Update contributing.md file. Refs #756 (#757)

* Update contributing
* Update changelog

CHANGES.rst

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 - Stop building universal wheels (#752)
+- Update CONTRIBUTING.md file (#756)
 
 1.3.0 (04-01-2023)
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CONTRIBUTING.md

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 Contributing
 ============
 
-Atramhasis is being developed as open source software by the 
-[Flanders Heritage Agency]. All development is done on the agency's 
-[Github page for Atramhasis].
+Atramhasis is an open source SKOS editor developed by [Flanders Heritage].
+Consult the [Atramhasis documentation] for more information. All development 
+is done through our [Github page for Atramhasis]. If you run into bugs or 
+would like to request a new feature, please open a [Github issue]. Please 
+provide some context to your question such as the operating system, 
+Python and Atramhasis versions you are running. If you have specific questions 
+about the software or the datasets hosted at [Flanders Heritage Thesaurus] 
+you would rather not address in a public forum, please mail us at 
+<ict@onroerenderfgoed.be>.
 
-Since we place a lot of importance of code quality, we expect to have a good 
+If you have some
+exerience with Python, Javascript, RDF or SKOS, feel free to contribute
+where you can. If you are unsure if a particular change would be welcome, 
+create a [Github issue] first. When doing so, we recommend you follow these 
+guidelines.
+
+Please setup a local installation according to the [development guidelines] in
+our online documentation, especially if you are looking to make a major 
+contribution. For certain changes, such as updating a part of the documentation 
+this is not necessary.
+
+We place a lot of importance on code quality, expect to have a good 
 amount of code coverage present and run frequent unit tests. All commits and
 pull requests will be tested with [Travis-ci]. Code coverage is being 
 monitored with [Coveralls].
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 feature/<ticketnumber>_description_of_feature
 ````
 
-Branches should be branched from develop and merged back into develop once approved 
-through a pull request.
+Feature and bugfix branches should be branched from develop and will be merged 
+back into develop once approved through a pull request.
 
 Every pull request will be run through [Travis-ci]. When providing a pull 
 request, please run the unit tests first and make sure they all pass. Please 
 provide new unit tests to maintain 100% coverage. If you send us a pull request
-and this build doesn't function, please correct the issue at hand or let us 
+that doesn't pass all tests, please correct the issue at hand or let us 
 know why it's not working.
 
-[Flanders Heritage Agency]: https://www.onroerenderfgoed.be
+[Flanders Heritage]: https://www.onroerenderfgoed.be
+[Atramhasis documentation]: https://atramhasis.readthedocs.io/en/latest
+[Flanders Heritage Thesaurus]: https://thesaurus.onroerenderfgoed.be
 [Github page for Atramhasis]: https://github.com/OnroerendErfgoed/atramhasis
+[Github issue]: https://github.com/OnroerendErfgoed/atramhasis/issues
+[development guidelines]: https://atramhasis.readthedocs.io/en/latest/development.html
 [Travis-ci]: https://travis-ci.org/OnroerendErfgoed/atramhasis
 [Coveralls]: https://coveralls.io/r/OnroerendErfgoed/atramhasis
 [pytest]: http://pytest.org