diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
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+# Default code owners for this repository.
+# TEMPLATE PLACEHOLDER:
+# Replace the owners below with your org/user/team.
+
+* @kpj2006 @Zahnentferner
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diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
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+# See help here: https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/administering-a-repository/enabling-and-disabling-version-updates
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+  # Enable version updates for npm
+  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "monday"
+      time: "09:00"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 5
+    reviewers:
+      - "AOSSIE-Org/maintainers"
+    assignees:
+      - "AOSSIE-Org/maintainers"
+    labels:
+      - "dependencies"
+      - "npm"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "chore(deps)"
+      include: "scope"
+    pull-request-branch-name:
+      separator: "/"
+
+  # Enable version updates for GitHub Actions
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "monday"
+      time: "09:00"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 5
+    reviewers:
+      - "AOSSIE-Org/maintainers"
+    assignees:
+      - "AOSSIE-Org/maintainers"
+    labels:
+      - "dependencies"
+      - "github-actions"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "chore(deps)"
+      include: "scope"
+
+  # Enable version updates for Docker
+  - package-ecosystem: "docker"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "monday"
+      time: "09:00"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 5
+    reviewers:
+      - "AOSSIE-Org/maintainers"
+    assignees:
+      - "AOSSIE-Org/maintainers"
+    labels:
+      - "dependencies"
+      - "docker"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "chore(deps)"
+      include: "scope"
+
+  # Enable version updates for bundler (Ruby)
+  - package-ecosystem: "bundler"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "monday"
+      time: "09:00"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 5
+    reviewers:
+      - "AOSSIE-Org/maintainers"
+    assignees:
+      - "AOSSIE-Org/maintainers"
+    labels:
+      - "dependencies"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "chore(deps)"
+      include: "scope"
+
+  # Enable version updates for Cargo (Rust)
+  - package-ecosystem: "cargo"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "monday"
+      time: "09:00"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 5
+    reviewers:
+      - "AOSSIE-Org/maintainers"
+    assignees:
+      - "AOSSIE-Org/maintainers"
+    labels:
+      - "dependencies"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "chore(deps)"
+      include: "scope"
+
+  # Enable version updates for Maven (Java)
+  - package-ecosystem: "maven"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "monday"
+      time: "09:00"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 5
+    reviewers:
+      - "AOSSIE-Org/maintainers"
+    assignees:
+      - "AOSSIE-Org/maintainers"
+    labels:
+      - "dependencies"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "chore(deps)"
+      include: "scope"
+
+  # Enable version updates for Gradle (Java)
+  - package-ecosystem: "gradle"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "monday"
+      time: "09:00"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 5
+    reviewers:
+      - "AOSSIE-Org/maintainers"
+    assignees:
+      - "AOSSIE-Org/maintainers"
+    labels:
+      - "dependencies"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "chore(deps)"
+      include: "scope"
+
+  # Enable version updates for Composer (PHP)
+  - package-ecosystem: "composer"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "monday"
+      time: "09:00"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 5
+    reviewers:
+      - "AOSSIE-Org/maintainers"
+    assignees:
+      - "AOSSIE-Org/maintainers"
+    labels:
+      - "dependencies"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "chore(deps)"
+      include: "scope"
+
+  # Enable version updates for Go modules
+  - package-ecosystem: "gomod"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "monday"
+      time: "09:00"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 5
+    reviewers:
+      - "AOSSIE-Org/maintainers"
+    assignees:
+      - "AOSSIE-Org/maintainers"
+    labels:
+      - "dependencies"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "chore(deps)"
+      include: "scope"
+
+  # Enable version updates for Poetry (Python AI/ML projects)
+  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "monday"
+      time: "09:00"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 5
+    reviewers:
+      - "AOSSIE-Org/maintainers"
+    assignees:
+      - "AOSSIE-Org/maintainers"
+    labels:
+      - "dependencies"
+      - "python"
+      - "ai-ml"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "chore(deps)"
+      include: "scope"
+    ignore:
+      # Ignore major version updates for ML frameworks to prevent breaking changes
+      - dependency-name: "tensorflow"
+        update-types: ["version-update:semver-major"]
+      - dependency-name: "torch"
+        update-types: ["version-update:semver-major"]
+      - dependency-name: "scikit-learn"
+        update-types: ["version-update:semver-major"]
+
+  # Enable version updates for Terraform (Infrastructure)
+  - package-ecosystem: "terraform"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "monday"
+      time: "09:00"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 5
+    reviewers:
+      - "AOSSIE-Org/maintainers"
+    assignees:
+      - "AOSSIE-Org/maintainers"
+    labels:
+      - "dependencies"
+      - "infrastructure"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "chore(deps)"
+      include: "scope"
+
+  # Enable version updates for Pub (Dart/Flutter - Blockchain DApps)
+  - package-ecosystem: "pub"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "monday"
+      time: "09:00"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 5
+    reviewers:
+      - "AOSSIE-Org/maintainers"
+    assignees:
+      - "AOSSIE-Org/maintainers"
+    labels:
+      - "dependencies"
+      - "flutter"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "chore(deps)"
+      include: "scope"
+
+  # Enable version updates for NuGet (.NET - Blockchain projects)
+  - package-ecosystem: "nuget"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "monday"
+      time: "09:00"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 5
+    reviewers:
+      - "AOSSIE-Org/maintainers"
+    assignees:
+      - "AOSSIE-Org/maintainers"
+    labels:
+      - "dependencies"
+      - "dotnet"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "chore(deps)"
+      include: "scope"