Research software has become a central asset in academic research. It optimizes existing and enables new research methods, implements and embeds research knowledge, and constitutes an essential research product in itself. Research software must be sustainable in order to understand, replicate,...

Measures restricting data flows outside one's borders, including mandatory data/server localization measures, are not only a barrier to trade, but also largely ineffective in achieving better internet security or trust. Nevertheless, governments deploy such measures, primarily on grounds of...

On the ancient Silk Road, treasure-laden caravans made their arduous way through deserts and mountain passes, establishing trade between Asia and the civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean. Today's electronic Silk Roads ferry information across continents, enabling individuals and...

This Article provides the first systematic account of software applications as works of scholarship. Software is scholarship to the extent that software functionality is derived from scholarly research, software is used as a means to develop scholarship, or software is used as a medium to...

Open Source Digital Library Software packages have much potential for modern Library and Information Centers. It is the software that you can modify, fix, add to, and distribute to others. The Open Source Software (OSS) is becoming an increasingly popular software development method and it...

Several scholars as well as industry professionals have claimed that there is a "software-biased shift" in the nature and direction of innovation in that software development is a core part of innovation activities in firms across a wide array of industries. Empirical firm-level evidence of such...

Der Consumer-IoT-Bereich entwickelt sich mit hoher Dynamik. Die Anzahl vernetzter Produkte für Verbraucher nimmt kontinuierlich zu und bietet gegenüber herkömmlichen Produktvarianten vielfach erweiterte Anwendungsmöglichkeiten und damit zusätzlichen Nutzen. Es besteht erhebliches Potential...