Copyright (C) 2014 Christian T. Jacobs, Alexandros Avdis, Gerard J. Gorman, Matthew D. Piggott.

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PyRDM is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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PyRDM

PyRDM is a Python module for research data management (RDM). It facilitates the automated online publication of scientific software and associated input and output data.

Quick Start

In order to use PyRDM you must build as well as configure the package. Build the package by carrying out the following steps:

1. Make a clone of this repository by git clone https://github.com/pyrdm/pyrdm.git pyrdm
2. Install the core dependencies by cd pyrdm; sudo pip install -r requirements.txt
3. Build the package by sudo make install
4. Build the documentation by make docs. This will produce an HTML version of the documentation in the docs/build directory. Alternatively, you can view the latest version of the documentation here.

The next step involves configuring PyRDM in order for it to access and upload files to Figshare, Zenodo or DSpace. Please see the PyRDM documentation for a graphical guide on how to do this.

Dependencies

PyRDM depends on:

• GitPython
• requests
• restkit
• python-client-sword2
• Sphinx - to build the documentation.
• libspud - this package is not necessary if you do not wish to run the PyRDM-based publication tool fluidity-publish specifically designed for the Fluidity CFD code.

Citing

When citing PyRDM, please use the following citation:

• C. T. Jacobs, A. Avdis, G. J. Gorman, M. D. Piggott (2014). PyRDM: A Python-based library for automating the management and online publication of scientific software and data. Journal of Open Research Software, 2(1):e28, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jors.bj

Contact

If you have any questions or comments about PyRDM, please send them via email to C.T.Jacobs@soton.ac.uk.