Discovering software resources in CLARIN

Abstract

We present a CMDI profile for the description of software that enables discovery of the softwareand formal documentation of aspects of the software, and a proposal for faceted search in metadata for software. We have tested the profile by making metadata for over 70 pieces of software. The profile forms an excellent basis for formally describing properties of the software, and for a faceted search dedicated to software which enables better discoverability of software in the CLARIN infrastructure.