# Contributing

- [Procedures](/dfc-standard-documentation/dfc-use-cases/contributing/general-decisions.md): You will find here the list of procedures for contributing to the DFC Standard.
- [Updates to the ontology](/dfc-standard-documentation/dfc-use-cases/contributing/general-decisions/updates-to-the-ontology.md): This describes the process, contact and notification points for changes to any of our ontology files.
- [Patch releases procedure](/dfc-standard-documentation/dfc-use-cases/contributing/general-decisions/updates-to-the-ontology/patch-releases-procedure.md)
- [Minor releases procedure](/dfc-standard-documentation/dfc-use-cases/contributing/general-decisions/updates-to-the-ontology/minor-releases-procedure.md)
- [Major releases procedure](/dfc-standard-documentation/dfc-use-cases/contributing/general-decisions/updates-to-the-ontology/major-releases-procedure.md)
- [Taxonomy enrichment](/dfc-standard-documentation/dfc-use-cases/contributing/general-decisions/taxonomy-enrichment.md): All Taxonomy files are stored and maintained through VOCbench.
- [Taxonomy updates](/dfc-standard-documentation/dfc-use-cases/contributing/general-decisions/taxonomy-enrichment/taxonomy-updates.md)
- [Platform Notifcations](/dfc-standard-documentation/dfc-use-cases/contributing/platform-notifications.md)