citation.cff similarities to codemeta.json about codemeta HOT 2 OPEN

OK, that makes sense, thanks.
Maybe, for a future integration effort, you might want to work with the GitHub people to allow codemeta.json to be used to generate the "Cite This Repository" button in the repo? Then authors only need the codemeta.json file.

from codemeta.

@only1chunts Citation.cff is for stating the preferred citation(s) of a software repo, while Codemeta is for the software metadata itself. See the terms at https://codemeta.github.io/terms/

While there is some overlap (e.g., authors, license), I would say codemeta's scope is wider. They are complementary, as the referencePublication from CodeMeta could be completed with the information in a CFF file, but CFF represents the citation information in a more machine-friendly manner.

from codemeta.