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 # F-UJI (FAIRsFAIR Research Data Object Assessment Service)
 Developers: [Robert Huber](mailto:rhuber@marum.de), [Anusuriya Devaraju](mailto:anusuriya.devaraju@googlemail.com)
 
+Thanks to [Heinz-Alexander Fuetterer](https://github.com/afuetterer) for his contributions and his help in cleaning up the code.
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