Citation files

[danielskatz]

Based on discussion in Section 1 (and Section 3.3) of A&P google doc

We have multiple types of citation files now: codemeta.json, citation.cff, CITATION files as proposed/used by CRAN.

• What guidance can we provide users, if any?
• Can we provide information on tools or methods for translation between these files?

[katrinleinweber]

I would suggest "translation tools" as out-of-scope (#80). The authors of those formats already offer conversion options to BibTeX (#71). Hence, the "funnel" seems to have has a clear direction, while the need for interconversion isn't.

[moranegg]

I agree with @katrinleinweber that 'translation tools' are out-of-scope. The guidance on this subject should be to include one or more metadata files to describe the content and to facilitate citation.

[danielskatz]

The writing group thinks we need to mention this topic, though maybe we don't need go into too much detail.

Perhaps add a table that says what these are, what the uses are (and links to them).

@cm-j0nes to suggest changes in Section 3.3 and maybe Section 1

[danielskatz]

closing this in favor of progress in the document itself.