Contribution guidelines

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.

• Code of conduct
  • Our pledge
  • Our standards
  • Our responsibility
  • Scope
  • Enforcement
  • Attribution
• Instance guidelines
  • General guidelines
    • Formatting
    • Content
    • Instance identifiers
  • Type-specific conventions
• Metadata schemas
  • openMINDS syntax
    • Essentials
  • Development guidelines
  • Schema contributions
• Metadata models
• Vocabulary
  • Schema types
  • Properties