#Working Towards Sustainable Software for Science: Practice and Experiences (WSSSPE) Mission and Vision
##Mission
WSSSPE is an international community-driven organization that promotes sustainable research software by addressing challenges related to the full lifecycle of research software through shared learning and community action.
##Vision
We envision a world where research software is accessible, robust, sustained, and recognized as a scholarly research product critical to the advancement of knowledge, learning, and discovery.
##Focus Areas
WSSSPE promotes sustainable research software by positively impacting:
- Principles and Best Practices. Promoting best practices in sustainable software
- Careers. Developing and supporting career paths in research software development and engineering
- Learning. Engaging in activities to promote peer learning and interaction
- Credit. Ensuring recognition of research software as an intellectual contribution equal to other research products
##Definitions
Sustainable software has the capacity to endure such that it will continue to be available in the future, on new platforms, meeting new needs.
The research software lifecycle includes:
- acquiring and assembling resources (including funding and people) into teams and communities
- developing software
- using software
- recognizing contributions to and of software
- maintaining software