# HG changeset patch
# User Sebastien Jodogne <s.jodogne@gmail.com>
# Date 1596634488 -7200
# Node ID c7b2424e4b526a901fcdb32f923c0d9a94ec2025
# Parent  03dfb896ca4b023cf977adad5eb11911e6fd1c34
contributing

diff -r 03dfb896ca4b -r c7b2424e4b52 Sphinx/source/contributing.rst
--- a/Sphinx/source/contributing.rst	Tue Aug 04 20:53:35 2020 +0200
+++ b/Sphinx/source/contributing.rst	Wed Aug 05 15:34:48 2020 +0200
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
     out the instructions provided in the `README file
     <https://hg.orthanc-server.com/orthanc-book/file/default/README.md>`__,
     and send us a :ref:`simple patch <hg-patch>`).
+  - Pursue the `OpenAPI documentation
+    <https://api.orthanc-server.com/>`__, that is still
+    work-in-progress (`check out its source code
+    <https://hg.orthanc-server.com/orthanc-book/file/default/OpenAPI>`__).
   - Provide documentation and use cases (inside the dedicated `GitHub
     repository <https://github.com/jodogne/OrthancContributed>`_, via
     pull requests).
@@ -39,10 +43,20 @@
     workarounds on the dedicated `issue tracker
     <http://bugs.orthanc-server.com/>`_.
   - Package Orthanc and its associated plugins for more UNIX or
-    GNU/Linux distributions (e.g. Ubuntu PPA, RHEL, CentOS, openSUSE...).
+    GNU/Linux distributions (e.g. Ubuntu PPA, RHEL/`EPEL
+    <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL>`__, CentOS, openSUSE...).
+  - Take ownership of the now-orphaned `Fedora package
+    <https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/orthanc>`__.
   - Share your maintenance scripts or sample code inside the "`Orthanc Contributed
     <https://github.com/jodogne/OrthancContributed>`_" public GitHub
     repository, via pull requests.
+  - Help with the integration of Orthanc together with our friend free
+    and open-source projects, notably `GNU Health
+    <https://www.orthanc-server.com/resources/orthanccon2019/GNUHealthCon-02-AxelBraun.pdf>`__,
+    but also `OpenEMR
+    <https://community.open-emr.org/t/project-pacs-server-integration/13706/15>`__,
+    `GNUmed <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNUmed>`__...
+    
 
 * **Coding tasks**:
       
@@ -52,7 +66,7 @@
   - Interface Orthanc with other software (e.g. 3D Slicer,
     Matlab/Octave, Python, Horos, dicompyler...). Check the `already
     supported frameworks <https://www.orthanc-server.com/static.php?page=resources>`_.
-  - Develop :ref:`C/C++ plugins extending the Orthanc core <plugins>`.  Here are some ideas
+  - Develop :ref:`C/C++/Python plugins extending the Orthanc core <plugins>`.  Here are some ideas
     of possible plugins:
   
     + Create a :ref:`more advanced Web interface
@@ -61,14 +75,26 @@
       that it manages the worklists (i.e. add/remove items) with a
       REST API or HL7 messages, instead of reading them from some
       folder on the filesystem.
+    + Conversion to/from `NIfTI
+      <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165027016300073?via%3Dihub>`__
+      and/or `BIDS
+      <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_Imaging_Data_Structure>`__,
+      notably for neuroimaging.
     + Have a look at the TODO file containing our `official roadmap
       <https://hg.orthanc-server.com/orthanc/file/default/TODO>`__.
-
+  
+  - Develop a way to "mount" the content of one Orthanc server as a
+    network drive through the :ref:`REST API <rest>`, using either
+    `FTP <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol>`__,
+    `FUSE <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_in_Userspace>`__
+    (through `Samba
+    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba_(software)>`__ for Windows)
+    or `WebDAV <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebDAV>`__.
   - Always remember that he **recommended way of contributing to the
-    source code of Orthanc is by creating C/C++ plugins**. If the
-    current plugin SDK is insufficient for you to develop some feature
-    as a plugin, do not hesitate to request an extension to the
-    Orthanc SDK on the `mailing list
+    source code of Orthanc is by creating C/C++/Python plugins**. If
+    the current plugin SDK is insufficient for you to develop some
+    feature as a plugin, do not hesitate to request an extension to
+    the Orthanc SDK on the `mailing list
     <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/orthanc-users>`_.