ELIXIR-STEERS:
Our Role in Advancing Software Best Practices & Research Recognition

Our team leads Task 3.1 (part of WP3: Infrastructure services to enable adoption and deployment of software best practices), focusing on enhancing existing platforms like APICURON, ORCID, and BIP! Scholar. Our goal is to ensure scientists receive proper credit for research assets beyond traditional publications. We are developing new or improved features for software, tools, and workflows, enabling the exposure of credit information in key registries such as bio.tools and WorkflowHub. This will be achieved by improving interoperability between these platforms, services, and Open Science Knowledge Graphs (e.g., the OpenAIRE Research Graph) using schema.org (Bioschemas) markup.
Additionally, we contribute to Task 3.3 and Task 3.4, focusing on integrating with the TIER2 project and implementing environmental impact-related features in workflow management systems.
As part of Task 5.2 (under WP5: Communications, outreach, industry, and international), we collaborate with WP2 and WP3 partners to drive industry engagement, bridging the gap between research and real-world applications.

The ELIXIR-STEERS project receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe Programme under grant agreement number 101131096.