The topics below cover information about how we define, operate, and upkeep this collection of patterns.

• Pattern Template - Start a new pattern with a copy of this
• Pattern States - Definitions of the various states and review steps a pattern can be in
• Pattern System (draft) For a human reader it is not easy to digest a long list of patterns. We are working on labeling and classifying the patterns further. See Pattern System for our current thoughts.
• Trusted Committers - Who these people are, what elevated rights they get, and how you can become one
• Publishing - How we take completed, reviewed, proven patterns and publish them toward an online book
• Markdown Info - Markdown is the ascii text format our patterns are written in; this document briefly defines how we use it
• Contributing - How to interact with our group, create your own patterns, or take part in our review-process; Github / Web centric instructions
  • Alternate Command-line steps - If you want to contribute a pattern using git from the command-line, this is your document
  • Meetings - Become involved with the people and communications of the Inner Source Patterns group
• (incomplete) Writing Guidelines - To make the writing for our patterns more consistent, we provide some guidelines to help the various authors to keep a consistent voice.
  • InnerSource Spelling - Clarifies the mystery around how to spell this. Spoiler: It is InnerSource.