Needs a DOI to be added to bio.tools

[bmpvieira]

Tools cannot be registered in bio.tools unless they have a publication (i.e. a DOI). Otherwise we get a "validation error, required field".

This can be solved by either:

• Publishing a preprint on arXiv or bioRxiv (difficulty: writing a paper)
• Submitting a source code release archive to Figshare or Zenodo (difficulty: easy)
• Submit to the Journal of Open Source Software (which is something in between). This means, submit an abstract and source code archive; code gets peer reviewed; if accepted you get a DOI. (difficulty: depends on peer review process)

[bmpvieira]

Sorry, never mind, I think I can add it to bio.tools without a DOI.

[yeban]

Thanks. I will close this issue then.