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What is considered USGS scientific software and what are the USGS requirements for releasing it? [134]

By Office of Science Quality and Integrity

Scientific software is a discrete package of computer code and documentation that contains source code implementing scientific algorithms or producing scientific data. All USGS scientific software products intended for public release are reviewed and approved in accordance with USGS FSP requirements. [Read more]

Scientific software is a discrete package of computer code and documentation that contains source code implementing scientific algorithms or producing scientific data. All USGS scientific software products intended for public release are reviewed and approved in accordance with USGS FSP requirements as described in IM OSQI 2019-01. All scientific software must be accompanied by the appropriate disclaimer statement(s). Software is considered noninterpretive information.