Site Guidelines

General Information

This document is published by the Website Engineering Team, which builds and manages the site on behalf of Oracle and the community and also leads the Website Community Group. The Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and Trademarks Policy cover the legal aspects of the site, and users are encouraged to consult those documents as well. See the Website User Guide for usage issues.

Reporting Website Issues

For website user account issues, spam, violations of the Website Terms of Use, or community disputes post mail to website-admin AT opensolaris DOT org. Oracle's Website Team will respond to your report as soon as possible.

Website Content

The website is a community space funded by Oracle. The content on the site and within the site's mailing lists should consist of only relevant information about development and the community. Generally, there are three broad categorizes of content on the website: common content, collective content, and applications/sub-site content. All three areas are described below.

1. Common Content

Oracle's Website Team manages the common content. This content includes pages such as the following: front page, project overview, FAQ center, roadmap, site map, downloads, sub domains, etc. Requests to update this information can be made on website-discuss.

2. Collective Content

Leaders of Collectives (Community Groups, Projects, User Groups) are responsible for managing their own content and adhering to this policy and the TOU. Collectives can link to resources outside the site as long as the TOU is followed and the content is related to this site. Website infrastructure can be requested to support new Collectives, and community members can start that process by following the Infrastructure Life Cycle Instructions.

IMPORTANT: Oracle employees may NOT use Oracle's internal corporate presentation templates for community presentations. Also, do NOT post to the website any documents marked with "confidential" or "proprietary" or similar notices. If the information is not confidential and is appropriate for the community, remove the confidential notice before posting. This is NOT optional. Documents marked "confidential" in any way can be deleted by the site administrator without notice.

3. Applications/Sub-Sites Content

The website is made up of multiple applications and sub-sites that provide services to users and developers. See the site map for details and contact the sub-site owners for further information.

Mail Lists & Website Infrastructure

Collective Leaders are responsible for properly managing their mailing lists and website infrastructure. For instance, lists are subject to review based on the TOU and may be deactivated and/or terminated due to insufficient traffic (no posts in the last month or less than 3 posts in the last 3 months) or poor management of non-member messages accumulating in moderator queues. Also, if website infrastructure is abandoned, the Website Team can deactivate and/or terminate the infrastructure. See the Infrastructure Life Cycle Instructions for full details about how each Collective can be deactivated and/or terminated.

Announcements

Community members can post their community-related announcements to the announce list. This is a moderated list for one way traffic, and most announcements are approved within a few hours. DO NOT cross-post announcements to other lists, or the announcement mail may be rejected.

Jobs

Companies interested in hiring community developers and users can post requirements to the jobs list. This is the only approved list for job-related discussions.

Website Maintenance & Development

Oracle's Website Team regularly updates the site to maintain system performance and add new features. See the website roadmaps here. These updates may require the entire website infrastructure (or specific applications, such as mail servers or the source code management system) to be unavailable for scheduled periods of time. The information below details our scheduled maintenance procedures.

• Regular website maintenance will be scheduled between 6-10 AM (U.S. Pacific Time) whenever possible. Maintenance announcements will be sent to the announce and discuss mailing lists under the following scenarios:

• If a machine will be down for approximately 30 minutes, we will provide 3 hours notice.

• If a machine will be down for approximately 1 hour, we will provide 1 day notice.

• If a machine will be down for approximately 4 hours or more, we will provide 3 days notice.

If you experience a problem with an application after an upgrade, please report the issue to website-admin AT opensolaris DOT org.

Policy Updates

Oracle's Website Engineering Team will update this policy to reflect changes in the community and/or program.