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+# EDAM-bioimaging
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+An ontology of bioimage informatics operations, types of data, data formats, and bioimaging topics
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+Please see README.md for more details, including viewing and download.
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+
+## Contributing
+
+This is an open community project (transparent and participatory), and thus contributions are very welcome!
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+The most accessible way of contributing is writing comments with suggestions or needs for clarification, and starting discussion threads. Multiple channels are avaialable:
+
+**Preferred:**
+* Add comments to the [live development version of EDAM-bioimaging](https://webprotege.stanford.edu/#projects/2ce704bf-83ed-4d2e-985f-84c4841fac71/edit/Classes) at __WebProtégé__. Free registration at WebProtégé is required. Select a concept and "Start new thread" in the "Comments" widget|window (not "Comments" tab, stay in the "Classes" tab). Contribute to already open threads _ibid_ or in the "Comments" tab.
+
+**Other options:**
+* Add a proposal or comment to EDAM-bioimaging at the __NCBO BioPortal__
+    * to a selected concept in the ["Classes" tab](https://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/EDAM-BIOIMAGING/?p=classes) by clicking the small "Notes" tab on the right (still within the big "Classes" tab)
+    * on the general level in the ["Notes" tab](https://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/EDAM-BIOIMAGING/?p=notes). You can include new concept proposals here.
+* Submit or comment on an [issue](https://github.com/edamontology/edam-bioimaging/issues) at __GitHub__
+* Join the discussions at [email protected]. Mostly organisational stuff.
+* Add comments to the stable versions of EDAM-bioimaging at WebProtégé, such as the [last stable version](https://webprotege.stanford.edu/#projects/60fbe82b-bd58-41e2-825d-3801c071ee47/edit/Classes) and especially the frozen versions ([alpha03](https://webprotege.stanford.edu/#projects/40a89525-b6d6-42f2-a4c1-88e7fb1c1f86/edit/Classes), [alpha02](https://webprotege.stanford.edu/#projects/f2cd721e-0f26-4b05-9ce2-ce20d4860442/edit/Classes)) for more persistent comments. Note that comments to the [live version](https://webprotege.stanford.edu/#projects/2ce704bf-83ed-4d2e-985f-84c4841fac71/edit/Classes) are handled with the highest priority.
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+If you want to contribute in person, please join or organise a hackathon. Get in touch with [email protected] or [email protected] for planning. Usual hackathons for editing EDAM-bioimaging are the [NEUBIAS Taggathons](http://eubias.org/NEUBIAS/what-is-taggathon/).
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+
+## Editing
+
+At this momentary early stage of the development, the content of EDAM-bioimaging is developed collaboratively at http://webprotege.stanford.edu/#projects/2ce704bf-83ed-4d2e-985f-84c4841fac71/edit/Classes. After one dev cycle, these developments are commited in a batch to _git_. _Vice versa_, commits from _git_ are merged into WebProtégé.
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+**_N.B._:** Due to this special setup, edit either:
+* in only _git_ or in only WebProtégé and merge afterwards
+* or if needed in parallel, edit properties and root concepts only in _git_ and other concepts only in WebProtégé. Merge afterwards.
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+**_N.B._:** Be aware of how IDs of new concepts are assigned, and what it means for both **merging into _git_** and **[Comments](https://webprotege.stanford.edu/#projects/2ce704bf-83ed-4d2e-985f-84c4841fac71/edit/Comments) in WebProtégé**. See https://github.com/edamontology/edam-bioimaging/issues/7.