Code of conduct

Our pledge

We — maintainers, node operators, contributors, and anyone participating in the African DSI DataBank project — pledge to make participation in our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation. This project exists to serve African biodiversity and agriculture research across many institutions and countries — a genuinely international, cross-institutional community — and we hold ourselves to a standard that reflects that.

Our standards

Examples of behavior that contributes to a positive environment:

• Demonstrating empathy and kindness toward other people.
• Being respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences — including differing views on how a node should be operated or how data should be shared, within the bounds of what Governance and Terms of use already establish.
• Giving and gracefully accepting constructive feedback.
• Focusing on what is best for the overall community and the platform's scientific mission.

Examples of unacceptable behavior:

• Trolling, insulting or derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks.
• Public or private harassment.
• Publishing others' private information without explicit permission.
• Attempting to circumvent this platform's access-tier, consent, or benefit-sharing mechanisms in bad faith.
• Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting.

Enforcement

Maintainers and the Continental Hub operator are responsible for clarifying and enforcing these standards, and will take appropriate and fair corrective action in response to behavior deemed inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful. Instances may be reported via the channel listed on Security. All complaints will be reviewed and investigated promptly and fairly.

This Code of Conduct is adapted from the Contributor Covenant, version 2.1, a widely-adopted standard for open/collaborative software projects.