This document defines the guidelines of The Jakarta Project. It includes definitions of the various categories of membership, who is able to vote, how conflicts are resolved by voting, and the procedures to follow for proposing and making changes to the codebase of the Project.

• Roles and Responsibilities
  Defines the recognized roles in the project.
• Communication
  Defines how users and developers communicate.
• Decision Making
  Defines how action items are proposed and voted on.
• Source Repositories
  Defines how the Project's source code is organized and developed.
• Project Management
  Defines the roles and responsibilities of the Project Management Committee (PMC).
• New Subproject Proposals
  Defines the methodology for proposing new top level Jakarta Subprojects.

This is a living document. Changes can be made by the Project Management Committee. Suggestions for changes should be discussed on the general@jakarta mailing list

Please note: A working proposal to update the guidelines is available at http://jakarta. apache.org/site/proposal.html.