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6 If you find Orthanc useful and wish to contribute to its development, | |
7 here are some tasks you can take in charge that would greatly help us: | |
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13 on `Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/orthancdicom/>`__ and |
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17 - Improve and translate the `Wikipedia pages |
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18 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthanc_(software)>`_ about Orthanc. |
174 | 19 - Cite the `reference paper about Orthanc |
20 <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10278-018-0082-y>`__ | |
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22 - Answer questions posted to the `mailing list |
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23 <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/orthanc-users>`_. |
269 | 24 - Improve the text of the `Orthanc Book and REST API documentation |
361 | 25 <https://hg.orthanc-server.com/orthanc-book/file/tip>`__ (check |
26 out the instructions provided in the `README file | |
27 <https://hg.orthanc-server.com/orthanc-book/file/tip/README.md>`__, | |
28 and send us a :ref:`simple patch <hg-patch>`). | |
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29 - Provide documentation and use cases (inside the dedicated `GitHub |
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30 repository <https://github.com/jodogne/OrthancContributed>`_, via |
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32 - Index external contributions inside the `Links.md |
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33 <https://github.com/jodogne/OrthancContributed/blob/master/Links.md>`_ |
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40 <https://bitbucket.org/sjodogne/orthanc/issues?status=new&status=open>`_. |
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41 - Package Orthanc and its associated plugins for more UNIX or |
246 | 42 GNU/Linux distributions (e.g. Ubuntu PPA, RHEL, CentOS, openSUSE...). |
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44 <https://github.com/jodogne/OrthancContributed>`_" public GitHub |
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204 | 49 - The Orthanc project will happily accept patches in the core of |
50 Orthanc and in its associated official plugins. Please read the | |
51 :ref:`dedicated FAQ entry <cla>`. | |
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54 supported frameworks <https://www.orthanc-server.com/static.php?page=resources>`_. |
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55 - Develop :ref:`C/C++ plugins extending the Orthanc core <plugins>`. Here are some ideas |
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80 <https://www.osimis.io/en/services.html>`__ dedicated to Orthanc. | |
81 + Osimis can be hired to do `custom developments | |
82 <https://www.orthanc-server.com/orthanc-pro.php>`__ related to medical imaging. | |
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