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Add CITATION.cff file to enable GitHub's 'Cite this repository' feature with proper software metadata and preferred citation to the Geoinformatica 2019 paper.

Fixes #2559

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Added CITATION.cff file with:

  • Software metadata (v1.8.0, Apache 2.0 license, URLs, description)
  • Preferred citation pointing to "Spatial Data Management in Apache Spark: The GeoSpark Perspective and Beyond" (DOI: 10.1007/s10707-018-0330-9)
  • Key authors with ORCID identifiers
  • Follows CFF v1.2.0 specification

This enables GitHub's automatic citation feature and provides standardized citation formats.

How was this patch tested?

Validated against CFF v1.2.0 specification and verified metadata accuracy from pom.xml, R/DESCRIPTION, and docs/community/publication.md.

Did this PR include necessary documentation updates?

  • No, this PR does not affect any public API so no need to change the documentation.

- Add CITATION.cff file to enable GitHub's 'Cite this repository' feature
- Include software metadata: version 1.8.0, Apache 2.0 license, project URLs
- Set preferred citation to foundational Geoinformatica 2019 paper
  (DOI: 10.1007/s10707-018-0330-9) as recommended in project docs
- Follow Citation File Format (CFF) v1.2.0 specification
- Include key authors with ORCID identifiers where available

Fixes apache#2559
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We can add a CITATION file to the repository to help users correctly cite the Sedona software

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