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+cff-version: 1.2.0
+message: "If you use this software, please cite it as below."
+authors:
+  - family-names: "ELIXIR"
+title: "RDMkit: The Research Data Management toolkit for Life Sciences"
+version: "2.0.0"
+doi: "10.5281/zenodo.5110060"
+date-released: "2021-03-01"
+repository-code: "https://github.com/elixir-europe/rdmkit"
+url: "https://rdmkit.elixir-europe.org"
+preferred-citation:
+  type: website
+  title: "RDMkit: The Research Data Management toolkit for Life Sciences"
+  authors:
+    - family-names: "ELIXIR"
+  url: "https://rdmkit.elixir-europe.org"
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-    <p class="card-text"><i>ELIXIR (2021) Research Data Management Kit. A deliverable from the EU-funded ELIXIR-CONVERGE project (grant agreement 871075). URL: <a href="https://rdmkit.elixir-europe.org">https://rdmkit.elixir-europe.org</a></i></p>
+    <p class="card-text"><i>RDMkit: The ELIXIR Research Data Management toolkit for Life Sciences URL: <a href="https://rdmkit.elixir-europe.org">https://rdmkit.elixir-europe.org</a></i></p>
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