Informatics Software management Service registry Service curation Software stewardship 1.26 Software curation Software registry Tool curation Software archive Workflow registry Code stewardship Software management comprises the practices and principles of taking care of software and software-based or software-like services, other than programming and maintenance. This includes for example taking care of the associated information and documentation, and the processes of contribution, validation, release/publication, or deployment. The purpose of software management is keeping software or service consistent, easy to use, to update, and to expand. Good software management improves the visibility, impact, and lifetime of software and software-based or software-like services. Tool registry Workflow curation Service management