Citationcff
The following metadata fields can be extracted from a CITATION.cff file. These fields are defined in the CITATION.cff specification, currently at version 1.2.0, and are mapped according to the CodeMeta crosswalk.
| Software metadata category | SOMEF metadata JSON path | CITATION.cff metadata file field |
|---|---|---|
| citation - author - name | citation[i].result.author[j].name | authors / preferred-citation.authors |
| citation - author - family_name | citation[i].result.author[j].family_name | authors.family-names |
| citation - author - given_name | citation[i].result.author[j].given_name | authors.given-names |
| citation - author - url | citation[i].result.author[j].url | authors.orcid |
| citation - doi | citation[i].result.doi | doi / preferred-citation.doi |
| citation - datePublished | citation[i].result.datePublished | date-released |
| citation - is_preferred_citation | citation[i].result.is_preferred_citation | "True" if from preferred-citation. Omitted otherwise |
| citation - journal | citation[i].result.journal | preferred-citation.journal |
| citation - year | citation[i].result.year | preferred-citation.year |
| citation - pages | citation[i].result.pages | preferred-citation.pages |
| citation - title | citation[i].result.title | title / preferred-citation.title |
| citation - type | citation[i].result.type | type / preferred-citation.type (1) |
| license - value | license[i].result.value | license |
| license - spdx_id | license[i].result.spdx_id | license |
| license - name | license[i].result.name | license |
| version - value | version[i].result.value | version |
| --- |
(1) For the CFF main block, the type is mapped to SoftwareApplication. For the preferred-citation block, it is mapped to ScholarlyArticle.