.. _citing:

How to Cite
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If you use daoBase in your academic work, we kindly ask that you cite the specific version of the software used. This practice ensures that all contributors are properly credited and that your work is permanently linked to the exact software version that produced your results.

We use Zenodo_ to provide a permanent Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for every release of the code.

.. _Zenodo: https://zenodo.org/


BibTeX Citation

For publications that use BibTeX, you can use the entry below. Please adjust the version field if you are citing an older release.


.. code-block:: bibtex

   @software{barr_2025_17264152,
   author       = {Barr, David and
                   Cetre, Sylvain and
                   Connolly, John and
                   Thomas Davies},
   title        = {Durham-Adaptive-Optics/daoBase: Initial Release},
   month        = oct,
   year         = 2025,
   publisher    = {Zenodo},
   version      = {v0.0.1},
   doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.17264152},
   url          = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17264152},
   swhid        = {swh:1:dir:e28d715b004461ad5ac69d7ac13d5a4a0f8fc196
                   ;origin=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17264151;vi
                   sit=swh:1:snp:c39ecfb0c6dc79d3ad9523b5cdd88dc1a14f
                   43e2;anchor=swh:1:rel:b822be04b6dda609af461bb157fc
                   b1ec74853023;path=Durham-Adaptive-Optics-daoBase-
                   ccd63ee
                   },
   }


Standard Citation Format

For non-BibTeX formats, please use the following structure (adjusting the style, such as APA or Chicago, as required by your publisher)::

   Barr, D., Cetre, S., Connolly, J., & Thomas Davies. (2025). Durham-Adaptive-Optics/daoBase: Initial Release (v0.0.1). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17264152