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Contribution guidelines
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The openMINDS metadata framework is an open-source project and welcomes contributions from the community.

Contributions can take the form of modifications or extensions to different parts of the framework:

- **modifications**: improvements to existing instances, schemas, or vocabularies  
- **extensions**: additions such as new instances, new schemas, or new schema modules (i.e., coherent sets of schemas following the openMINDS dependency rules)  

Contributions typically involve:

- providing feedback or reporting issues via issue trackers  
- suggesting improvements or extensions  
- submitting pull requests for fixes or new developments  

.. note::

   All contributions to the openMINDS framework must be harassment-free. Please follow our `code of conduct`_ to ensure an open and welcoming community environment.

The following sections provide detailed guidelines for contributing to specific parts of openMINDS.

.. toctree::
   contribution_guidelines/code_of_conduct
   contribution_guidelines/instance_guidelines
   contribution_guidelines/schema_guidelines
   contribution_guidelines/module_guidelines
   contribution_guidelines/vocabulary_guidelines

.. _code of conduct: contribution_guidelines/code_of_conduct.html