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+cff-version: 1.2.0
+message: "If you use this software, please cite it as below."
+authors:
+- family-names: "Demleitner"
+  given-names: "Adrian"
+- family-names: "Raemy"
+  given-names: "Julien Antoine"
+  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4711-5759"
+title: "PIA Data Model"
+version: 0.2.3
+doi: 10.5281/zenodo.5142606
+date-released: 2021-12-12
+url: "https://github.com/Participatory-Image-Archives/pia-data-model"