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# Guidelines for contributing
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This document describes how you can contribute to Darwin Core.
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Changes to the standard are subject to the [change policy](change_policy.html). Here's how you can contribute:
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* Want to make a change to the standard? Copy and paste one of the **issue templates** below and [submit a new issue](https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/new).
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* Want to contribute to this repository? [Fork the repository](https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/fork), make the changes, and [send a pull request](https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/compare).
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* Have a question about Darwin Core? Send it to tdwg-content@lists.tdwg.org or to the Darwin Core Questions & Answers repository through [this form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSekd0QSdgiK5ujh6CLZPx9kKTcS-mJRNK_pGWk3b3fHv4x4gQ/viewform?c=0&w=1) or directly as a new [issue](https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/issues).
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## Issue templates
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### New term
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Copy and paste this template into your [new issue](https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/new) if you want to create a term that does not exist yet ([example]()).
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```
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## New term
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* Submitter:
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* Justification (why is this term necessary?):
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* Proponents (at least two independent parties who need this term):
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Proposed attributes of the new term:
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* Term name (in lowerCamelCase):
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* Class (e.g. Location, Taxon):
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* Definition of the term:
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* Usage comments (recommendations regarding content, etc.):
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* Examples:
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* Refines (identifier of the broader term this term refines, if applicable):
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* Replaces (identifier of the existing term that would be deprecated and replaced by this term, if applicable):
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* ABCD 2.06 (XPATH of the equivalent term in ABCD, if applicable):
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```
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### Change term
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Copy and paste this template into your [new issue](https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/new) if you want to make a change to a term ([example]()).
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```
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## Change term
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* Term identifier (URL of the term to change):
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* Justification (why is this change necessary?):
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* Submitter:
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I suggest the following changes (leave blank whatever would not change):
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* Term name (in lowerCamelCase):
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* Class (e.g. Location, Taxon):
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* Definition of the term:
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* Usage comments (recommendations regarding content, etc.):
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* Examples:
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* Refines (identifier of the broader term this term refines, if applicable):
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* Replaces (identifier of the existing term that would be deprecated and replaced by this term, if applicable):
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* ABCD 2.06 (XPATH of the equivalent term in ABCD, if applicable):
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```
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### Change documentation
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Copy and paste this template into your [new issue](https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/new) if you want to make a change to the documentation ([example]()). Or, [fork the repository](https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/fork), make the changes yourself, and [send a pull request](https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/compare).
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## Change documentation
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* Documentation reference (URL):
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* Submitter:
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* Justification (why is this change necessary?):
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I suggest the following changes:
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```
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