Contribute to the atlas

One sourced number is a real contribution. You do not need to know the whole atlas, and you do not need git: a form on GitHub is enough.

What you can contribute

• Evidence: a paper, dataset or report with a number that updates a current value.
• A challenge: a current value, target, limit, readiness level or gap you think is wrong, with your source.
• A technology: one the atlas should track, or a dependency that has no page yet.
• A translation: a wrong or missing translation, or an offer to translate into your language.

The source is what matters most. A number without a source cannot enter the atlas; a number with one, even a single one, can.

Without git: the forms

Each form opens on GitHub and needs only an account. It asks for what a reviewer needs, and the moderators of the domain triage it.

• Report evidence: a source with a number that updates the atlas.
• Challenge a value: a value you think is wrong, with your source.
• Propose a technology: a technology or dependency the atlas does not have.
• Translation: a wrong or missing translation, a glossary term, or an offer to help.

Ideas that are not a proposal yet, and questions about the atlas, go to Discussions.

With git: a pull request

If you can use a terminal, you can make the change yourself. It needs only Python 3.11 or later.

1. Fork the repository on GitHub and make a branch.
2. Edit the TOML of a technology or an evidence card, starting from the templates.
3. Run the generator and the check; the check says what is missing.
4. Open a pull request and fill in its template.
5. A curator or moderator of what you changed reviews it, and a maintainer merges it.

The step-by-step guide and the rules every pull request follows, from the evidence rules to the titles and the sign-off, are in CONTRIBUTING.md.

To look after a technology, a domain or a language, see GOVERNANCE.md.