Add a reference this content section

README.md

@@ -23,3 +23,28 @@ For more information about the OpenGitOps project, see: <https://github.com/open
 ## Code of Conduct
 
 The OpenGitOps community follows the [CNCF Code of Conduct](https://github.com/open-gitops/.github/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
+
+## Reference this Content
+
+Below is a [BibTex](https://www.bibtex.org) code snippet to use as reference for the content available in this repository. There is one required change, and several optional adjustments you may make to the snippet.
+
+Required:
+- at minimum you will need to change the `Accessed` date (when you accessed this material) in the [note](https://www.bibtex.com/f/note-field/) field.
+
+Optional: You may choose to reference a different release version. If so:
+- Change the `Release version` in the [note](https://www.bibtex.com/f/note-field/) field.
+- Update the [year](https://www.bibtex.com/f/year-field/) field to match. See list of releases by date [here](https://github.com/open-gitops/documents/releases).
+- Update the file link in `Authors` in the [note](https://www.bibtex.com/f/note-field/) field. You may find the list of authors by your chosen release version in the [reference](https://github.com/open-gitops/documents/blob/main/reference/) directory in this Git repo.
+
+Optional: You may reference multiple versions in the same article. If so:
+- Update the [CiteKey](https://www.bibtex.com/g/bibtex-format/#citekey) below ("GitOps-Principles-and-Glossary") so each is unique (for example, append the version "-v1.0.0").
+- ⚠️ Note that the GitOps Principles and Glossary are versioned together, so when citing an individual principle and glossary item, ensure the versions match. This is because the two files have hyperlinks from one to the other that may be incorrect or broken between different versions.
+
+```
+@misc{GitOps-Principles-and-Glossary,
+  title        = {{GitOps Principles and Glossary}},
+  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/open-gitops/documents}},
+  note         = {Accessed: YYYY-MM-DD. Release version: 1.0.0. Authors: \url{https://github.com/open-gitops/documents/blob/main/reference/authors-v1.0.0.md}.},
+  year         = {2021}
+}
+```

authors.md

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+# Authors
+
+This is an up to date list of contributors. Thanks to all participants and contributors so far.
+
+Co-authored-by: Andrew Block [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: Shoubhik Bose [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: Kevin Bowersox [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: Michael Bridgen [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: Jesse Butler [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: William Caban [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: Lloyd Chang [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: William Chia [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: Cornelia Davis [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: Brice Fernandes [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: Robert A Ficcaglia [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: Brian Fox [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: Dan Garfield [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: Christian Hernandez [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: John Hession [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: Florian Heubeck [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: Moshe Immerman [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: Cansu Kavılı Örnek [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: Timothy Lin [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: Toni Menzel [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: Leonardo Murillo [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: Piotr [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: John Pitman [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: Scott Rigby [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: Chris Sanders [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: Carlos Santana [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: Schlomo Schapiro [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: Lothar Schulz [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: Regina Scott [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: Ishita Sequeira [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: Chris Short [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: Roberth Strand [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: Sean Sundberg [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: Nicholas Thomson [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: Daniel Warner [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: Kingdon Barrett [email protected]
+Co-authored-by: Samuel Tauil [email protected]