KonradHoeffner
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1 year ago The Semantic Web Journal has a call for reports on tools and systems:
short papers describing mature Semantic Web related tools and systems. These reports should be brief and pointed, indicating clearly the capabilities of the described tool or system. It is strongly encouraged, that the described tools or systems are free, open, and accessible on the Web. If this is not possible, then they have to be made available to the reviewers. For commercial tools and systems, exceptions can be arranged through the editors. These submissions will be reviewed along the following dimensions: (1) Quality, importance, and impact of the described tool or system (convincing evidence must be provided). (2) Clarity, illustration, and readability of the describing paper, which shall convey to the reader both the capabilities and the limitations of the tool. See FAQ20 for more details on documenting impact.
- [x] mature - I would say it is because it is used in production for HITO and SNIK but I'm not sure if the reviewers agree
- [x] free, open and accessible on the web
- [x] potential impact (e.g., your work if a follow-up of a previously impactful contribution).
- [x] impact within your own range of influence (e.g., use of your results in a collaborative research project)
- [ ] impact beyond your own range of influence (e..g., uptake of your work by other research groups) -> AKSW probably counts as range of influence, Ruthes would be a good candidate
Right now, RickView is only used for projects inside our own institute, but it is hard to get it published or recommend it because it doesn't have community usage yet, which is a catch-22 problem. An early prototype was rejected by the journal of open source software at https://github.com/openjournals/joss-reviews/issues/4550. While the substantial scholarly effort and the maturity requirement may now be fulfilled, it is still unsure whether this counts as research software according to their definition.