The Simulation as a Service Hub aims to be a website where researchers can select a simulation scenario as well as a simulation tool and let this simulation run on external servers. The results are then visualized within the Sim-aaS website. The goal is that multiple simulation tools will be accessible to researchers who are not able to run simulations on their own hardware.
The Software Metadata Extraction and Curation Software (SMECS) is an early-state service which supports researchers in the creation of metadata for their research software. From a user perspective, SMECS allows the extraction of existing research software metadata and their user-friendly editing. It allows researchers to efficiently create high-quality metadata without reentering information already available elsewhere. From a technical perspective, SMECS facilitates the extraction of research software metadata from GitHub and GitLab repositories. SMECS supports the use of CodeMeta and ERSmeta, thus being tailored to our community. The curated metadata can be exported as JSON, ensuring integration with other tools and enhancing the discoverability, reuse, and impact of research software. In future development, we aim to include additional sources for metadata harvesting, expand support for import and export methods, and introduce features that enhance the overall user experience.
