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This is a candidate code of conduct that is not yet endorsed by the FHIR community. It is currently being edited by the FHIR core team with assistance from the community, prior to being offered to the community for endorsement

Note: this Code of Conduct is derived from the [[https://github.com/mono/mono/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md Mono Project]] Code of Conduct with slight modifications for the FHIR community.

= FHIR Code of Conduct =

As contributors and maintainers of this project, and in the interest of fostering an open and welcoming community, we pledge to respect all people who contribute through forum participation, change requests, editing the specification or other documentation, submitting patches or changes, and other activities.

We are committed to making participation in this project a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of level of experience, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, personal appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, age, religion, or nationality.

Examples of unacceptable behavior by participants include:

The use of sexualized language or imagery
Personal attacks
Trolling or insulting/derogatory comments
Public or private harassment
Publishing other's private information, such as physical or electronic addresses, without explicit permission
Other unethical or unprofessional conduct
Project maintainers have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject comments, commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions that are not aligned to this Code of Conduct, or to ban temporarily or permanently any contributor for other behaviors that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful.

Further, the FHIR project is committed to providing a community that welcomes new members, and provides them with a pathway to education about FHIR and full integration into the community. 

By adopting this Code of Conduct, project maintainers commit themselves to fairly and consistently applying these principles to every aspect of managing this project. Project maintainers who do not follow or enforce the Code of Conduct may be permanently removed from the project team.

This Code of Conduct applies both within project spaces and in public spaces when an individual is representing the project or its community.

Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported by contacting FHIR project lead at grahameg@gmail.com. or the FHIR Management Group at fmgcontact@hl7.org. All complaints will be reviewed and investigated and will result in a response that is deemed necessary and appropriate to the circumstances. Maintainers are obligated to maintain confidentiality with regard to the reporter of an incident.

This Code of Conduct is adapted from the Contributor Covenant, version 1.3.0, available at http://contributor-covenant.org/version/1/3/0/