Replace .zenodo.json by CITATION.cff (fixes OSGeo#6568)

.github/workflows/code_checks.yml

@@ -96,9 +96,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Requirements
         run: |
             sudo apt install python3-pip wget
-            sudo pip3 install jsonschema
+            sudo pip3 install cffconvert
 
-      - name: Check json files
+      - name: Validate citation file
         run: |
-            wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rouault/zenodo_json_schema/master/zenodo-json-schema.json
-            jsonschema -i .zenodo.json zenodo-json-schema.json
+            cffconvert --validate
+            cffconvert -f bibtex
+            cffconvert -f apalike

CITATION.cff

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+cff-version: 1.2.0
+message: Please cite this software using these metadata or in the CITATION file.
+type: software
+title: GDAL
+version: 3.5.3
+date-released: 2022-10-21
+doi: 10.5281/zenodo.5884351
+abstract: GDAL is a translator library for raster and vector geospatial data
+  formats that is released under an MIT style Open Source License by the Open
+  Source Geospatial Foundation. As a library, it presents a single raster
+  abstract data model and single vector abstract data model to the calling
+  application for all supported formats. It also comes with a variety of useful
+  command line utilities for data translation and processing.
+url: https://gdal.org
+repository-code: https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/
+license: MIT
+authors:
+  - given-names: Even
+    family-names: Rouault
+    affiliation: Spatialys
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5068-0476
+  - given-names: Frank
+    family-names: Warmerdam
+    affiliation: Planet Labs Inc
+  - given-names: Kurt
+    family-names: Schwehr
+    affiliation: Google Inc
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5624-8190
+  - given-names: Andrey
+    family-names: Kiselev
+  - given-names: Howard
+    family-names: Butler
+    affiliation: Hobu Inc
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5340-1380
+  - given-names: Mateusz
+    family-names: Łoskot
+    affiliation: Cadcorp
+  - given-names: Tamas
+    family-names: Szekeres
+  - given-names: Etienne
+    family-names: Tourigny
+  - given-names: Martin
+    family-names: Landa
+  - given-names: Idan
+    family-names: Miara
+  - given-names: Ben
+    family-names: Elliston
+  - given-names: Kumar
+    family-names: Chaitanya
+  - given-names: Lucian
+    family-names: Plesea
+    affiliation: Esri
+  - given-names: Daniel
+    family-names: Morissette
+    affiliation: Mapgears Inc
+  - given-names: Ari
+    family-names: Jolma
+  - given-names: Nyall
+    family-names: Dawson
+    affiliation: North Road
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9812-7584
+keywords:
+  - GDAL
+  - geospatial
+  - raster
+  - vector
+  - conversion
+  - processing

HOWTO-RELEASE

@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ Process :
      (*NOT* gdal_version.h which is a generated file)
      Note: the format of GDAL_RELEASE_DATE should be YYYYMMDD.
 
-2.2) Update two instances of year in ../CITATION file to the current year.
+2.2) Update two instances of year in CITATION file to the current year.
+
+2.3) Update "version" and "date-released" in CITATION.cff (Note: the DOI does
+     *not* need to be updated as it is a generic one)
 
 3) Update the VERSION file (if not already done)
 

README.md

@@ -73,5 +73,5 @@ See [SECURITY.md](SECURITY.md)
 
 ### Citing GDAL/OGR in publications
 
-See [CITATION](CITATION)
+See [CITATION](CITATION) and [CITATION.cff](CITATION.cff)