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Data Management Plans (DMPs) describe the data management lifecycle for the data corresponding to a research project, including activities from collection to preservation Machine-actionable DMPs improve text-based DMPs by adding a semantic layer representing the most common elements relevant to DMPs, from datasets to funders. Similar to DMPs, Software Management Plans (SMPs) follow the software management lifecycle. The ELIXIR SMP was developed to support life science researchers and make it easier to follow research software good practices aligned to the findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable principles for research software. Currently, the ELIXIR SMP is a questionnaire-based document that would benefit from a machine-actionable approach. Here, we present a preliminary metadata analysis including possible types and properties from Schema.org that could be used to model machine-actionable SMPs.

Data-driven research requires handling data together with the software that is used to collect, transform, and create such data. Data Management Plans have emerged as a systematic way to record the data management lifecycle for data corresponding to a research project. Similar to DMPs, Software Management Plans (SMPs) follow the research software management lifecycle, becoming a complement of DMPs. Initially, both DMPs and SMPs were conceived as text-based documents, sometimes guided by a set of questions targeting key points related to the corresponding lifecycle. Machine-actionable DMPs improve text-based DMPs by adding a semantic layer representing the most common elements relevant to DMPs, from datasets to funders. Here, we use the ELIXIR SMP as a use-case and present a preliminary metadata schema including possible types and properties useful to represent machine-actionable SMPs.

Similar to Data Management Plans, Software Management Plans help formalize a set of structures and goals that ensure the software is accessible and reusable in the short, medium and long term. The ELIXIR SMP (DOI:10.37044/osf.io/k8znb) has been developed by the ELIXIR Software Development Best Practices Group in the ELIXIR Tools Platform to support researchers in life sciences. Although targeting the life sciences community, most of the elements of the ELIXIR SMPs are domain agnostic and could be used by other communities as well. DMPs and SMPs can be presented as text-based documents, sometimes guided by a set of questions corresponding to key points related to the lifecycle of either data or software. The FAIRification road for ELIXIR SMPs include two main components: turning them into machine-actionable SMPs (maSMPs) and aligning them to FAIR Digital Objects (FDOs). Our maSMP version will be based on the machine-actionable DMPs proposed by the Research Data Alliance DMP Common Standards Working Group, which corresponds to a structured representation of the most common elements present in a DMP (DOI:10.15497/rda00039) while the alignment with FDOs will be supported by Research Object Crates (RO-Crates). An RO-Crate (DOI:10.3233/DS-210053) is an open, community-driven, and lightweight approach based on schema.org annotations. This poster corresponds to the FDO2022 conference publication https://riojournal.com/article/94608/element/4/8000890, {"references":["Alves R, Bampalikis D, Castro LJ, González JMF, Harrow J, Kuzak M, Martin E, Psomopoulos F, Via A (2021) ELIXIR Software Management Plan for Life Sciences. BioHackrXiv. https://doi.org/10.37044/osf.io/k8znb","Miksa T, Walk P, Neish P (2020b) RDA DMP Common Standard for Machine-actionable Data Management Plans. https://doi.org/10.15497/rda00039","Soiland-Reyes S, Sefton P, Crosas M, Castro LJ, Coppens F, Fernández J, Garijo D, Grüning B, La Rosa M, Leo S, Ó Carragáin E, Portier M, Trisovic A, RO-Crate Community, Groth P, Goble C (2022) Packaging research artefacts with RO-Crate. Data Science1‑42. https://doi.org/10.3233/DS-210053"]}

ELIXIR-IIB ha partecipato allaFiera Didacta Italia, che ha avutoluogo dal 20 al 22 maggio 2022 a Firenze (Fortezza da Basso) con un seminario interamente dedicato alla bioinformatica, non come disciplina a sé, ma come strumento innovativo per l’apprendimento della biologia. Il seminario, dal titolo “La bioinformatica per apprendere la biologia: uno strumento didattico innovativo”, è statoerogato mediante tecniche di apprendimento attivo, interattivo e collaborativo, venerdì 20 maggio dalle 16:30 alle 18 nella Palazzina Lorenese (sala S6). Attraverso un approccio pratico ed efficace, proposto dalla piattaforma del training di ELIXIR-IIB, si è mostratoai docenti della scuola superiore come utilizzare risorse della bioinformatica per studiare alcuni selezionati argomenti di biologia, come la struttura del DNA e delle proteine o le funzioni e l’evoluzione del genoma. In questo modo è stato possibile comprendere come la bioinformatica possa essere un valido strumento di supporto didattico per esplorare e comprendere la biologia. In altre parole, non si tratterebbe di inserire la bioinformatica nel curriculum come disciplina a sé stante, ma di utilizzarne le risorse e gli strumenti per imparare la biologia in modo efficace e innovativo. Nella prima parte del seminario, si sono propostealcune risorse bioinformatiche da utilizzare per lo studio di selezionati argomenti di biologia molecolare e cellulare. La restante parte del seminario, è stata dedicata a discutere con i docenti presenti le sfide e difficoltà dell’approccio proposto. ELIXIR-IIB offre inoltre ai docenti interessati, un successivo percorso formativo per l’apprendimento di risorse e strumenti bioinformatici utili a insegnare la biologia in modo efficace e innovativo. Allegra Via (Cnr-Ibpm)allegra.via@cnr.it Francesca De Leo (Cnr-Ibiom)francesca.deleo@cnr.it Luana Licata (Università di Roma "Tor Vergata" e Fondazione Human Technopole, Milano)luana.licata@uniroma2.it Anna Marabotti (Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia “A. Zambelli”, Università di Salerno)amarabotti@unisa.it

Format description of the event cycle on Covid-19 data sharing. The event series is intended to offer the participants a deep understanding of the motivations behind the sharing of data and other research results (publications, software, etc), and how they can perform it in a simple way. The format can be reused and adapted for a similar event cycle. This record is a work in progress and it will be updated as tutorials and webinars will be carried out.

Presentation given during the webinar "Covid-19 e condivisione dei dati: perché in Italia si fa troppo poco?" belonging to the event series "Open Science e Covid-19. Collaborare per contrastare la pandemia", on July 21st 2020. Presentation outline: Introduction and programme Rationale ELIXIR, OpenAIRE, RDA ELIXIR support to COVID-19 research European Covid-19 data portal EOSC

This poster describes the MR-Bi and outlines how it can be utilized to support instructional and curriculum design for biology, genetics, or bioinformatics instruction in higher education and training contexts.

Presentation given during the second edition of the webinar "Covid-19 e condivisione dei dati: perché in Italia si fa troppo poco?" belonging to the event series "Open Science e Covid-19. Collaborare per contrastare la pandemia", on November 16th2020. Presentation outline: Introduction Rationale ICDI, ELIXIR, OpenAIRE, RDA ELIXIR support to COVID-19 research European Covid-19 data portal EOSC Programme

ELIXIR is an intergovernmental organization that brings together life science resources across Europe. These resources include databases, software tools, training materials, cloud storage, and supercomputers. One of the goals of ELIXIR is to coordinate these resources so that they form a single infrastructure. This infrastructure makes it easier for scientists to find and share data, exchange expertise, and agree on best practices. ELIXIR's activities are divided into the following five areas Data, Tools, Interoperability, Compute and Training known as “platforms”. The ELIXIR Tools Platform works to improve the discovery, quality and sustainability of software resources. Software Best Practices task of the Tools Platform aims to raise the quality and sustainability of research software by producing, adopting, promoting and measuring information standards and best practices applied to the software development life cycle. We have published four (4OSS) simple recommendations to encourage best practices in research software and the Top 10 metrics for life science software good practices. The next step is to adopt, promote, and recognise these information standards and best practices, by developing comprehensive guidelines for software curation, and through workshops for training researchers and developers towards the adoption of software best practices.

ELIXIR is an intergovernmental organization that brings together life science resources across Europe. These resources include databases, software tools, training materials, cloud storage, and supercomputers. One of the goals of ELIXIR is to coordinate these resources so that they form a single infrastructure. This infrastructure makes it easier for scientists to find and share data, exchange expertise, and agree on best practices. ELIXIR's activities are divided into the following five areas Data, Tools, Interoperability, Compute and Training known as “platforms”. The ELIXIR Tools Platform works to improve the discovery, quality and sustainability of software resources. Software Best Practices task of the Tools Platform aims to raise the quality and sustainability of research software by producing, adopting, promoting and measuring information standards and best practices applied to the software development life cycle. We have published four (4OSS) simple recommendations to encourage best practices in research software and the Top 10 metrics for life science software good practices. The next step is to adopt, promote, and recognise these information standards and best practices, by developing comprehensive guidelines for software curation, and through workshops for training researchers and developers towards the adoption of software best practices.

The “ELIXIR Training Platform” is partnering with The Carpentries (Software and Data Carpentry) to train life science researchers in computing and data management skills. The “ELIXIR Software development best practices” group, which is part of the ELIXIR Tools Platform, has proposed “Four simple recommendations to encourage best practices in research software” aiming to help researchers and developers to adopt Open Source Software (OSS) practices and thus improve the quality and sustainability of research software. In order to encourage researchers and developers to adopt the four recommendations (4OSS) and build FAIR software, we are developing specific and practical training materials, taking advantage of the Carpentries approach and experience in training material development and maintenance., published at WSSSPE6.1, October 29, 2018, Amsterdam