OpenConstruction works best when contributions are easy to understand and easy to review. Most people start with one of these paths.
Propose Resources
- Add a dataset, model, workflow, or OER using the GitHub submission templates.
- Share links, source metadata, and enough context for others to evaluate the resource.
- Help fill important gaps in tasks, modalities, and domains across AEC.
Improve Existing Records
- Correct metadata, add missing licenses, improve links, and clarify abstracts or tags.
- Strengthen discoverability by refining tasks, modalities, and structured fields.
- Report broken links, outdated resources, or inconsistent labels.
Review and Steward
- Review proposed additions for quality, attribution, and licensing completeness.
- Help new contributors prepare submissions that are easier to merge and maintain.
- Support module-level curation as the catalog grows.
Build the Platform
- Contribute to schemas, validation scripts, benchmarks, UI improvements, and guides.
- Help shape roadmap priorities through issues, discussions, and implementation work.
- Active contributors may grow into longer-term stewardship roles over time.
OpenConstruction uses a transparent review workflow so that contributions stay traceable, discussable, and easy to improve over time.
Start with the right GitHub template and describe the resource, correction, or idea clearly.
Use the existing metadata structure, include source links, and provide enough context for review.
Contributors and maintainers review for quality, attribution, consistency, and licensing clarity.
Approved changes are merged into the catalog and credited in the public platform history.
Contribution Standards
- Use the standardized metadata schemas so resources stay discoverable and interoperable.
- Include a clear license and preserve attribution to original authors, institutions, and sources.
- Provide descriptive titles, abstracts, tasks, modalities, and other structured metadata where applicable.
- Respect privacy, consent, and ethical sharing expectations for any data-related contribution.
- Platform contributions can also improve schemas, validation scripts, benchmarks, documentation, and interface quality.
Templates and validation scripts are available in the GitHub repository, and unclear cases can be discussed before submission.
Open a Submission
Use the GitHub issue templates to propose a dataset, model, workflow, OER, or platform improvement.
Ask Questions
Join the discussion board if you want feedback before preparing a full contribution.
Shape the Roadmap
Suggest roadmap items, volunteer for improvements, or coordinate community efforts through discussions and issues.