FAIRsharing record for: FAIR Principles for Research Software - F4. Metadata are FAIR, searchable and indexable

This FAIRsharing record describes: 'F4. Metadata are FAIR, searchable and indexable' requires that the metadata about the software is made FAIR, including making it readable and discoverable by both humans and machines. This improves the findability of software by supporting searching and indexing by others. It allows the metadata to be published in or harvested by a registry or catalog or repository, or by a search engine. FAIR metadata also enables and encourages citation of research software.