Citation File Format

Zenodo Software Publishing

The GitHub-Zenodo integration uses CITATION.cff metadata when publishing a release as a citable software record. Zenodo assigns a DOI and populates the deposit form from the CFF file's authors, title, and version.

GitHub

Documentation

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Documentation
https://zenodo.org/

Other Resources

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Integration Documentation
https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/archiving-a-github-repository/referencing-and-citing-content

API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: citation-cff:zenodo-integration
name: Zenodo Software Publishing
tags:
- DOI
- Publishing
- Repository
- Zenodo
image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
humanURL: https://zenodo.org/
properties:
- url: https://zenodo.org/
  type: Documentation
- url: https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/archiving-a-github-repository/referencing-and-citing-content
  type: Integration Documentation
description: The GitHub-Zenodo integration uses CITATION.cff metadata when publishing a release as a citable
  software record. Zenodo assigns a DOI and populates the deposit form from the CFF file's authors, title,
  and version.