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+# YAML 1.2
+---
+abstract: "A set of workflows written in Nextflow for Genome Annotation. "
+authors:
+  -
+    affiliation: "National Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden (NBIS) / Uppsala University"
+    family-names: "Binzer-Panchal"
+    given-names: Mahesh
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1675-0677"
+  -
+    family-names: Dainat
+    given-names: Jacques
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6629-0173"
+  -
+    family-names: Soler
+    given-names: Lucile
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0121-2393"
+cff-version: "1.1.0"
+date-released: 2021-08-05
+keywords:
+  - Nextflow
+  - "Genome Annotation"
+  - "Functional Annotation"
+license: "GNU General Public License v3.0"
+message: "If you use this software, please cite it using these metadata."
+repository-code: "https://github.com/NBISweden/pipelines-nextflow"
+title: "NBIS Genome Annotation Workflows"
+version: "v1.0.0"
+...
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 ## Maintainers
 
-* Mahesh Binzer-Panchal (Nextflow, Reproducibility)
-* Jacques Dainat (Annotation expert, Nextflow, Conda)
-* Lucile Soler (Annotation expert)
+* Mahesh Binzer-Panchal (\@mahesh-panchal; Nextflow, Reproducibility)
+* Jacques Dainat (\@Juke34; Annotation expert, Nextflow, Conda)
+* Lucile Soler (\@LucileSol; Annotation expert)
+
+### Acknowledgements
+
+These workflows were based on the Bpipe workflows written by
+Marc Höppner (\@marchoeppner) and Jacques Dainat (\@Juke34).
+
+Thank you to everyone who contributes to this project.
 
 ## Installation and Usage