[PRE REVIEW]: GroLink: A general application programming interface for the plant-modeling platform GroIMP

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Submitting author: @tim12312 (Tim Oberländer)
Repository: https://gitlab.com/grogra/groimp-plugins/api
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Version: 1.6
Editor: @rwegener2
Reviewers: Pending
Managing EiC: Kristen Thyng

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Reference check summary (note 'MISSING' DOIs are suggestions that need verification):

✅ OK DOIs

- 11858/00-1735-0000-0006-B10B-A is OK
- 10.1109/PMA.2012.6524856 is OK
- 10.1071/FP08084 is OK
- 10.1145/3208854.3208875 is OK
- 10.1109/FSPMA.2016.7818307 is OK
- 10.1093/insilicoplants/diab024 is OK

🟡 SKIP DOIs

- No DOI given, and none found for title: Rchart — A Chart Plugin For GroIMP Based On R/gg2p...
- No DOI given, and none found for title: Entwicklung eines Video-Export Plugins für die Mod...
- No DOI given, and none found for title: Rule-based integration of LIGNUM into GroIMP
- No DOI given, and none found for title: Design and implementation of a graph grammar based...
- No DOI given, and none found for title: Conveying the Effects of Climate Change
- No DOI given, and none found for title: Interactive procedural forest in game engine envir...
- No DOI given, and none found for title: GroLink: implementing and testing a general applic...
- No DOI given, and none found for title: Godot Engine - Free and open source 2D and 3D game...

❌ MISSING DOIs

- None

❌ INVALID DOIs

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Software report:

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Commit count by author:

    21	Gaetan Heidsieck
    12	tim
    10	Tim Oberländer
     7	Tim
     3	gaetan heidsieck

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Paper file info:

⚠️ Wordcount for paper.md is 1333

✅ The paper includes a Statement of need section

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License info:

🟡 License found: GNU General Public License v3.0 (Check here for OSI approval)

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[kthyng]

Hi @tim12312! You said in your note that there are Python and R client libraries. Are those meant to be reviewed with this submission and if so where are they located?

[tim12312]

Hi @kthyng The libraries are used in the presented examples and therefore are part of the submission. They can be found here:

• https://gitlab.com/grogra/groimp-utils/pythonapilibrary
• https://gitlab.com/grogra/groimp-utils/rapilibrary

[kthyng]

Hi @tim12312 and thanks for your submission! I am looking for some specific items to make sure your submission fits our requirements at a high level (not at the more detailed review level) before moving on to finding an editor or putting this on our waitlist if no relevant editors are available. I'll comment over time as I have a chance to go through them:

• OSI-approved license
• Installation instructions
• Documentation exists at all
• Tests of some sort
• Check paper (make sure compiles, read through, check for length 250-1000 words)
• Substantial scholarly effort
• Clear research application

In the meantime, please take a look at the comments above ⬆️ from the editorialbot to address any DOI, license, or paper issues if you're able (there may not be any), or suggest reviewers. For reviewers, please suggest 5 reviewers from the database listed above or your own (non-conflicted) extended network. Their github handles are most useful to receive but please don't use "@" to reference them since it will prematurely ping them.

[kthyng]

@tim12312 Your paper is on the long end. Please shorten it by 200-300 words please.

@rwegener2 Could you edit this submission?

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Assigned! @rwegener2 is now the editor

[rwegener2]

👋🏻 @antoineruzette and @AnjaConev, would you be willing to review this submission for JOSS? We carry out our checklist-driven reviews here in GitHub issues and follow these guidelines: https://joss.readthedocs.io/en/latest/review_criteria.html

[tim12312]

@kthyng I just updated the paper, the length should now be in the range.

[AnjaConev]

Hi @rwegener2 I'm afraid this work is outside of the scope of my expertise and I thus have to decline. Cheers

[rwegener2]

No problem, thanks for the reply!

[rwegener2]

@tim12312 I will continue to search for reviewers, but would you also please suggest 3-5 potential reviewers for this submission? You can list their Github handles without the @ sign, so they do not get tagged yet. Thank you!

[rwegener2]

👋🏻 @oparisot and @sebastian-raubach, would you be willing to review this submission for JOSS? We carry out our checklist-driven reviews here in GitHub issues and follow these guidelines: https://joss.readthedocs.io/en/latest/review_criteria.html

[oparisot]

@rwegener2 It's not directly my field of expertise, I would suggest to find an other reviewer for this specific submission!

[sebastian-raubach]

@rwegener2 Similar to oparisot, this falls outwith my expertise, so I'd be reluctant to agree to be a reviewer.

[rwegener2]

👋🏻 @arbennett, would you be willing to review this submission for JOSS? We carry out our checklist-driven reviews here in GitHub issues and follow these guidelines: https://joss.readthedocs.io/en/latest/review_criteria.html

I see you are already reviewing a submission at the moment, but I'm happy to extend the usual timeframe for reviews to accommodate that.

[rwegener2]

👋🏻 @iimog, would you be willing to review this submission for JOSS? We carry out our checklist-driven reviews here in GitHub issues and follow these guidelines: https://joss.readthedocs.io/en/latest/review_criteria.html

I see you are already reviewing a submission at the moment, but I'm happy to extend the usual timeframe for reviews to accommodate that.

[rwegener2]

No worries, thanks for the response @oparisot and @sebastian-raubach!

[iimog]

Thanks @rwegener2 for the invitation. While the project looks interesting, I'm afraid, I don't have the proper expertise to provide a timely review.

[arbennett]

@rwegener2 - sorry to also bail, but I am already in the process of doing 3 other reviews at the moment so don't have capacity. Thanks for the invitation to review though!

[rwegener2]

No problem @iimog and @arbennett. Thanks for the timely reply!

[rwegener2]

👋🏻 @VEZY, would you be willing to review this submission for JOSS? We carry out our checklist-driven reviews here in GitHub issues and follow these guidelines: https://joss.readthedocs.io/en/latest/review_criteria.html

The repository linked above is in Java, but there are also client libraries in Python and R that are part of the review:

• https://gitlab.com/grogra/groimp-utils/pythonapilibrary
• https://gitlab.com/grogra/groimp-utils/rapilibrary

[rwegener2]

👋🏻 @jtagusari, would you be willing to review this submission for JOSS? We are looking for a reviewer with knowledge of Java. We carry out our checklist-driven reviews here in GitHub issues and follow these guidelines: https://joss.readthedocs.io/en/latest/review_criteria.html

[jtagusari]

@rwegener2 Thank you for the offer. However, I am not very familiar with java and have been very busy lately, so I don't think I will have the time to get involved. I would like to decline this offer.

[rwegener2]

No problem @jtagusari, thanks for the speedy reply!

[rwegener2]

👋🏻 @egonw, would you be willing to review this submission for JOSS? We are looking for a reviewer with knowledge of Java. We carry out our checklist-driven reviews here in GitHub issues and follow these guidelines: https://joss.readthedocs.io/en/latest/review_criteria.html

[egonw]

would you be willing to review this submission for JOSS?

@rwegener2, yes, accepted.