Title: Project Guidelines

Project Guidelines
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This document defines the guidelines of The DB Project. It includes definitions
of the various categories of membership, who is able to vote, how conflicts are
resolved by voting, and the procedures to follow for proposing and making
changes to the codebase of the Project.

   * [Roles and Responsibilities](roles.html)

     Defines the recognized roles in the project.

   * [Communication](communication.html)

     Defines how users and developers communicate.

   * [Decision Making](decisions.html)

     Defines how action items are proposed and voted on.

   * [Organization of Source Repositories](source.html)

     Defines how the Project's source code is organized and developed.

   * [Project Management](management.html)

     Defines the roles and responsibilities of the Project Management Committee (PMC).

   * [New Subproject Proposals](newproject.html)

     Defines the methodology for proposing new top level DB Subprojects.

This is a living document. Changes can be made by the Project Management
Committee. Suggestions for changes should be discussed on the
general at db.apache.org [mailing list](mail.html).