# Contributing

Thanks for taking the time to contribute to the `OME-Zarr` specification!
We welcome contributions from anyone.

Below you find links and guidelines on how to contribute to specific parts of the NGFF project.

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## Contributing to OME
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Detailed guidance for contributing developers is available at
[https://docs.openmicroscopy.org/contributing/](https://docs.openmicroscopy.org/contributing/)


## Authorship

NGFF is a collective and community-driven effort, and we welcome contributions from anyone.
Acknowledgement of contributions is important to us,
and we provide ways to to credit contributors for their work in different places of the NGFF ecosystem.

For auhorship of the specification itself,
a list of authors is maintained in the `authors.yml` file in the [ngff-spec](https://github.com/ome/ngff-spec) repository.
The list of authors in this file is organized in two tiers:
- First category: Those who have contributed to the development of the spec through the RFC process
  in the form of RFC authorship, reviewing, commenting or editorial work.
- Second category: Those who have contributed in any form to the development of the specification under the [ngff-spec repository](https://github.com/ome/ngff-spec).
  This includes, but not limited to, all contributions to the specification text, schemas, examples or other content in the ngff-spec repository.
Upon release of a new version, the list of authors in the `authors.yml` file will be synced to a citeable DOI via Zenodo,
which can be used for citation of the specification in publications and other works.

To ensure the visibility of all contributions to the broader ecosystem that are not directly related to specification development,
a list of contributors is maintained in the [ome-zarr-acknowledgements](https://github.com/german-BioImaging/ome-zarr-acknowledgments/) repository,
which is displayed [here](community:contributors).
Any contribution to the NGFF ecosystem can be acknowledged in this repository, including but not limited to
- contribution to spec development
- Maintenance of software implementations of ome-zarr
- Development of tools and utilities for working with ome-zarr
- Development of documentation and educational materials for ome-zarr
- Organization of or participation in events and workshops related to ome-zarr
- Any other contribution that has an impact on the development and adoption of ome-zarr