FAIRsharing record for: FAIR Principles for Research Software - F2. Software is described with rich metadata

This FAIRsharing record describes: 'F2. Software is described with rich metadata' states that software requires descriptive metadata to support indexing, search and discoverability. This metadata describing the software must itself be FAIR (F4), should follow community standards, and use controlled vocabularies. The FAIR4RS principles do not define which standards should be used, as this is better captured in guidance for implementing the principles coming out of each community. R1, R1.1, and R1.2 describe categories of metadata that enable reuse.