Software Citation for Humans: The Citation File Format

Software is an important research product. It embeds knowledge. Thus, it should be cited like all other scientific products. But how do you cite the software that you use in your research?
Until a more suitable system for software citation exists, we need to leverage the one in place for papers and books. But finding the metadata needed for citation is usually harder for software than for papers. Therefore authors must provide it visibly and accessibly.
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