# Contributing to WebAthens

Thank you for your interest in WebAthens.

WebAthens is an open and collaborative initiative exploring trust, interoperability, accountability, privacy, and human agency across people, organizations, AI systems, and connected devices.

## Ways to Participate

You can contribute by:

- Sharing ideas and use cases
- Participating in discussions
- Suggesting improvements
- Reporting issues
- Proposing initiatives
- Contributing documentation
- Sharing research
- Building pilot projects
- Connecting communities and organizations

Not all contributions require code.

## Our Principles

Please review PRINCIPLES.md before contributing.

## Getting Started

### Discussions

Use Discussions to:

- Share ideas
- Ask questions
- Explore use cases
- Discuss emerging technologies
- Propose initiatives

### Issues

Use Issues to:

- Suggest improvements
- Identify gaps
- Propose projects
- Document opportunities

### Pull Requests

Pull requests are welcome for documentation, research, resources, proposals, and website improvements.

## Community Expectations

Participants are expected to:

- Engage respectfully
- Assume positive intent
- Welcome diverse perspectives
- Focus on ideas, not individuals
- Support open collaboration

## Stewardship

WebAthens is currently stewarded as an open collaborative initiative.

Its processes and governance may evolve as the community grows.

## Thank You

Every contribution helps strengthen the Digital Agora.

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# WebAthens

### The Digital Agora for Trust, Interoperability, and Human Agency