DOC: Add citation.cff

.gitignore

@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ libs/*
 # Generated files
 _doxygen/
 _generated/
-/build/
\ No newline at end of file
+/build/
+*~

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [8.0.0] - 2024-10-09 ##
+## [8.0.0] - 2024-10-10 ##
 
 ### Added ###
 

CITATION.cff

+cff-version: 1.2.0
+message: "If you use this software, please cite it as below."
+authors:
+  - family-names: Fitschen
+    given-names: Timm
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4022-432X
+  - family-names: Schlemmer
+    given-names: Alexander
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4124-9649
+  - family-names: Hornung
+    given-names: Daniel
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7846-6375
+  - family-names: tom Wörden
+    given-names: Henrik
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-578X
+  - family-names: Spreckelsen
+    given-names: Florian
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6856-2910
+  - family-names: Parlitz
+    given-names: Ulrich
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3058-1435
+  - family-names: Luther
+    given-names: Stefan
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7214-8125
+title: "LinkAhead - MariaDB Backend"
+version: 8.0.0
+doi: 10.3390/data4020083
+date-released: 2024-10-10

RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ guidelines of the CaosDB Project
 3. Assure that the latest patch actually updates the CaosDBVersion() procedure
    and that the version matches the version you are about to release.
 
-4. Update version in `doc/conf.py`.
+4. Update version in `doc/conf.py` and in `CITATION.cff`.
 
 5. Merge the release branch into the main branch.