Building these different areas into URSSI would make it the focal point for the overall community of software developers as well as for a set of disciplinary communities to accelerate science that needs research software and improve the career paths of those who develop and maintain it, including RSEs.
Section 1.4, final para: can you say that this would formalise the URSSI’s currently informal position as the focal point for the overall community of software developers? (I’m not sure what the competition is like from places like BSSw and MoISSI.)
Building these different areas into URSSI would make it the focal point for the overall community of software developers as well as for a set of disciplinary communities to accelerate science that needs research software and improve the career paths of those who develop and maintain it, including RSEs.