.. _acknowledging:

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Acknowledging the SOLARNET Metadata Project
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The SOLARNET Metadata Recommendations for Solar Observations have been developed to standardize metadata descriptions of solar observations, facilitating better data sharing and collaboration between ground-based and space-based solar observatories.

If you use the SOLARNET Metadata Recommendations in your work, we kindly ask that you cite the latest release in your publications.

* |latest_release| Latest Release

* Previous Versions:
    * |version_1_4| Version 1.4 (March 2021)
    * |version_2_2| Version 2.2 (March 2024)

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    :target: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15741506
    :alt: DOI

.. |version_1_4| image:: https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.5719255.svg
    :target: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5719255
    :alt: DOI

.. |version_2_2| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/arXiv-2011.12139v4-b31b1b.svg
    :target: https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.12139v4
    :alt: arXiv

Citing this reference helps to spread awareness of the SOLARNET Metadata Projects's capabilities and gives credit to those who have contributed.