Contributor Guidelines¶
Summary¶
Describing the practices and workflows for contributing to the standard or associated documentation.
Description¶
Contributor guidelines set out the expectations of external contributions to the standard or the tools that are provided to support adopters. They typically cover licensing, procedure for contributions to be reviewed, acknowledgement, and expectations around process. Contributions may include comments in forum threads or in emails as well as formal written contributions.
Prioritisation Factors¶
If there are individuals or organisations who are keen to contribute directly to the standard or tools
If the standard is starting to draw extensively on the ideas and work of the community to develop
Deprioritisation Factors¶
If the standard is being developed entirely by the organisation that maintains it with little external input