Standard
CodeMeta
CodeMeta is a shared metadata vocabulary for software, built on schema.org and JSON-LD, with crosswalks between repository and domain formats.
How it connects
What it is
- CodeMeta is a kind of Metadata standard. A shared vocabulary for describing software.
Builds on
- CodeMeta depends on JSON-LD. Expressed as JSON-LD.
- CodeMeta depends on schema.org. Builds on schema.org terms.
Related to
- CodeMeta relates to Research software. Helps research software be findable, reusable and citable.
Links
Details
Description
A consortium of researchers founded it in 2016 to support discovery, citation and interoperability of research software. The CodeMeta community oversees the vocabulary, the crosswalk table and the generator.
Attributes
| url | https://codemeta.github.io/ |
|---|---|
| status | active |
| governance | Community |
| since | 2016 |
| prominence | detail |
| type | Standard |
| standardKind | metadata-schema |
| Tags | region: global, openness: open source |
Sources
- https://codemeta.github.io/(opens in a new tab) (accessed 2026-11-13): Shared minimal vocabulary for describing software; schema.org terms and JSON-LD; founded in 2016 by a consortium of researchers.
- https://codemeta.github.io/governance/(opens in a new tab) (accessed 2026-11-13): "The CodeMeta community oversees development".
Last reviewed: 2026-11-13
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