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Welcome to the CovidGraph Project


Communication

We use Matrix to communicate. It's a free and federated Slack. Element, formerly Riot, is the standard client for Matrix and there is ample online guidance.

How to get started:

  1. Download Element or start the web app: https://element.io/get-started
  2. When asked to login/signup: create a free account on the matrix.org homeserver
  3. To join our main room, click 'explore', search for our room and then click join: #covidgraph:meet.dzd-ev.de

It would help if you set your full name in your Riot profile and if you introduced yourself in the main room.

Structure on Matrix

We have a main room with everyone and a couple of sub groups for specific topics. We try to organize and to make sure that everyone is in the right groups. Contact Martin Preusse if you would like to be added to any of the rooms.

  • CovidGraph (main room)
  • CovidGraph Communication
  • CovidGraph Infrastructure
  • CovidGraph Visualization
  • CovidGraph Data Sources
  • CovidGraph Use Cases
  • CovdidGraph Data Analysis

Repositories

There are several repos that make up the CovidGraph Project. You can see the full list of Repositories on the CovidGraph GitHub Team Page but a few key repos are:

Issue Tracking

We manage and track issues, data sources and use-cases using ZenHub.

CovidGraph has several active communication channels in Riot/Matrix which are good places to ask questions and find answers. As a general rule of thumb we try to ensure that we capture any useful information in ways that make it easier to find again in future. Please consider if your question may better be raised as an issue or if your observation may better be added to a wiki page and signposted from the Matrix/Riot channels. Ultimately there is no wrong way to do things and we actively encourage engagement however you feel comfortable.

Help Wanted

Check the Zenhub CovidGraph Board for any issues tagged as 'help wanted'. The ZenHub board includes issues from all repos but you can filter by specific repos if you prefer.

Website

Network & community are important. It would be great to add you to the team on our website: https://covidgraph.org/team

Please reach out to Axel Morgner (@amorgner:matrix.org). We need a picture and a short profile. You should be in our Matrix room and stay in touch with the team.

LinkedIn & Social Media

CovidGraph has anactive Twitter and LinkedIn presence and we encourage our community to engage, promote and share news about the project.

If you are an active contributor to the project, you are welcome to add a section to their profiles to promote any work you have been doing for CovidGraph. We suggest adding a new employment section and select CovidGraph as the employer as opposed to adding a new Volunteer section as you will then appear on the people tab of CovidGraph's LinkedIn page. You can select part-time and mention in the title you choose that the role is voluntary.

CovidGraph Key Contacts

  • Martin Preusse (Kaiser & Preusse) @mpreusse:matrix.org (Community, Data Sources)
  • Alexander Jarasch (DZD) @alexander.jarasch:meet.dzd-ev.de (Data Sources)
  • Axel Morgner (Structr) @amorgner:matrix.org (Website)
  • Jamie Munro @jiros:matrix.org (Documentation, Zenhub)
  • Mark Collins @hlmxteam:matrix.org (Data Sources, Hetionet)
  • Tim Bleimehl (DZD) @tim.bleimehl:meet.dzd-ev.de (Data sources, data_sources_registry)
  • Sebastian Müller (yWorks) @sebastian.mueller:matrix.org (Visual Graph Explorer)
  • Anke Pachauer @anke_pachauer:matrix.org (Marketing & Communications)
  • Claudia Remlinger (Neo4j) @cremlinger:matrix.org (Marketing & Communications)
  • Alexander Erdl (Neo4j) @alekusi.neo:matrix.org (Marketing & Communications)