How to limit what item is being described with the checklist

[jspaaks]

During the initial testing, the reviewers and I had some trouble determining what exactly was the item being described. For example, a given software package may have:

1. a GitHub repository
2. GitHub's API
3. GitHub releases page with versions
4. archived snapshots of GitHub releases on Zenodo
5. Zenodo's API
6. published package on a website like PyPI
7. PyPI's API

When going through the checklist, are you supposed to treat all of these as one?

Perhaps the answer is, only under certain conditions can you include data from all these sources, e.g. when

• PyPI metadata points to GitHub AND
• Zenodo metadata has qualified (something like isIdenticalTo) link to PyPI release and to GitHub release AND
• GitHub has ... badges to Zenodo and PyPI? or a CITATION.cff file with identifiers

Curious to hear your thoughts @tom-h

[jspaaks]

I went with a simpler approach, which is now described in the preamble. Basically it boils down to "a specific copy of a specific version of your software-as-a-concept". IMO this avoids a lot of the confusing language one would otherwise be force to use.