 2008" > > I don't think this belongs into the package description, but maybe as a > X-* field in debian/control post-lenny. For lenny, we could add a > field/comment in some svn repository (not sure from what sources those > nice overviews are generated). > > Also, having this would sense a clear signal to upstream authors that we > consider proper citing important and that enforcing citations in > copyright licensing is not the best thing to do. > > > A second thing would be to optionally add the DOI (or maybe the full > reference, not sure) of one or a couple (not too many, obviously) papers > describing the package, if there is any. Sometimes, this might be the > same reference as the canonical citing reference, but usually not. The > DOIs could then be written as http://dx.doi.org/<DOI> links for easy > access (though I'm not sure what to write as link text, maybe the > reference text as would be given in a paper) > > Again, for MPQC, this would be > > DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/46/1/031, DOI:10.1002/jcc.20815 > > > What do you think? > > > Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]