Approach

There is a long history of organizations that seek to coordinate digital infrastructure in geology, which have approached this task in a variety of ways. We seek to foster lightweight collaboration, often in the form of shared maintenance of small, reusable software libraries and composable services.

• Connect geoscientists who are solving problems by building software
• Encourage Code-level collaboration outside of organizational and funding-driven Development silos
• Support the development of Software libraries and shared code infrastructure
• Open to the contributions: Encourage contributions from many sources (e.g., enthusiast software professionals) to scientific software

Build Software literacy

• Build a shared vision of a digital crustal research.
• Teach geoscientists how to exist in a software-driven world

Principles

• Broadly focused: Teach broad skills and approaches, not specific languages
• Learn by doing: Provide ways to contribute that allow students to get onboard and start helping

Philosophy

• Standards over platforms
• "Community of practice"

Comparisons

We are similar in concept to other efforts in the wider community [Ecosystem].

• Like EarthCube but from the bottom up (not a platform)
• Like Palaeoverse but for crustal science
• Like Software Underground but more focused on new software. Also a bit more centered within the academic community.