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To aid readability, you can refer to the [GitHub documentation on managing accessibility settings](https://docs.github.com/en/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-personal-account-on-github/managing-user-account-settings/managing-accessibility-settings).\n\n## Viewing the guide\n\nThe guide is best viewed in GitHub pages at [https://defra.github.io/software-development-standards](https://defra.github.io/software-development-standards/)\n\n\n## Contributing to this project\n\nWe encourage everyone to contribute to these standards!\n\nThey have been produced as a series of markdown files to make the process of adding and maintaining the documentation as simple as possible.\n\nIt is maintained under source control to cater for this, allowing anyone to make suggestions for improvement via the standard [pull request process](https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests/). They can then be discussed and approved by the [DEFRA/sds-group](https://github.com/orgs/DEFRA/teams/sds-group).\n\nPlease ensure you have read our [principles](/docs/principles/README.md) first, and then [contribution guidelines](/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md) for details on how to get started.\n\n## License\n\nTHIS INFORMATION IS LICENSED UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF THE OPEN GOVERNMENT LICENCE found at:\n\n\u003chttp://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3\u003e\n\nThe following attribution statement MUST be cited in your products and applications when using this information.\n\n\u003eContains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.\n\n### About the license\n\nThe Open Government Licence (OGL) v3.0 was developed by the The National Archives to enable information providers in the public sector to license the use and re-use of their information under a common open licence.\n\nIt is designed to encourage use and re-use of information freely and flexibly, with only a few conditions.\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fdefra%2Fsoftware-development-standards","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fdefra%2Fsoftware-development-standards","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fdefra%2Fsoftware-development-standards/lists"}