semantica/docs/governance.md

# Governance

This document describes the governance model for the Semantica project.

## Project Structure

Semantica is an open-source project maintained by Hawksight AI with community contributions.

### Roles

#### Maintainers

Maintainers are responsible for:

- Reviewing and merging pull requests
- Managing releases
- Maintaining code quality
- Resolving conflicts
- Community management
- Project direction

**Current Maintainers**:
- Hawksight AI team

#### Contributors

Contributors are community members who:

- Submit code contributions
- Improve documentation
- Report bugs
- Suggest features
- Help with issues
- Review pull requests

**Recognition**: All contributors are recognized in [CONTRIBUTORS.md](../CONTRIBUTORS.md)

#### Community Members

Community members:

- Use Semantica
- Provide feedback
- Answer questions
- Share use cases
- Participate in discussions

## Decision-Making Process

### Code Changes

1. **Proposal**: Feature requests or bug reports via GitHub Issues
2. **Discussion**: Community discussion in Issues or Discussions
3. **Implementation**: Contributor creates PR
4. **Review**: Maintainers review PR
5. **Approval**: At least one maintainer approval required
6. **Merge**: PR merged after approval and CI checks pass

### Major Decisions

For major decisions (breaking changes, architecture changes, etc.):

1. **RFC Process**: Request for Comments in GitHub Discussions
2. **Community Input**: Open discussion period (minimum 1 week)
3. **Decision**: Maintainers make final decision based on:
   - Community feedback
   - Technical feasibility
   - Project goals
   - Maintenance burden

### Release Process

1. **Planning**: Roadmap planning in GitHub Projects
2. **Development**: Feature development in feature branches
3. **Testing**: Comprehensive testing and CI checks
4. **Release Candidate**: RC for major releases
5. **Release**: Tagged release with changelog
6. **Documentation**: Updated documentation

## Release Process

### Versioning

We follow [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/):

- **MAJOR**: Breaking changes
- **MINOR**: New features (backward compatible)
- **PATCH**: Bug fixes (backward compatible)

### Release Schedule

- **Major Releases**: Quarterly or as needed
- **Minor Releases**: Monthly or as features are ready
- **Patch Releases**: As bugs are fixed

### Release Checklist

- [ ] All tests pass
- [ ] Documentation updated
- [ ] Changelog updated
- [ ] Version bumped
- [ ] Release notes prepared
- [ ] Tagged release created
- [ ] Announcement posted

## Roadmap Planning

### Planning Process

1. **Community Input**: Gather feature requests and feedback
2. **Prioritization**: Maintainers prioritize based on:
   - Community demand
   - Technical feasibility
   - Project goals
   - Resource availability
3. **Roadmap Publication**: Roadmap published in README and docs
4. **Regular Updates**: Roadmap updated quarterly

### Roadmap Categories

- **Short-term** (1-3 months): Current sprint
- **Medium-term** (3-6 months): Next quarter
- **Long-term** (6+ months): Future vision

## Code Review Process

### Review Criteria

PRs are reviewed for:

- **Functionality**: Does it work as intended?
- **Code Quality**: Follows style guidelines?
- **Tests**: Adequate test coverage?
- **Documentation**: Documentation updated?
- **Performance**: No performance regressions?
- **Security**: No security issues?

### Review Timeline

- **Initial Review**: Within 48 hours
- **Follow-up**: Within 7 days
- **Resolution**: Depends on complexity

### Review Guidelines

**For Reviewers**:
- Be constructive and respectful
- Explain reasoning for suggestions
- Approve when criteria are met
- Request changes when needed

**For Contributors**:
- Address all review comments
- Ask questions if unclear
- Be open to feedback
- Update PR based on feedback

## Conflict Resolution

### Code Conflicts

- Technical disagreements: Discuss in PR comments
- Unresolved: Escalate to maintainers
- Final decision: Maintainers

### Community Conflicts

- Follow [Code of Conduct](../CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)
- Report violations to maintainers
- Maintainers handle enforcement

## Communication Channels

### GitHub

- **Issues**: Bug reports and feature requests
- **Discussions**: Questions and general discussion
- **Pull Requests**: Code contributions
- **Releases**: Release announcements

### Discord

- Real-time community chat
- Quick questions
- Community support
- Showcases

### Email

- Security issues: semantica-dev@users.noreply.github.com
- General inquiries: GitHub Discussions preferred

## Contribution Guidelines

See [CONTRIBUTING.md](../CONTRIBUTING.md) for detailed contribution guidelines.

### Types of Contributions

- Code contributions
- Documentation improvements
- Bug reports
- Feature suggestions
- Code reviews
- Community support

### Recognition

All contributors are recognized in:
- [CONTRIBUTORS.md](../CONTRIBUTORS.md)
- GitHub contributors page
- Release notes for significant contributions

## Project Goals

### Primary Goals

1. **Usability**: Easy to use and understand
2. **Reliability**: Production-ready quality
3. **Performance**: Efficient and scalable
4. **Extensibility**: Easy to extend and customize
5. **Community**: Welcoming and inclusive

### Success Metrics

- Contributor engagement
- Issue resolution time
- Code quality metrics
- Community growth
- User satisfaction

## License

Semantica is licensed under the MIT License. See [LICENSE](../LICENSE) for details.

## Contact

For governance questions or concerns:

- **GitHub Discussions**: General questions
- **Email**: semantica-dev@users.noreply.github.com
- **Discord**: Community chat

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**Last Updated**: 2024-01-XX