STAPLE: Software for Scientists

Erin M. Buchanan

STAPLE

What are you doing now?

  • What project management software do you currently use?
  • What do you think of when someone mentions metadata?
  • Do you have software that helps you with metadata?

Why doesn’t this work?

  • Project management software is mostly designed with businesses in mind
  • One task - one completion, move on!

Why doesn’t this work?

  • Classroom management software for big-team projects

Why doesn’t this work?

  • Identified that teams versus individual tasks is missing

What about metadata?

  • Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) standards have focused primarily on data
  • Long term data storage options cover the Accessible
  • TOP standards help remind us that code, materials, and other pieces about the project are necessary to share
  • CRediT and other contributorship systems push us to track who did what when
  • How do we fill the gap for the rest of FAIR and the rest of the research project?

What is the mission?

  • Project Management software that allows you to document your project to improve transparency
  • STAPLE: Science Tracking Across the Project Lifespan
  • This project has been funded by NASA and the Psychological Science Accelerator

Where are we at?

  • We have completed the first version of the software
  • Free to use at https://app.staple.science/
  • What is left for MVP?
    • Customize project metadata
    • Complete project summary
    • Documentation + tooltips
    • Bug fixes
    • Tweaks based on user feedback

Overview of features

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Overview of features

Overview of features

Overview of features

Overview of features

Overview of features

Overview of features

Overview of features

Upcoming features

  • Project summary: download all data we have, visualize with something like https://observablehq.com/framework
  • Tasks: add comments to tasks, update task dashboard
  • Add labels/tags to create customized tracking dashboards
  • Public facing pages + networking
  • API integration with other software
  • Metadata community development

Last notes

  • Join our slack!
  • We need beta testers and people to interview about the project
  • Documentation, app, and more at https://staple.science/