DSpace is a community built and supported project. We do not have a centralized development or support team, but have a dedicated group of volunteers who help us improve the software, documentation, resources, etc.
- Contribute new code via a Pull Request
- Contribute documentation
- Help others on mailing lists or Slack
- Join a working or interest group
We accept GitHub Pull Requests (PRs) at any time from anyone. Contributors to each release are recognized in our Release Notes.
We provide a Code Contribution Checklist in our Pull Request Template which includes guidance on things we will look for in your PR.
We also provide a Code Style Guide (detailing how to format your code) and a Code Conventions Guide (detailing established coding best practices).
Additional details on the code contribution process can be found in our Code Contribution Guidelines
DSpace Documentation is a collaborative effort in a shared Wiki. The latest documentation is at https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSDOC
If you find areas of the DSpace Documentation which you wish to improve, please request a Wiki account by emailing wikihelp@lyrasis.org. Once you have an account setup, contact @tdonohue (via Slack or email) for access to edit our Documentation.
DSpace has our own Slack community and Mailing Lists where discussions take place and questions are answered. Anyone is welcome to join and help others. We just ask you to follow our Code of Conduct (adopted via Lyrasis).
Most of the work in building/improving DSpace comes via Working Groups or Interest Groups.
All working/interest groups are open to anyone to join and participate. A few key groups to be aware of include:
- DSpace Developer Team - This is the primary, volunteer development team. We meet weekly to review our current development project board, assigning tickets and/or PRs. This is also were discussions of the next release or major issues occur. Anyone is welcome to attend.
- DSpace Community Advisory Team (DCAT) - This is an interest group for repository managers/administrators. We meet monthly to discuss DSpace, share tips & provide feedback back to developers. Anyone is welcome to attend.