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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I’m okay with it. Especially if you are willing to do it </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>😊</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Daniel Baston <dbaston@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 30, 2024 11:26 AM<br><b>To:</b> GEOS Development List <geos-devel@lists.osgeo.org><br><b>Subject:</b> DOI (digital object identifier) for GEOS<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hello,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Would there be any objection to me uploading the most recent release of GEOS to <a href="http://zenodo.org">zenodo.org</a>? Uploading a release generates a digital object identifier (DOI) that can be used to cite a specific release of GEOS, as well as a "concept" DOI that can be used to cite GEOS in general. At least in the US government, having a persistent identifier for software citation is becoming a requirement for funding.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>As an example, here is the <a href="http://zenodo.org">zenodo.org</a> entry for GDAL: <a href="https://zenodo.org/records/11175199">https://zenodo.org/records/11175199</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dan<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>