Contributions should improve governance clarity, enforceability, and operational usefulness.
- Propose improvements to existing standards
- Add missing operational guidance
- Correct ambiguity, inconsistency, or outdated references
- Open an issue describing the change and rationale.
- Create a branch using the naming rules in
docs/BRANCHING_MODEL.md. - Submit a pull request with:
- Clear summary of changes
- Impacted documents and expected adoption impact
- Migration notes if behavior changes
- Request review from governance maintainers.
- If guidance changes are normative, apply the versioning rules in
docs/VERSIONING_POLICY.md.
- Keep language precise and neutral
- Prefer short sections and explicit requirements
- Mark recommendations as optional and mandates as required
- Keep cross-references accurate
- No contradictory guidance introduced
- Existing policies remain internally consistent
- Version and release implications are documented when relevant