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 # Catalogue-Profiles
 
-This repository contains the profiles characterising the item typologies defined in the D4Science Catalogues  
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+This repository contains the profiles characterising the item typologies defined in the D4Science Catalogues  
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+## Author
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+* **Leonardo Candela** ([ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7279-2727)) - [ISTI-CNR Infrascience Group](http://nemis.isti.cnr.it/groups/infrascience)
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