7 July 2022 Standard for Public Code community call notes

Attendees

• Jan Ainali
• Eric Herman
• Kehinde Bademosi
• Elena Findley-de Regt
• Ben Cerveny

Updates from the Foundation

• Proposal for a new criterion about Findability
• Proposal for a new Code of Conduct

Notes

We used a whiteboard to collaboratively coming up with points for the roadmap. The points were placed in the categories Now, Next and Later. Some were also identified to block version 1.0 or depend on it.

The output, shown below in the original board, an exported image and text, will be used as a starting point to write a roadmap that gets added to the repository for the standard.

Check the actual Excalidraw board.

Now

• Demonstrate good example codebases of each criterion (especially Bundle policy and code)
• Clarify computer code vs policy text in requirements
• Remove multiple bullet point requirements
• Fold in feedback e.g.: findability, modularity
• Work through the issue backlog
• Separate executive summary

Next

• Links to examples of Standard-compliant implementations
• Put “Why is this important” before requirements
• Possibly: add in the illustrations for each criterion
• As far as possible, make the standard standard compliant

Later

• Certification badges
• Physical paper checklist

Blocking version 1.0

• Becoming validated by multiple codebases
• Update criteria URL

Depending on version 1.0

• Linkable requirements
• New cover art
• Register for ISBN
• List with an on-demand book printing service