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+Authors and Contributors
+========================
+
+## Origins
+
+The project originally started in a Microsoft [repository](https://github.com/microsoft/times-excel-reader) under the name times-excel-reader. The following individuals contributed to its development at Microsoft:
+
+- Sam Webster ([@samwebster](https://github.com/samwebster) - vast majority of work done in his own time)
+- Tom Minka ([@tminka](https://github.com/tminka))
+- Siddharth Krishna ([@siddharth-krishna](https://github.com/siddharth-krishna))
+- Pashmina Cameron
+- Sarah Lewis
+- Krzysztof Maziarz
+- Pavel Myshkov
+- Alex Spengler
+- Niloy Dey ([@niloyroot](https://github.com/niloyroot))
+- Alejandro Romero Prieto ([@AlexRomeroPrieto](https://github.com/AlexRomeroPrieto))
+
+## Current development
+
+Since 2023, the project has been developed as [xl2times](https://github.com/etsap-TIMES/xl2times) under [IEA-ETSAP](https://iea-etsap.org/). The following individuals contributed to its developement:
+
+- Sam Webster ([@samwebster](https://github.com/samwebster))
+- Siddharth Krishna ([@siddharth-krishna](https://github.com/siddharth-krishna))
+- Olexandr Balyk ([@olejandro](https://github.com/olejandro))
+- Sam West ([@SamRWest](https://github.com/SamRWest))
+
+Special thanks to the current [TIMES](https://github.com/etsap-TIMES/TIMES_model/) maintainer Antti Lehtilä ([@Antti-L](https://github.com/Antti-L)) for his continued engagement and feedback.
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 [project]
 name = "xl2times"
 version = "0.1.0"
-description = 'An open source tool to convert Excel input files for TIMES models to the DD format accepted by GAMS'
+authors = [
+    { name="Sam Webster", email="13457618+samwebster@users.noreply.github.com" },
+    { name="Tom Minka", email="8955276+tminka@users.noreply.github.com" },
+    { name="Siddharth Krishna", email="siddharth-krishna@users.noreply.github.com" },
+    { name="Olexandr Balyk", email="olex@energymodelling.club" },
+]
+maintainers = [
+    { name="Siddharth Krishna", email="siddharth-krishna@users.noreply.github.com" },
+    { name="Olexandr Balyk", email="olex@energymodelling.club" },
+]
+description = 'An open source tool to convert TIMES models specified in Excel a format ready for processing by GAMS'
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }