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+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/citation-file-format/cffconvert
+    rev: 054bda51dbe278b3e86f27c890e3f3ac877d616c
+    hooks:
+      - id: validate-cff
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+cff-version: 1.2.0
+message: "If you use this software, please cite it as below."
+title: "Map of Open Source Science (MOSS)"
+version: "0.1.0"  
+authors:
+  - family-names: "Smith"
+    given-names: "Alice"
+    affiliation: "NumFOCUS"
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-0097"
+  - family-names: "Jones"
+    given-names: "Bob"
+    affiliation: "Open Science Initiative"
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1419-2405"
+url: "https://github.com/numfocus/MOSS"
+repository-code: "https://github.com/numfocus/MOSS"
+keywords:
+  - open source
+  - science
+  - visualization
+license: "Apache-2.0"  
+references:
+  - title: "OpenAI GPT-4"
+    url: "https://openai.com/gpt-4"
+    type: "article"
+    authors:
+      - family-names: "OpenAI"
+        given-names: "GPT-4 Team"
+    year: 2023
+  - title: "Original Repository by eyermt"
+    url: "https://github.com/eyermt/repo-name"
+    type: "software"   # Use 'software' type
+    authors:
+      - family-names: "eyermt"
+        given-names: "eyermt"
+    year: 2023