How may external collaborators add to USGS software projects and maintain “credit” for their individual contributions to USGS products? [227]

By Office of Science Quality and Integrity

External collaborators may add to a USGS software project that has been made accessible as an open-source development project on the USGS Git Hosting Platform. [Read More]

External collaborators may add to a USGS software project that has been made accessible as an open-source development project on the USGS Git Hosting Platform. The collaboration may be handled effectively through the version control system. Any software plans and agreements between the USGS and collaborators that document the work to be done should include appropriate data and software management and preservation, such as data management plans.