Zenodo Archiving of new releases

[mohammadamint]

@FLomb To properly archive each new release on Zenodo, the following steps are required:

1. adding the .zenodo.json file to the repository with the following structure:

{
  "creators": [
    {
      "affiliation": "affiliation of the first author",
      "name": "name of the first author",
      "orcid": "orcid id of the first author (optional)"
    },
  ],
  "keywords": [
    "keyword 1",
    "keyword 2",
    "keyword 3"
  ],
  "license": "software license",
  "upload_type": "software"
}

2. liking the github repo to Zenodo

[FLomb]

Hi @mohammadamint, the automated archival of new releases on Zenodo is something we already have in place for other repos (e.g., RAMP-mobility: https://zenodo.org/records/4849423). So far, I have managed to make it happen by making use of an in-built functionality of Zenodo that allows you to connect to your GitHub repositories from the website interface. And I have set up the same functionality for RAMP, so it should happen when we make a new release. Is there a reason for having the zenodo.json file too?

[mohammadamint]

Hi @FLomb. I believe it is not mandatory but useful for a cleaner and more customizable Zenodo citation. An alternative suggested by Zenodo is CITATION.cff.

[mohammadamint]

@FLomb We also need to add the zenodo DOI tag to the GitHub page README.