JOSS paper preparation by danielfromearth · Pull Request #1249 · earthaccess-dev/earthaccess

danielfromearth · 2026-03-05T21:51:40Z

Manuscript draft

This PR is intended for revisions and improvements to the manuscript draft being prepared for submission to the Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS).

Paper format: The manuscript is prepared as a Markdown (paper.md) file with references in a paper.bib file, following the JOSS formatting guidelines.

For a PDF preview: With docker installed locally, a PDF preview of the draft manuscript can be generated, by running the following from the earthaccess root directory (as described in the JOSS guidelines's docker section):

docker run --rm \
    --volume $PWD/paper:/data \
    --user $(id -u):$(id -g) \
    --env JOURNAL=joss \
    openjournals/inara

Author sign-off

Approvals below apply to the manuscript as of 06dce59 and carry forward through later commits that don't change meaning, such as typos, line wrapping, .bib formatting. If a revision meaningfully changes the substance of the manuscript, I'll clear the affected rows and ping those authors directly.

To sign off: confirm your author entry (name, affiliation, ORCID) is correct and that you approve the current draft — reply here, approve the PR, or message me in Slack.

Author	Approves draft	note
@andypbarrett	✅	via Slack
@battistowx	✅	via GH review
@jrbourbeau	✅	via GH review
@itcarroll	✅	via GH review
@chuckwondo	✅	via GH review
@mfisher87
@danielfromearth	✅	via comment
@jhkennedy	✅	via GH review
@betolink	✅	via GH review
@jules32	✅	via GH review
@JessicaS11
@asteiker	✅	via GH review
@Sherwin-14	✅	via GH review

Related pyOpenSci review issue: pyOpenSci/software-submission#302

📚 Documentation preview 📚: https://earthaccess--1249.org.readthedocs.build/en/1249/

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jules32

Hi! Great work on this Danny! A few commits and some suggestions to consider.

Co-authored-by: Julia Stewart Lowndes <julia@openscapes.org>

mfisher87 · 2026-03-06T16:06:10Z

after the v1.0.0 release

I would say let's not wait. We've demonstrated impact and I think that matters more.

Alternatively, let's just go 1.0.0 in the short term and be OK with quickly moving to a 2.0.0 release with breaking changes.

I think both are fine, but the latter sets more a precedent of maintainers taking the user impact of breaking changes too lightly.

Co-authored-by: Matt Fisher <3608264+mfisher87@users.noreply.github.com>

danielfromearth · 2026-03-06T21:48:24Z

after the v1.0.0 release

I would say let's not wait. We've demonstrated impact and I think that matters more.

Alternatively, let's just go 1.0.0 in the short term and be OK with quickly moving to a 2.0.0 release with breaking changes.

I think both are fine, but the latter sets more a precedent of maintainers taking the user impact of breaking changes too lightly.

I'm fine with either too. I also think the decision could be on hold until one of the two things – (i) co-author reviews/revisions, (ii) development for v1.0.0 – is completely ready-to-go.

done

- remove "ongoing" since (a) it's mostly done and (b) won't be ongoing for future readers. - remove residual redundancy from Earthdata Cloud rewording - backtick VirtualiZarr, kerchunk, and xarray package names throughout Co-authored-by: Ian Carroll <ian.t.carroll@nasa.gov>

danielfromearth · 2026-09-09T18:07:33Z

Sign-off tracking has moved to the PR description.

I've added an author sign-off table there. I'll track approvals against 06dce59 as a baseline and carry forward through editorial commits (typos, line wrapping, .bib formatting), so you won't be asked to re-approve in case we make additional small edits. If anything substantive changes, I'll clear the affected rows and ping those authors directly.

What I need from each of you:

(@JessicaS11, @mfisher87)

Confirm your name, affiliation, and ORCID are correct in the author list.
Confirm you approve the current draft and agree to be listed as an author.

Item 1 takes about fifteen seconds. Reply here, approve the PR, or message me in Slack – and I'll keep the table updated either way.

By 23 September: if I haven't heard from you, I'll take that as no further edits requested.

Though, if you'd like more time, let me know!

Co-authored-by: Chuck Daniels <chuck@developmentseed.org>

chuckwondo

Thanks for tweaking the DevSeed entry @danielfromearth!

asteiker

Confirmed my author info and gave it another quick read. Looks great, thank you so much @danielfromearth for leading this!

betolink

Great work team! thanks for leading this effort @danielfromearth!

Sherwin-14

Thanks @danielfromearth ! Approved from my side.

JessicaS11

Looks great - thanks, Danny!

Updated the ror for my affiliations and left a few suggested edits about commas and passive voice. Pending the ror correction, I approve both 1 and 2.

Co-authored-by: Jessica Scheick <JessicaS11@users.noreply.github.com>

Co-authored-by: Daniel Kaufman <114174502+danielfromearth@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Jessica Scheick <JessicaS11@users.noreply.github.com>

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