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+title:  "Standard Container Integration Format (SCI-F) Final Draft"
+category: news
+permalink: 2017-scif-contribute
+---
+
+Hi Singularity Community!
+
+Thanks to everyone that provided comments on the early draft for SCI-F. The goals were initially:
+
+ - write specification draft (this was done via a Google Doc)
+ - implement into Singularity (now in [development branch](https://github.com/singularityware/singularityware.github.io/blob/docs/2.4/pages/docs/user-docs/docs-apps.md))
+ - get feedback on both, adjust implementation and draft
+ - do several (N=4) implemented use cases for SCI-F, write up ([available here](http://containers-ftw.org/apps/category/#Example))
+ - make an interactive, open source repository to contribute and share SCI-F apps [http://containers-ftw.org/apps/](http://containers-ftw.org/apps/)
+ - write up the (almost) "final" draft formally [http://containers-ftw.org/SCI-F/](http://containers-ftw.org/SCI-F/)
+
+I'm (`@vsoch`) happy to report that I've finished the above, and I'd like to ask the following:
+
+ - if you contributed, please check the AUTHORS file in the SCI-F repository to make sure that I added you, and spelled your name correctly (apologies in advance).
+ - Any further suggestions, additions, or entire new contributions can be added to the draft by way of pull request. I'm not in any rush, and if you have a good contribution, I want to help.
+ - If you have not contributed yet and would like to, see the ideas linked on the [draft abstract page](http://containers-ftw.org/SCI-F/). 
+
+The plan is (as of now) to submit this no later than the end of October, and I want to make sure everyone that wants to contribute has had ample chance. Indeed, with Singularity there are many ways to cook your container, and SCi-F definitely exemplifies that.
+
+![egg](/images/logo/three-ways.png)
+
+Thanks again everyone!
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