Software Metadata Recommended Format Guide (SMRF) Publication Release

[Dianne Dietrich]

Greetings:

 

The Software Preservation Network (SPN) Metadata Working Group is pleased to release the Software Metadata Recommended Format (SMRF) Guide. SMRF aims to provide an adaptable framework to describe a range of software types to support discovery, access, and reuse in libraries, museums, archives, and repositories.

 

You can find a link to the SMRF Guide on the SPN website: https://www.softwarepreservationnetwork.org/smrf-guide/

 

A sincere thank you to our community and reviewers for all their feedback on this document.

 

 

Our best,

 

The SPN Metadata Working Group

Allan Christophersen (The Royal Danish Library)

Elena Colón-Marrero (Bentley Historical Library)

Dianne Dietrich (Cornell University Library)

Patricia Falcao (Tate)

Claire Fox (Yale University Library)

Karen Hanson (Portico)

Allen Kwan (Government of Ontario)