From 252a55c5fe753081d792f0cf102e398b8a76ef88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jovan Mitrevski <jmitrevs@fnal.gov>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 12:14:45 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] add readme for contrib

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+# Contributions
+
+This section is for contributed work that can be used with hls4ml that is potentially useful to a wider audience. Examples include implementations for custom layer types for use with the Extensions API.
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+## How to structure contributions
+
+The best way to structure a contribution is to make a directory for the contribution, with a README inside to explain what it is and how to use it. If possible there should be an example script demonstrating how to use it. We should be able to validate that the code works.
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