cff-version: 1.2.0
message: "If you use this software, please cite both the article from preferred-citation and the software itself."

title: "RCE (Remote Component Environment)"
license: EPL-1.0
abstract: >
  This software is a distributed, workflow-driven integration environment.
  It is used by engineers and scientists to design and simulate complex 
  systems (e.g., aircraft, ships, or satellites) by using and integrating
  their own design and simulation tools.
repository-code: https://github.com/rcenvironment/rce-main
contact:
  - name: "German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute for Software Technology, RCE Project"
    email: rce@dlr.de
    website: "https://rcenvironment.de/"
identifiers:
  - description: "The DOI of RCE 10.7.0"
    type: doi
    value: 10.5281/zenodo.17878323
  - description: "The Concept DOI of RCE"
    type: doi
    value: 10.5281/zenodo.3691674
preferred-citation:
  type: article
  title: "RCE: An Integration Environment for Engineering and Science"
  authors:
    - family-names: Boden
      given-names: Brigitte
      orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2326-2762"
    - family-names: Flink
      given-names: Jan
      orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2461-6569"
    - family-names: Först
      given-names: Niklas
      orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0132-6937"
    - family-names: Mischke
      given-names: Robert
      orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3419-4897"
    - family-names: Schaffert
      given-names: Kathrin
      orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9729-7730"
    - family-names: Weinert
      given-names: Alexander
      orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8143-246X"
    - family-names: Wohlan
      given-names: Annika
      orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5635-2414"
    - family-names: Schreiber
      given-names: Andreas
      orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-5649"
  journal: SoftwareX
  volume: 15
  pages: 100759
  doi: 10.1016/j.softx.2021.100759

version: 10.7.0
date-released: "2025-12-18"
authors:
  - family-names: Flink
    given-names: Jan
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2461-6569"
  - family-names: Mischke
    given-names: Robert
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3419-4897"
  - family-names: Wichter
    given-names: David
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1502-7617"

# We would also like to recognize the assistance of
# - Lukas Rosenbach (https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1700-828X) and
# - Matthias Wagner (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1044-5367)
# during final testing of this release.
# 
# We look forward to future versions of the CFF standard 
# supporting the structured recognition of such contributions 
# below the threshold of authorship.
