# 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.