FAIRsharing record for: FAIR Principles for Research Software - F3. Metadata clearly and explicitly include the identifier of the software they describe

This FAIRsharing record describes: 'F3. Metadata clearly and explicitly include the identifier of the software they describe' states that the association between the metadata (wherever it is stored; see F4) and the software should be made explicit by mentioning the software’s globally unique and persistent identifier in its associated metadata. In conjunction with A1, this means the metadata describes how the software can be obtained. Metadata are not required to include references for all of the softwares dependencies in order for software to be findable. I2 and R2 describe how references to dependencies increase the likelihood that software is interoperable and reusable.