| Title: 0.3 - Contributing |
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| # 0.3 - Contributing |
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| # Join the Apache Directory Community |
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| The Apache Directory Project is an [Open Source](http://www.opensource.org) volunteer project under the auspices of [The Apache Software Foundation (ASF)](http://www.apache.org). We welcome your input and contributions - either with direct participation (coding, documenting, answering questions, proposing ideas, reporting bugs, suggesting bug-fixes, etc..). You can also contribute to [The Apache Software Foundation (ASF)](http://www.apache.org) by [resource donations](http://apache.org/foundation/contributing.html) (money, time, publicity, hardware, software, conference presentations, speeches, etc...) of through [the sponsorship program](http://apache.org/foundation/sponsorship.html) . |
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| To begin with, we suggest you to subscribe to the [Directory Mailing Lists & IRC](https://directory.apache.org/mailing-lists-and-irc.html) (follow the link for information on how to subscribe and to access the mail list archives). Listen-in for a while, to see how others make contributions. |
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| Then you can : |
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| * Answer questions posted to the mailing lists. |
| * Contribute to the FAQ or Wiki. |
| * Contribute other documentation patches, either for the website or for the Apache Directory user documentation. |
| * Investigate bugs that have been reported and provide patches where appropriate. |
| * Help with development for the next release of the Directory project and subprojects. |
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| ## What we are looking for |
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| * Source code and fixes contributions |
| * Documentation assistance |
| * Product and feature suggestions |
| * Detailed and constructive feedback |
| * Articles and white papers |
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| ## How do I contribute |
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| * To discuss Apache Directory topics check out the [mailing lists](https://directory.apache.org/mailing-lists-and-irc.html). |
| * Informal discussion also occurs on the [#apache-directory](irc://irc.freenode.net/apache-directory) Users IRC channel or on the [#apache-directory-dev](irc://irc.freenode.net/apache-directory-dev) Developers IRC channel on [freenode.net](http://freenode.net). |
| * Bugs and other issues can be posted on the project [issue tracking system](https://directory.apache.org/issue-tracking.html). |
