docs/content/concepts/contributing.md

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Ways to Contribute	There are many ways you could contribute to Ocean Protocol.

All contributions to Ocean Protocol are governed by our Contributor Code of Conduct. Code development follows the Ocean Engineering Principles.

Help Develop Core Ocean Software

• Read and understand the legal requirements when contributing code.
• Look through the dev-ocean repository on GitHub. It summarizes Ocean Protocol software development practices and policies.
• Ask technical questions in the Ocean Protocol chatroom on Gitter.
• Find repository-specific development notes in each repository (usually in the root README.md file).

Report a Vulnerability

See the page about reporting vulnerabilities.

Report a Bug or Make a Feature Request

To report a bug that isn't a vulnerability, or to make a feature request, go to the relevant GitHub repository, click on the Issues tab, click on the New issue button, and read the instructions.

Suggest a Change to the Protocol Itself

To suggest a change to the Ocean Protocol itself (which is actually a set of protocols), go to the Ocean Protocol Enhancement Proposals (OEPs) repository and write a proposal, either as an issue or as a pull request.

Write!

You could write articles or blog posts related to Ocean Protocol. Possible topics include:

• a story about how you used Ocean Protocol or the Ocean network
• news from a recent event
• tutorials for beginners
• a deep dive into some specific aspect of Ocean Protocol
• a blog post about a particular component in the Ocean Protocol stack

For instructions on how to contribute to our main documentation site, check out the docs repo.

Participate in a Bounty

See the page about bounties.

Become an Ocean Protocol Ambassador

• Read the announcement of the Ocean Protocol Ambassador Program
• Read about some ambassadors
• Apply to become an ambassador

Develop a Service Integration Driver or Plugin

• Aquarius currently supports storing metadata in MongoDB, Elasticsearch or BigchainDB. Each option is supported by its own "OceanDB driver." You could write a new OceanDB driver to support another database. See the existing OceanDB repositories for examples.
• Brizo currently supports storing data sets in Azure Storage, Amazon S3 or on-premise. Each option is supported by its own "Osmosis driver." You could write a new Osmosis driver to support another storage provider. See the existing Osmosis repositories for examples.
• OEP-11 lists the supported encryption and decryption options (for encrypting URLs before putting them in the metadata, not data sets themselves). You could add support for another option.
• Other kinds of services could also be integrated. If you need help or advice, then email info@oceanprotocol.com.