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+cff-version: 1.2.0
+message: If you use this software, please cite it using the metadata from this file.
+title:           The Vibrational Spectroscopy Ontology (VIBSO)
+type:            software
+version:         .....
+doi:             https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10410722
+date-released:   ......
+repository-code: https://github.com/NFDI4Chem/VibrationalSpectroscopyOntology/tags
+license:         CC-BY 4.0 international
+abstract:        The Vibrational Spectroscopy Ontology (VIBSO) is used to represent information regarding the execution and analysis of vibrational spectroscopy assays. That means it is intended to be used to semantically annotate the research data that is produced in such experiments with regard to the devices and lab protocols being used, the data being produced thereby (e.g the actual spectra) as well as other important metadata.
+keywords:
+  - Chemistry
+  - Vibrational spectroscopy
+  - Optical spectroscopy
+  - Raman spectroscopy
+  - Optical microscopy
+  - NFDI
+  - NFDI4Chem
+  - Ontology
+authors:
+  - family-names: Strömert
+    given-names:  Philip
+    orcid:        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-3213
+  - family-names: Lanza
+    given-names:  Giacomo
+    orcid:        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2239-3955
+  - family-names: Hunold
+    given-names:  Johannes
+    orcid:        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4378-6061
+  - family-names: Neumann
+    given-names:  Steffen
+    orcid:        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7899-7192
+  - family-names: ??????
+    given-names:  ?????
+    orcid:        https://orcid.org/........
+
+references: .....
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 * Find me all Raman spectra of wolfram wires on a silicium substrate covering the range 600-1800 cm^-1.
 * Find me which is a safe range of incoming laser powers to perform Raman experiments at wavelength Z on sample XY.
 * Find me a suitable solvent which is compatible with sample XY, i.e. which does not have any Raman peak or band between wavenumbers W1 and W2.
+
 This list represents only a first draft and needs to be thoroughly discussed with the domain experts and the NFDI4Chem community.