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The Orange Button Solar Taxonomy is defined within Master-OB-OpenAPI.json. The taxonomy is compliant with OpenAPI 3.0.

Contributing

To report a bug, error or to describe a new feature, please open an Issue. To contribute comments or propose changes to the taxonomy, for those with git skills, please feel free to fork this repository and then submit a pull request with your suggested changes. For those without git skills but wanting contribute, the Orange Button Technical Workgroup meets regularly and welcomes new participants. Contact the workgroup at [email protected]

Using the taxonomy

The Orange Button Solar Taxonomy is free to use consistent with the terms of its license. A webapp is available to explore and edit a copy of Master-OB-OpenAPI.json. You can find an instance of this editor that is free for you to use at https://openobeditor.sunspec.org

Code for the editor is open source and available on GitHub here. Issues, feature requests and contributions are welcome.

Versioning

The Orange Button Solar Taxonomy uses calendar versioning, following the pattern YYMM.mm.pp, where YY is a two-digit year, MM is a zero-padded month, mm is a minor release integer, and pp is a patch integer. New major versions are anticipated to be released at 6 month intervals.

Major releases are not intended to be backward compatible, where minor releases are backward compatible. Patches are intended to replace their parent major/minor release.

Changes to the taxonomy are organized according to table below.

Type of Change Type of Release
Change a term name Major
Remove a term from an object Major
Change or delete a unit Major
Delete a term or object Major
Change a term's unit Major
Add a new term Minor
Add a term to an object Minor
Add a new object Minor
Add a new unit or enumerated value Minor
Change a term description or sample value Minor
Correct an error that causes problems for users Patch

If anything is unclear or you have any questions, please feel free to email us at: [email protected]