# A report preferred-citation

cff-version: 1.2.0
message: If you use this software in your work, please cite it using the following metadata
title: Ruby CFF Library
authors:
- family-names: Haines
  given-names: Robert
  affiliation: The University of Manchester
keywords:
- ruby
- credit
- citation
- cff
version: 0.9.0
date-released: 2021-09-21
license: Apache-2.0
repository-artifact: https://rubygems.org/gems/cff
type: software
preferred-citation:
  type: report
  title: The benefits of using CFF files
  authors:
  - family-names: Haines
    given-names: Robert
    affiliation: The University of Manchester
  institution:
    name: The CFF Institute
  month: 9
  year: 2021
  url: https://github.com/citation-file-format/ruby-cff
  doi: 10.5281/zenodo.1184077
