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# Contributing
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This page is for anyone who wants to fix the specification, change a format or add an example.
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Propose a change as a pull request on the repository at <https://git.scient.ing/infra/paperspec>.
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## What a change needs
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A change starts in the chapter of [the specification](spec/README.md) that defines the rule, because the chapters are normative.
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The schemas, SQL, registries, vectors and fixtures then follow the chapter ([spec/00 §0.5](spec/00-introduction.md#05-how-the-repository-is-arranged)).
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1. **Change the chapter.**
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Say what is new in the chapter's own terms, and link the sections it touches.
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2. **Change the schemas, SQL and registries** that the rule shapes.
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A new refusal gets a rule ID in [registry/rules.json](registry/rules.json).
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3. **Compute, never type, the expected values.**
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Change the oracle in [tools/oracle/](tools/oracle/) to apply the rule, and add the case that shows it to [tools/build.py](tools/build.py): a vector, a fixture or a broken package in `fixtures/invalid/`.
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Then run `pixi run build`, which rewrites `fixtures/` and `vectors/`.
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4. **Run the checks.**
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`pixi run check` must end with `All checks pass.`
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Without pixi, run `python3 tools/check.py`, with Python 3.14 and two packages, `jsonschema` and `cryptography` installed.
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5. **Record the change** in [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md).
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## Versions
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A change that makes a valid file invalid, or that changes a computed value, is a breaking change and needs a new major version of the format, with a migration.
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Adding an optional property, a node kind, a run kind or an enumeration value is a minor change ([spec/00 §0.3](spec/00-introduction.md#03-format-identifiers-and-versions)).
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A rebuild that changes any file under `vectors/` or any hash in `fixtures/` is a computed value changing, so say in the pull request why it must.
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## New node kinds and run kinds
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Propose a kind with the vector or fixture that shows it.
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A node kind needs its row in [chapter 3](spec/03-nodes.md), the node schema, and its entry in the `CHILDREN` table of `tools/oracle/model.py`.
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A run kind needs its row in [section 3.5](spec/03-nodes.md#35-inline-runs) and the node schema, and its text in the plain projection ([3.6](spec/03-nodes.md#36-the-plain-projection)) and in the strict and lossy projections ([5.3](spec/05-hashes.md#53-the-strict-projection), [5.5](spec/05-hashes.md#55-the-lossy-projection)).
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## Releasing
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A release is a tag on `main` whose version is the top heading of [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md).
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Before tagging:
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1. `pixi run check` passes on Linux and macOS, which the workflow in `.gitea/workflows/` runs on every push.
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The check also confirms that every count the prose states (formats, schemas, vectors, broken packages) matches the repository, and that `pixi.toml`, the registries and `tools/build.py` state the same version.
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2. `python3 tools/stress.py` passes with its default seed, and with one or two others.
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3. The website is published from the release ([deploy/](deploy/README.md)), and the JSON-LD context at `https://paperspec.scient.ing/context/scienting-1.jsonld` and a schema at its `$id` both answer with their media types.
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Layers claim to be W3C Web Annotations, and a JSON-LD processor that cannot fetch the context cannot read them.
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4. The decisions that freeze on release are made: enumeration values and format identifiers never change meaning afterwards ([spec/22 §22.5](spec/22-conformance.md#225-stability)), so a name worth changing is changed now.
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5. The CHANGELOG entry describes the release in the terms of the chapters it touches.
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## Writing
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The checker enforces two rules on every Markdown file: one sentence per line, and US spelling.
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`pixi run lint` runs markdownlint with the repository's settings.
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Define each term where it first appears, because the guides and READMEs are written for newcomers as well as implementers.
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All fixture text is synthetic, written for the fixtures.
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The keys in `fixtures/keys/` are public test keys and must never sign anything else.
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## Licenses
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Each path keeps the license that [LICENSE.md](LICENSE.md) gives it: prose CC-BY-4.0, the normative data CC0-1.0, and `tools/` Apache-2.0.
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