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+cff-version: 1.2.0
+message: "If you use this software, please cite it as below."
+authors:
+- family-names: "Brinkhaus"
+  given-names: "Henning Otto"
+  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6664-2183"
+- family-names: "Rajan"
+  given-names: "Kohulan"
+  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1066-7792"
+title: "RanDepict"
+version: 1.0.0
+doi: 10.5281/zenodo.5205528
+date-released: 2021-08-17
+url: "https://github.com/OBrink/RanDepict"
+license: MIT