Welcome to BIOMASS BPS Discussions

[yreyricord]

Welcome to BIOMASS BPS Discussions, the conversation space for the open
source BIOMASS Processing Suite.

Use this space to ask questions, brainstorm ideas, discuss the science
behind the processors, and engage with the rest of the community.

When to post here vs file an issue

You want to...	Go to
Report a defect, request a feature, propose an algorithm, flag a documentation gap, or report a security concern	Issues (one of the 5 templates)
Ask a question on usage, installation, API, processing chain	Q&A
Brainstorm a feature before filing it as an issue	Ideas
Discuss algorithms, validation, methodology	Scientific discussions
Ask about governance, maintainer paths, policy	Governance
Introduce yourself, share a paper or a downstream project	Show and tell

The six categories

📢 Announcements
Project announcements, releases, governance decisions. Posts are restricted
to maintainers. Anyone can comment.

❓ Q&A
Ask anything about BIOMASS BPS: usage, installation, API, processing chain,
data formats. Mark the reply that solved your problem as the answer so
future readers find it fast.

💡 Ideas
Brainstorm a feature or a change before opening a tracking issue. If the
idea converges, a maintainer will ask you to file it through one of the
issue templates.

🔬 Scientific discussions
Algorithms, validation, methodology, ATBD interpretations, references,
or anything that warrants Scientific Module Expert (SME) input.

🏛️ Governance
Project governance, maintainer nominations, role changes, contribution
policy questions, open source strategy.

👋 Show and tell
Introductions, usage stories, downstream projects, papers, conference
talks, screenshots. Share your work with the community.