CONTRIBUTING.md

Contributing to UnsolvedMed

We welcome community submissions of new unresolved medical research questions, status updates, duplicate reports, and corrections.

Submission Requirements (Section 16.8)

Every community submission must provide:

1. Proposed Canonical Question: Self-contained, neutral, atomic research question (not individual patient advice or a computational benchmark).
2. Framework & Scope: Population, condition/stage, intervention/exposure/test/predictor, comparator/reference, patient-important outcomes, time horizon, and care setting.
3. Why Open: Specific evidentiary reasons (e.g., short_follow_up, inconsistency, underrepresented_population, uncertain_reference_standard), not generic statements that "more research is needed."
4. Origin & Status Sources: At least one credible problem-origin source and independent current-status search evidence with search date.
5. Rights & Responsible Release: Original paraphrase (no bulk copyrighted text) and confirmation that no personal health information (PHI) or dangerous operational details are included.