Document

So that your product can be used effectively, documentation is required for the target groups of data scientists and data engineers as well as for system engineers:

• Data scientists want to see documented

  • which problems your product solves and what the main functions and limitations of the software are (README)

  • how the product can be used

  • which changes have come in more recent software versions (CHANGELOG)

• Data engineers want to know how troubleshooting can help improve the product (CONTRIBUTING) and how they can communicate with others (CODE_OF_CONDUCT)

• System engineers need installation instructions for your product and the required dependencies

Together, they all need information about how the product is licensed (LICENSE file or LICENSES folder and how they can get help if needed.

See also

• Document

• Read the Docs for Science