CONTRIBUTING.md

Contributing & Participating in Bitol

Thank you for being so interested in helping with the Bitol project. This document is in progress and will evolve.

Actions

1. Read and agree to the project's charter.
2. Read and agree to the repository's contributing file, as there might be specifics.
3. Become a member of the AIDA User Group. It is free. It will give you access to the Slack channels we use for communicating between the committers.
4. The repository is on GitHub. Please share your GitHub ID with us (on Slack) to invite you to participate in GitHub.
5. Once you have joined, please introduce yourself in #introduce-yourself and share anything you want in #be-shameless.

Joining the Technical Steering Committee (TSC)

The TSC meets regularly and reviews contributions. You will be invited to join the steering committee if you're active within the community.

Links

Project

• Project charter: https://github.com/bitol-io/tsc/blob/main/Bitol%20Technical%20Charter%202023-11-30.pdf
• ODCS contributing file: https://github.com/bitol-io/open-data-contract-standard/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
• GitHub repo: https://github.com/bitol-io/open-data-contract-standard

AIDA User Group

• AIDA User Group: https://aidaug.org
• Join AIDA User Group link: https://aidaug.org/join
• Register for Slack: https://aidausergroup.org/welcome/

Slack

• Main discussion channel on Slack: https://aidaug.slack.com/archives/C05UZRSBKLY
• Comms channel: https://aidaug.slack.com/archives/C06764P4ZE3
• Guiding Principles: https://aidaug.slack.com/archives/C067E0YPZFY
• Steering committee: https://aidaug.slack.com/archives/C062KBP6Q0K (by invite only)
• Be shameless: https://aidaug.slack.com/archives/C02HEHL117H
• Introduce yourself: https://aidaug.slack.com/archives/C02J886PFQW