All committers MUST read and follow the source header policy: http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html For bulk contributions, the intellectual property clearance process MUST be followed: http://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/index.html In addition, for bulk contributions, an issue should be filed in the "project setup" component of our jira install: http://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/index.html In addition, for bulk contributions, initial code MUST be imported into the "donations" area of our SVN repository: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/triplesoup/donations/ In addition, for normal contributions to source code, the subversion project its standards for commit messages SHOULD be followed: http://subversion.tigris.org/hacking.html#log-messages http://subversion.tigris.org/hacking.html#crediting In additions, patches by non-committers MUST be attached to a TRIPLES jira issue before they are committed, and the TRIPLES jira issue MUST be referenced in the commit message.