Project Governance

Governance structure and decision-making process for the AI Store project.

Project Structure

Maintainers

Role: Core maintainers responsible for project direction and maintenance.

Responsibilities:

• Review and merge pull requests
• Make architectural decisions
• Manage releases
• Maintain documentation
• Community management

Contributors

Role: Community members who contribute to the project.

Responsibilities:

• Submit pull requests
• Report issues
• Improve documentation
• Help other contributors

Decision Making

Process

1. Proposal: Create issue or discussion
2. Discussion: Community discussion
3. Review: Maintainer review
4. Decision: Maintainer decision
5. Implementation: Implementation and documentation

Criteria

Decisions are based on:

• Technical merit
• Community impact
• Maintenance burden
• Alignment with project goals

Contribution Process

Code Contributions

1. Issue: Create or find issue
2. Discussion: Discuss approach
3. Implementation: Write code
4. Pull Request: Submit PR
5. Review: Code review
6. Merge: Merge after approval

Documentation Contributions

1. Identify: Find documentation gap
2. Write: Create or update docs
3. Review: Self-review
4. Submit: Submit PR
5. Merge: Merge after review

Release Process

Versioning

Follow Semantic Versioning:

• MAJOR: Breaking changes
• MINOR: New features
• PATCH: Bug fixes

Release Schedule

• Major: Quarterly (planned)
• Minor: Monthly (as needed)
• Patch: As needed

Release Decision

Releases are decided by:

• Maintainer consensus
• Feature completeness
• Test coverage
• Documentation completeness

Code Review

Reviewers

• At least one maintainer review required
• Community reviewers welcome
• Maintainer has final say

Review Criteria

• Code quality
• Test coverage
• Documentation
• Performance impact
• Security considerations

Issue Management

Triage

Issues are triaged by:

• Priority (Critical, High, Medium, Low)
• Type (Bug, Feature, Documentation)
• Complexity
• Community interest

Assignment

Issues are assigned to:

• Maintainers (for critical issues)
• Contributors (for community issues)
• Community (for general issues)

Community Management

Communication

• GitHub Discussions for questions
• GitHub Issues for bugs/features
• Code reviews for feedback
• Documentation for guidance

Moderation

• Follow Code of Conduct
• Maintain respectful environment
• Address violations promptly
• Document moderation actions

Project Goals

Primary Goals

1. Performance: Fast, responsive application
2. Quality: High code quality and reliability
3. Accessibility: Accessible to all users
4. Documentation: Comprehensive documentation
5. Community: Welcoming and inclusive

Success Metrics

• Performance scores (Lighthouse)
• Test coverage
• Documentation completeness
• Community engagement
• Issue resolution time

Resources

• Contributing Guide
• Code of Conduct
• Community Guidelines
• Release Process