Large Scale Collaboration Guidelines

So, you want to join the global OSE development team?

1. Start a Work Log. Add a Time Log. Note that you don't need to be logged into the wiki to use your time log - it's just an external widget.
2. Get the OSE FreeCAD Badge or show proof of equivalent capacity.
3. Choose a project, Start a Working Doc, and embed it in you Work Log. Begin documenting your progress and results on your project of choice. This is required so others can collaborate with you - otherwise you are working by yourself. At OSE, we collaborate to the maximum extent, using techniques like this so we never actually work alone. This is a mindshift that needs to happen on your side for this to work with many people.
4. Stand on the shoulders of giants - meaning - build upon others' work. To do this, you can do one of many things: (1) copy Working Doc pages from other working docs into your doc; (2) contribute to existing working docsm as their permissions allow anyone in the world to edit as a general rule; (3) or edit the wiki; (4) study Industry Standards and modify them for OSE work via the OSE Filter
5. How do we coordinate? With the understanding that 'if it's not on the wiki, it doesn't exist.' That means - everyone is expected to upload their files, update tehi