<s>
In	O
computing	O
,	O
a	O
Research	B-Application
Object	I-Application
is	O
a	O
method	O
for	O
the	O
identification	O
,	O
aggregation	O
and	O
exchange	O
of	O
scholarly	O
information	O
on	O
the	O
Web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
goal	O
of	O
the	O
research	B-Application
object	I-Application
approach	O
is	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
mechanism	O
to	O
associate	O
related	O
resources	O
about	O
a	O
scientific	O
investigation	O
so	O
that	O
they	O
can	O
be	O
shared	O
using	O
a	O
single	O
identifier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
research	B-Application
objects	I-Application
are	O
an	O
advanced	O
form	O
of	O
Enhanced	O
publication	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Current	O
implementations	O
build	O
upon	O
existing	O
Web	O
technologies	O
and	O
methods	O
including	O
Linked	B-Operating_System
Data	I-Operating_System
,	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
,	O
Uniform	B-Protocol
Resource	I-Protocol
Identifiers	I-Protocol
(	O
URIs	B-Protocol
)	O
,	O
the	O
Open	O
Archives	O
Initiative	O
Object	O
Reuse	O
and	O
Exchange	O
(	O
OAI-ORE	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
Open	O
Annotation	O
model	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
existing	O
approaches	O
for	O
identification	O
and	O
knowledge	O
representation	O
in	O
the	O
scientific	O
domain	O
including	O
Digital	O
Object	O
Identifiers	O
for	O
documents	O
,	O
ORCID	O
identifiers	O
for	O
people	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Investigation	O
,	O
Study	O
,	O
and	O
Assay	O
(	O
ISA	O
)	O
data	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
research	B-Application
object	I-Application
approach	O
is	O
primarily	O
motivated	O
by	O
a	O
desire	O
to	O
improve	O
reproducibility	O
of	O
scientific	O
investigations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Research	B-Application
Objects	I-Application
are	O
not	O
one	O
specific	O
technology	O
but	O
are	O
instead	O
guided	O
by	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
principles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digital	B-Application
identity	I-Application
-	O
Use	O
unique	O
identifiers	O
as	O
names	O
for	O
things	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
DOIs	O
for	O
publications	O
or	O
data	O
,	O
and	O
ORCID	O
ids	O
for	O
researchers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
communities	O
are	O
developing	O
the	O
research	B-Application
object	I-Application
concept	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
W3C	O
community	O
group	O
entitled	O
the	O
Research	B-Application
Objects	I-Application
for	O
Scholarly	O
Communication	O
(	O
ROSC	O
)	O
Community	O
Group	O
was	O
started	O
in	O
April	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
survey	O
of	O
related	O
work	O
on	O
supporting	O
the	O
representation	O
,	O
publishing	O
,	O
and	O
exchange	O
of	O
research	B-Application
objects	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
principles	O
contained	O
in	O
the	O
Leiden	O
Declaration	O
provides	O
a	O
prescriptive	O
framework	O
for	O
infrastructure	O
development	O
around	O
digital	O
research	B-Application
objects	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
Science	O
Lab	O
have	O
initiated	O
an	O
activity	O
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
GitHub	B-Application
and	O
Figshare	O
to	O
develop	O
"	O
Code	O
as	O
research	B-Application
object	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
proposal	O
of	O
the	O
activity	O
is	O
to	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
transfer	O
code	O
from	O
a	O
GitHub	B-Application
repository	O
to	O
figshare	O
,	O
and	O
provide	O
that	O
code	O
with	O
a	O
Digital	O
Object	O
Identifier	O
(	O
DOI	O
)	O
,	O
providing	O
a	O
permanent	O
record	O
of	O
the	O
code	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
cited	O
in	O
future	O
publications	O
.	O
</s>
