ADR Suggestion Enable Zenodo DOI Archiving for EasyScience Projects

[AndrewSazonov]

To improve long-term preservation, reproducibility, and citability of EasyScience software, I propose enabling Zenodo GitHub integration for all active EasyScience repositories (libraries and applications).

By linking a repository to Zenodo, every GitHub release is automatically archived and assigned a persistent DOI, making it easier for users to cite software correctly in publications and reports. This also aligns with FAIR principles and common practices in scientific software development.

Proposed Workflow

1. Navigate to https://zenodo.org and click Log in
2. Select Sign in with GitHub
3. Open Account → GitHub
   https://zenodo.org/account/settings/github/
4. Find the repository you want to archive (e.g. easyscience/peasy-lib) and enable it (toggle ON)
   You should see: “Repository synced successfully. Please reload the page.”
5. On the next GitHub release, Zenodo will automatically archive the release and assign a DOI
   The project-level DOI will appear next to the repository name (e.g. 10.5281/zenodo.XXXXXXXX) on the same page https://zenodo.org/account/settings/github/
6. Copy this DOI and update the project configuration in the home repository
   (e.g. easyscience/peasy) following:
   https://github.com/easyscience/templates (Section 2.4)
7. Reapply the templates to dependent repository
   (e.g. easyscience/peasy-lib)
8. Repeat the same steps for the application repository, if applicable

Notes

• The stored DOI refers to the entire software project (all releases)
• Zenodo also assigns version-specific DOIs for each release, which can be found at, e.g:
  https://zenodo.org/account/settings/github/repository/easyscience/peasy-lib
• No manual action is needed after initial setup - releases are archived automatically