dwc/CONTRIBUTING.md

69 lines
2.5 KiB
Markdown

# Guidelines for contributing
Changes to the standard are subject to the [change policy](change_policy.html). Here's how you can contribute:
* 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).
* 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).
* Have a question about Darwin Core? Send it to tdwg-content@lists.tdwg.org.
## Issue templates
### New term
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]()).
```
## New term
* Submitter:
* Proponents (at least two independent parties who need this term):
* Justification (why is this term necessary?):
Proposed definition of the new term:
* Term name (in lowerCamelCase):
* Class (e.g. Location, Taxon):
* Definition of the term:
* Comment (examples, recommendations regarding content, etc.):
* Refines (identifier of the broader term this term refines, if applicable):
* Replaces (identifier of the existing term that would be deprecated and replaced by this term, if applicable):
* ABCD 2.06 (XPATH of the equivalent term in ABCD, if applicable):
```
### Change term
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]()).
```
## Change term
* Term identifier (URL of the term to change):
* Submitter:
* Justification (why is this change necessary?):
I suggest the following changes (leave blank whatever would not change):
* Term name (in lowerCamelCase):
* Definition of the term:
* Comment (examples):
* Refines (identifier of the broader term this term refines, if applicable):
* Replaces (identifier of the existing term that would be deprecated and replaced by this term, if applicable):
* ABCD 2.06 (XPATH of the equivalent term in ABCD, if applicable):
```
### Change documentation
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).
```
## Change documentation
* Documentation reference (URL):
* Submitter:
* Justification (why is this change necessary?):
I suggest the following changes:
```