[mark_l_watson]

Quick question: are the two formats semantically identical in the sense that a program can convert from one format to the other and back, with 100% accuracy? Thanks.

[miyu]

Looks like I posted prematurely without looking up prior discussions on this topic, but here's a detailed comparison from someone much more knowledgable than me:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28254775

[jrochkind1]

Hm, that comment mainly seems to talk about how CFF is very specialized at citing software, as opposed to the more general CSL.

"It is is specifically for citing software and datasets… Unfortunately, though, because the schema only has enough fields for citing those two…"

However, the link in OP here suggests they've expanded CFF beyond that to be used to cite anything. https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/managing-your-reposi...