Add a reference this content section

README.md

@@ -23,3 +23,16 @@ 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
+
+A [BibTex](https://www.bibtex.org) code snippet to use as reference for the content available in this repository is listed below, make sure to change your site visit date, and optionally release version, accordingly.
+
+```
+@misc{open_gitops,
+  title        = {{GitOps Principles and Glossary}},
+  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/open-gitops/documents}},
+  note         = {Accessed: YYYY-MM-DD. For an up-to-date list of authors, see \url{https://github.com/open-gitops/documents/blob/v1.1.0/authors.md}. Release version 1.1.0},
+  year         = {2024}
+}
+```

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]