We're so glad you're thinking about contributing to SMD's Open-Source Science Guidance!
Before contributing, we encourage you to read our CONTRIBUTING guide (you are here), our LICENSE, our README, and our Code of Conduct.
If you do not already have a GitHub account, you can sign up for GitHub here. In the spirit of open science, everyone is encouraged to help improve this project. Here are some ways you can contribute:
- by reporting bugs
- by suggesting new features
- by translating content to a new language
- by writing or editing documentation
- by writing specifications
- by writing code and documentation (no pull request is too small: fix typos, add code comments, clean up inconsistent whitespace)
- by reviewing pull requests
- by closing issues
- Before submitting a new issue, check to make sure a similar issue isn't already open. If one is, contribute to that issue thread with your feedback.
- When submitting a bug report, please try to provide as much detail as possible, i.e. a screenshot or gist that demonstrates the problem, the technology you are using, and any relevant links.
Issues labeled ✨help wanted✨ make it easy for you to find ways you can contribute today.
For accepting new contributions, the repository uses the forking workflow. As the first step of your contribution, you'll want to fork this repository, make a local clone of it, add your contribution, and then create a pull request back to the TOPS repository.
All documentation should be written using Markdown.
This project constitutes a work of the United States Government and is not subject to domestic copyright protection under 17 USC § 105. Additionally, we waive copyright and related rights in the work worldwide through the CC0 1.0 Universal public domain dedication.
All contributions to this project will be released under the CC0 dedication. By submitting a pull request, you are agreeing to comply with this waiver of copyright interest.