• Identification

• What is the human-readable name of the project? What is a brief description of the project?

• What is the URL for the project (as a whole)?

• What is the URL for the version control repository (it may be the same as the project URL)?
  

• What programming language(s) are used to implement the project? 

• What is the Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) name for the project (if it has one)? 

• Basic project website content

• The project website MUST succinctly describe what the software does (what problem does it solve?). ^{[description_good]} 
  

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  The project website MUST provide information on how to: obtain, provide feedback (as bug reports or enhancements), and contribute to the software. ^[interact]

• how to CONTRIBUTE.

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  The information on how to contribute MUST explain the contribution process (e.g., are pull requests used?) (URL required) ^{[contribution]} 

  Non-trivial contribution file in repository. Projects on GitHub by default use issues and pull requests, as encouraged in documentation.

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  The information on how to contribute SHOULD include the requirements for acceptable contributions (e.g., a reference to any required coding standard). (URL required) ^{[contribution_requirements]}

• FLOSS license

  What license(s) is the project released under? 

• License
  

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  The software produced by the project MUST be released as FLOSS. ^{[floss_license]}

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  It is SUGGESTED that any required license(s) for the software produced by the project be approved by the Open Source Initiative (OSI). ^{[floss_license_osi]} 

  The Apache-2.0 license is approved by the Open Source Initiative (OSI).

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  The project MUST post the license(s) of its results in a standard location in their source repository. (URL required) ^{[license_location]} 

  Non-trivial license.

• Documentation

• The project MUST provide basic documentation for the software produced by the project. ^{[documentation_basics]} 
  

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  The project MUST provide reference documentation that describes the external interface (both input and output) of the software produced by the project. ^{[documentation_interface]} 

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• Other

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  The project sites (website, repository, and download URLs) MUST support HTTPS using TLS. ^{[sites_https]} 
  

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  The project MUST have one or more mechanisms for discussion (including proposed changes and issues) that are searchable, allow messages and topics to be addressed by URL, enable new people to participate in some of the discussions, and do not require client-side installation of proprietary software. ^[discussion] 

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  The project SHOULD provide documentation in English and be able to accept bug reports and comments about code in English. ^[english] 

Public version-controlled source repository

The project MUST have a version-controlled source repository that is publicly readable and has a URL. [repo_public] Show details
Mirror Repository on GitHub, which provides public git repositories with URLs. Source control via GitHub

The project's source repository MUST track what changes were made, who made the changes, and when the changes were made. [repo_track]
Repository on GitHub, which uses git. git can track the changes, who made them, and when they were made. Source control via GitHub Repository on GitHub, which uses git. git can track the changes, who made them, and when they were made. Repository on GitHub, which uses git. git can track the changes, who made them, and when they were made.

To enable collaborative review, the project's source repository MUST include interim versions for review between releases; it MUST NOT include only final releases. [repo_interim] Show details
Source control via GitHub

It is SUGGESTED that common distributed version control software be used (e.g., git) for the project's source repository. [repo_distributed] Show details
Mirror repository on GitHub, which uses git. git is distributed. Repository on GitHub, which uses git. git is distributed.

Unique version numbering

The project results MUST have a unique version identifier for each release intended to be used by users. [version_unique]
The project uses Git tags, see change log

It is SUGGESTED that the Semantic Versioning (SemVer) format be used for releases. [version_semver]

It is SUGGESTED that projects identify each release within their version control system. For example, it is SUGGESTED that those using git identify each release using git tags. [version_tags]
Hyperledger Explorer version control, and tagging

Release notes

The project MUST provide, in each release, release notes that are a human-readable summary of major changes in that release to help users determine if they should upgrade and what the upgrade impact will be. The release notes MUST NOT be the raw output of a version control log (e.g., the "git log" command results are not release notes). Projects whose results are not intended for reuse in multiple locations (such as the software for a single website or service) AND employ continuous delivery MAY select "N/A". (URL required) [release_notes]
https://github.com/hyperledger/blockchain-explorer/tree/master/release_notes, and the CHANGELOG found at https://github.com/hyperledger/blockchain-explorer/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

The release notes MUST identify every publicly known vulnerability with a CVE assignment or similar that is fixed in each new release, unless users typically cannot practically update the software themselves. If there are no release notes or there have been no publicly known vulnerabilities, choose "not applicable" (N/A). [release_notes_vulns]
If any known vulnerability was fixed, it is described in for example, https://github.com/hyperledger/blockchain-explorer/blob/master/release_notes/v0.3.8.md#known-vulnerabilities

Bug-reporting process

Vulnerability report process

Working build system

Automated test suite

New functionality testing

Warning flags

Secure development knowledge

Use basic good cryptographic practices

Secured delivery against man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks

Other security issues

Static code analysis

Dynamic code analysis