From bb4ca4b17d55e6a5b8143b5e9e4d43f71556987a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alasdair Gray Date: Sun, 24 May 2020 20:12:55 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Resolve comment https://github.com/BioSchemas/governance/commit/a856d9e32d4f570075c6be58ea7dea09423c0335#r38673246 Added forward link to election section. --- governance.md | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/governance.md b/governance.md index 96e7c2c..935a3e9 100644 --- a/governance.md +++ b/governance.md @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ The Bioschemas Community adheres to the 5 core principles of [OpenStand](https:/ 2. Adherence to Fundamental Parameters of Standards Development - * Due process: equality and fairness, Broad consensus, Transparency, Balance, And Openness + * Due process: equality and fairness, Broad consensus, Transparency, Balance, And Openness 3. Collective Empowerment @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ The Steering Council will have a minimum of 4 members, one of whom must be the C Voting on issues in the Steering Council requires at least 50% of the members of the council to be present and will be carried with a simple majority. In the case of an even split, the Chair will have a casting vote. -The Steering Council representatives take on the following roles associated with steering the community, each with specific, identified responsibilities. Community members who are elected to these roles are expected to provide substantive contributions to the community over the duration of their term. The overall role of the Steering Council is to ensure the long-term stability and growth of the community, and the works that are undertaken. +The Steering Council representatives take on the following roles associated with steering the community, each with specific, identified responsibilities. Community members who are elected to these roles through the processes outlined in the [Role Holder Appointment Process](#role-holder-appointment-process) section are expected to provide substantive contributions to the community over the duration of their term. The overall role of the Steering Council is to ensure the long-term stability and growth of the community, and the works that are undertaken. * Chair: (strategic oversight) @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ Appeals for inclusion where someone feels they have been overlooked should go to Steering Council ‘Role Holders’ and Working Group Leads are elected positions, with a 2 year term of service. Incumbents may continue in post if successfully reelected and may resign from post with a three month service period. -Three months prior to the end of a term, any open position will be advertised through the Bioschemas mailing list with a 4 week period for candidates to put themselves forward. Candidates must already be involved in the Bioschemas community at the time a role becomes available. Elections will be carried out through an appropriate poll system with details distributed through the Bisochemas mailing list. The poll will remain open for two weeks, and the results will be ratified by the Steering Council and subsequently announced through the Bioschemas mailing list and website. The new role holder takes over the position at the end of the previous holder’s term of office, or earlier if mutually agreed. +Three months prior to the end of a term, any open position will be advertised through the Bioschemas mailing list with a 4 week period for candidates to put themselves forward. Candidates must already be involved in the Bioschemas community at the time a role becomes available. Elections will be carried out through an appropriate poll system with details distributed through the Bisochemas mailing list. The poll will remain open for two weeks, and the results will be ratified by the Steering Council and subsequently announced through the Bioschemas mailing list and website. The new role holder takes over the position at the end of the previous holder’s term of office, or earlier if mutually agreed. ## Role Holder Removal Process @@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ The development steps for a profile are: 4. Map the property to widely used ontology terms in the domain; - 5. Optionally provide a clarification description of how to use the property within the Life Sciences (NOTE: Note that this can only narrow the definition within the life sciences community, not redefine the property.). + 5. Optionally provide a clarification description of how to use the property within the Life Sciences (NOTE: Note that this can only narrow the definition within the life sciences community, not redefine the property.). 3. Ensure that the use case is sufficiently covered, and if required propose new properties for the type; @@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ In the following, the term ‘Bioschemas type’ means a type that is being deve Adding new properties to existing Schema.org types should be discussed with the Steering Council prior to being carried out following the Schema.org development process, i.e. an issue should be raised on the Schema.org issue tracker and discussions carried out with the wider Schema.org community. -Adding Bioschemas types in the expected types of existing Schema.org types will be carried out on the inclusion of the Bioschemas type into the Schema.org vocabulary; see [Releasing a Type](#heading=h.yakcmtxgrkm6) for more details. +Adding Bioschemas types in the expected types of existing Schema.org types will be carried out on the inclusion of the Bioschemas type into the Schema.org vocabulary; see [Releasing a Type](#heading=h.yakcmtxgrkm6) for more details. #### Proposing a New Bioschemas Type