Software Documentation Service (SDS)

The ACCESS Software Documentation Service (SDS) is designed to help ACCESS HPC users identify the software available on variousACCESS Resource Providers’ (RPs) resources, an important step toward selecting an RP. Not only does it provide a single webpagewith information about all RP software, but it also provides extensive information about each piece of software, enabling researchersto discover software by research domain and type, learn its intended purpose and use, and read documentation and examples showinghow to use the software.The SDS is designed to periodically obtain information about software at each RP to keep information current. For each softwarepackage, SDS shows the software name, RPs that have the software, available versions, RP specific documentation for the software,descriptions, core features, documentation links, and various other useful information.In the past eight months, the SDS website has received over thirteen thousand visits, demonstrating significant adoption amongACCESS users. A standalone version with support for containers, website customization, and other enhanced features is also availablefor any HPC center to use. This paper describes the SDS implementation, use within ACCESS, its benefits to both researchers andresource providers, and the stand-alone version of SDS available to HPC centers.