RO-Manager: A Tool for Creating and Manipulating Research Objects to Support Reproducibility and Reuse in Sciences

In this position paper we present a lightweight command-line tool RO Manager, which provides a straightforward way for scientists to assemble an aggregation of their experiment materials and methods which can then be published and shared with colleagues or linked to scientific publications, to enhance the reproducibility and trustworthiness of experiment results. The tool is currently being tested by a small group of scientists from two different domains, who would like to preserve sufficient materials and information along with their scientific results in order to improve their reproducibility in the future.