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+{
+  "title": "chart-fx",
+  "description": "chart-fx — a high-performance scientific charting library for JavaFX.",
+  "license": {
+    "id": "LGPL-3.0-only"
+  },
+  "upload_type": "software",
+  "creators": [
+    {
+      "name": "Steinhagen, Ralph J.",
+      "affiliation": "GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung / FAIR",
+      "orcid": "0009-0009-8537-7029"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Krimm, Alexander",
+      "affiliation": "GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung",
+      "orcid": "0000-0003-0804-756X"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Niedermayer, Philipp",
+      "affiliation": "GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung",
+      "orcid": "0000-0002-4722-6619"
+    }
+  ],
+  "keywords": [
+    "scientific charting",
+    "JavaFX",
+    "data visualisation",
+    "real-time plotting"
+  ],
+  "related_identifiers": [
+    {
+      "identifier": "https://github.com/fair-acc/chart-fx",
+      "relation": "isSupplementTo",
+      "scheme": "url"
+    }
+  ]
+}
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+cff-version: 1.2.0
+title: "chart-fx"
+message: "If you use this software, please cite it using the metadata from this file."
+type: software
+license: LGPL-3.0-only
+repository-code: "https://github.com/fair-acc/chart-fx"
+keywords:
+  - scientific charting
+  - JavaFX
+  - data visualisation
+  - real-time plotting
+authors:
+  - family-names: Steinhagen
+    given-names: Ralph J.
+    affiliation: "GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung / FAIR"
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8537-7029"
+  - family-names: Krimm
+    given-names: Alexander
+    affiliation: "GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung"
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0804-756X"
+  - family-names: Niedermayer
+    given-names: Philipp
+    affiliation: "GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung"
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4722-6619"