diff --git a/.tributors b/.tributors
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+{
+    "dcherian": {
+        "name": "Deepak Cherian",
+        "bio": "physical oceanographer",
+        "blog": "http://www.cherian.net",
+        "orcid": "0000-0002-6861-8734",
+        "affiliation": "National Center for Atmospheric Research"
+    },
+    "malmans2": {
+        "name": "Mattia Almansi",
+        "blog": "https://malmans2.github.io",
+        "orcid": "0000-0001-6849-3647",
+        "affiliation": "National Oceanography Centre"
+    },
+    "aulemahal": {
+        "name": "Pascal Bourgault",
+        "bio": "Physical oceanography graduate turned climate science specialist and scientific developer.",
+        "orcid": "0000-0003-1192-0403",
+        "affiliation": "Ouranos Inc"
+    },
+    "keewis": {
+        "name": "Justus Magin"
+    },
+    "jukent": {
+        "name": "Julia Kent",
+        "affiliation": "National Center for Atmospheric Research",
+        "orcid": "0000-0002-5611-8986"
+    },
+    "kthyng": {
+        "name": "Kristen Thyng",
+        "bio": "MetOcean Data Scientist at Axiom Data Science. Associate Editor in Chief at the Journal for Open Source Software (JOSS). Wrote cmocean colormaps.",
+        "blog": "http://kristenthyng.com",
+        "orcid": "0000-0002-8746-614X",
+        "affiliation": "Axiom Data Science"
+    },
+    "jhamman": {
+        "name": "Joe Hamman",
+        "bio": "Scientist and Engineer and Human.\r\n",
+        "blog": "http://joehamman.com",
+        "orcid": "0000-0001-7479-8439",
+        "affiliation": "CarbonPlan"
+    },
+    "withshubh": {
+        "name": "Shubhendra Singh Chauhan",
+        "bio": "Developer Advocate at @deepsourcelabs  🥑 \r\n👨🏻‍💻 work profile: @shubhendra-deepsource",
+        "blog": "camelcaseguy.com"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/.zenodo.json b/.zenodo.json
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+{
+    "creators": [
+        {
+            "name": "Deepak Cherian",
+            "affiliation": "National Center for Atmospheric Research",
+            "orcid": "0000-0002-6861-8734"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "Mattia Almansi",
+            "affiliation": "National Oceanography Centre",
+            "orcid": "0000-0001-6849-3647"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "Pascal Bourgault",
+            "affiliation": "Ouranos Inc",
+            "orcid": "0000-0003-1192-0403"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "Julia Kent",
+            "affiliation": "National Center for Atmospheric Research",
+            "orcid": "0000-0002-5611-8986"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "Justus Magin"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "Kristen Thyng",
+            "affiliation": "Axiom Data Science",
+            "orcid": "0000-0002-8746-614X"
+        }
+    ],
+    "upload_type": "software",
+    "keywords": []
+}
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
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+# YAML 1.2
+# Metadata for citation of this software according to the CFF format (https://citation-file-format.github.io/)
+cff-version: 1.0.3
+message: If you use this software, please cite it using these metadata.
+title: cf_xarray
+doi: 10.5281/zenodo.4749736
+repository-code: https://github.com/xarray-contrib/cf-xarray
+license: Apache-2.0
+version: 0.5.2
+date-released: 2021-05-11
+keywords:
+- cf-conventions
+- xarray
+- metadata
+
+authors:
+- affiliation: National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
+  family-names: Cherian
+  given-names: Deepak
+  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6861-8734
+- affiliation: National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK
+  family-names: Almansi
+  given-names: Mattia
+  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6849-3647
+- affiliation: Ouranos, Inc.
+  family-names: Bourgault
+  given-names: Pascal
+  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1192-0403
+- affiliation: National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
+  family-names: Kent
+  given-names: Julia
+  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5611-8986
+- family-names: Magin
+  given-names: Justus
+- family-names: Thielen
+  given-names: Jon
+  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5479-0189
+  affiliation: Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
+- affiliation: Axiom Data Science
+  family-names: Thyng
+  given-names: Kristen
+  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8746-614X
+...