<aside> 👋 Below are some generic guidelines to help contributors submit new data to the database and/or improve the code of the web application.
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<aside> <img src="/icons/table_blue.svg" alt="/icons/table_blue.svg" width="40px" /> Only new data can be submitted. The data is considered new if it hasn’t already been recorded in the database. If a user wishes to modify already existing data, please send an enquiry to [email protected]. The data must be sourced from peer-reviewed scientific publications. Unpublished data will not be validated by admin profiles.
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<aside> <img src="/icons/forward_blue.svg" alt="/icons/forward_blue.svg" width="40px" /> To submit new data, a user must be on the data tab and click on submit new data. The user will be redirected to a form that must be entirely filled in for the data to be successfully submitted.
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<aside> <img src="/icons/forward_blue.svg" alt="/icons/forward_blue.svg" width="40px" /> When a user submits new data from a publication, they are highly encouraged to submit data for all the biosignatures reported in that same publication.
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<aside> <img src="/icons/forward_blue.svg" alt="/icons/forward_blue.svg" width="40px" /> When filling in the form, users should make sure to comply with the data standards. A user may request edits or additions to the data standards by sending an enquiry to [email protected]. Data standards are reviewed every month.
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<aside> <img src="/icons/table_blue.svg" alt="/icons/table_blue.svg" width="40px" /> Contributions to the application include feature requests, back-end optimization, and UI/UX optimization.
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<aside> <img src="/icons/send-to_blue.svg" alt="/icons/send-to_blue.svg" width="40px" /> All contributions must be initiated via GitHub using pull requests. Contributors are highly encouraged to include tests in their pull request with a minimum test coverage of 75%. In case of unfamiliarity with GitHub, make sure to check out their great documentation and tutorials.
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