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+cff-version: 1.2.0
+message: If you use this work, please cite it as below.
+title: Notebooks
+type: dataset
+abstract: R Markdown notebooks
+url: https://github.com/iobis/notebooks
+license: CC-BY-IGO-4.0
+authors:
+  - given-names: Pieter
+    family-names: Provoost
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4236-0384"
+  - name: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
+    alias: IOC-UNESCO
+    website: "https://obis.org"
+date-released: 2021-01-08
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