ECMWF has published a new Software Strategy, outlining its plans for the development of software outside the weather prediction process until 2027. We feel this is the right moment as we transition towards a framework for increased collaboration based on software componentisation.

One of the guiding ideas is for software to be developed openly, with interaction and feedback from the community. Software components are also to be made smaller, more reusable, and simpler to integrate with each other.

The Strategy aims for a good balance between in-house development of software that is critical for ECMWF on the one hand, and well-maintained and supported community software on the other.

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