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+cff-version: 1.2.0
+title: "actinia-core"
+abstract: "Actinia is an open source REST API for scalable, distributed, high performance processing of geographical data."
+message: "If you use this software, please cite it using the metadata from this file."
+type: software
+version: 3.0.0
+doi: "10.5281/zenodo.5864847"
+date-released: "2022-01-13"
+license: GPL-3.0
+repository-code: "https://github.com/mundialis/actinia_core"
+keywords:
+ - "cloud-based processing"
+ - "geospatial analysis"
+ - "Earth observation"
+ - "GIS"
+ - "REST API"
+ - "Open Source"
+ - "GRASS GIS"
+authors:
+  - given-names: Carmen
+    family-names: Tawalika
+    email: tawalika@mundialis.de
+    affiliation: mundialis GmbH & Co. KG
+  - given-names: Anika
+    family-names: Weinmann
+    affiliation: mundialis GmbH & Co. KG
+    email: weinmann@mundialis.de
+  - given-names: Guido
+    family-names: Riembauer
+    email: riembauer@mundialis.de
+    affiliation: mundialis GmbH & Co. KG
+  - given-names: Markus
+    family-names: Metz
+    email: metz@mundialis.de
+    affiliation: mundialis GmbH & Co. KG
+    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4038-8754'
+  - given-names: Julia
+    family-names: Haas
+    email: haas@mundialis.de
+    affiliation: mundialis GmbH & Co. KG
+    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6040-0669'
+  - given-names: Marc
+    family-names: Jansen
+    email: jansen@mundialis.de
+    affiliation: mundialis GmbH & Co. KG
+  - given-names: Jorge A.
+    family-names: Herrera Maldonado
+    email: herreram.jahm@gmail.com
+  - given-names: Sören
+    family-names: Gebbert
+    email: soerengebbert@gmail.com
+  - given-names: Markus
+    family-names: Neteler
+    email: neteler@mundialis.de
+    affiliation: mundialis GmbH & Co. KG
+    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1916-1966'