TITLE: Guidelines for contributing DESCRIPTION: This document describes how you can contribute to Plinian Core.
Here's how you can contribute:
- Want to make a change to the standard? Copy and paste one of the issue templates below and submit a new issue.
- Want to contribute to this repository? Fork the repository, make the changes, and send a pull request.
- Have a question about Plinian Core? Send it to tdwg-content@lists.tdwg.org.
Copy and paste this template into your new issue if you want to create a term that does not exist yet.
## New term
* Submitter:
* Proponents (at least two independent parties who need this term):
* Justification (why is this term necessary?):
Proposed definition of the new term:
* Term name (in lowerCamelCase):
* Class (e.g. Location, Taxon):
* Definition of the term:
* Comment (examples, recommendations regarding content, etc.):
* Refines (identifier of the broader term this term refines, if applicable):
* Replaces (identifier of the existing term that would be deprecated and replaced by this term, if applicable):
* PlinianCore (XPATH of the equivalent term in PlinianCore, if applicable):
Copy and paste this template into your new issue if you want to make a change to a term.
## Change term
* Term identifier (URL of the term to change):
* Submitter:
* Justification (why is this change necessary?):
I suggest the following changes (leave blank whatever would not change):
* Term name (in lowerCamelCase):
* Definition of the term:
* Comment (examples):
* Refines (identifier of the broader term this term refines, if applicable):
* Replaces (identifier of the existing term that would be deprecated and replaced by this term, if applicable):
* Plinian Core (XPATH of the equivalent term in Plinian Core, if applicable):
Copy and paste this template into your new issue if you want to make a change to the documentation. Or, fork the repository, make the changes yourself, and send a pull request.
## Change documentation
* Documentation reference (URL):
* Submitter:
* Justification (why is this change necessary?):
I suggest the following changes:
[Adapted from: https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md]