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  • Usability
  • Scalability
  • Performance
  • IP rights
  • Open-source requirements
  • For Tools being proposed for direct integration into the existing Voltaire governance tooling system
  • Technical requirements for front end (to ensure integration)
  • Deployment and environment requirements

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  1. Intersect Operational Services
  2. 2024 Intersect, CDH and Grant Contracts
  3. 2024 CDH Grants
  4. Closed grants
  5. Open category for Cardano governance

Non-functional requirements

Usability

  • Tools should be accessible to non-technical users

  • Web content or software must meet WCAG 3.0 AA standards for accessibility

  • Development needs to include i18n standards for internationalization

Scalability

  • To establish the legitimacy of the proposals, there must be sufficient participation. We expect tools would need to support at least:

    • 250,000 concurrent users if built for ada holders or GA submitters

    • 10,000 concurrent users if built for DReps

    • 2,000 concurrent users if built for SPOs

Performance

  • Responsiveness of the tool. Front page load time must be no longer than 2 seconds for users accessing the website using an LTE mobile connection

IP rights

  • The work must be open source with an open source license that permits the assets to be changed, redistributed, and used commercially (suggested: Apache 2.0 for code and CC BY 4.0 for other documents and assets)

  • Any third party dependencies must not hinder the assets from being changed, redistributed, and used commercially

  • The assets created for this proposal are universally accessible on a public repository by the time the project has completed

  • Any code created for this proposal must migrate into Intersect’s repositories if requested by Intersect.

Open-source requirements

  • Intersect’s Open Source Committee is defining its open source best practices. In the meantime, the examples below (sourced from Intersect member, IOG) can be referenced:

For Tools being proposed for direct integration into the existing Voltaire governance tooling system

Some proposed solutions may be appropriate for direct integration into the Voltaire governance tooling system. Adding a new space for ada holders to communicate with their DRep, for example. For these tools, additional requirements apply:

  • The ultimate objective is for these tools to appear to the user as one solid application with an end-to-end experience of all the steps needed to participate in Cardano governance. Tools will share the same look & feel but will consist of micro-frontends with the actual code for each tool or service maintained in separate folders or repos.

Technical requirements for front end (to ensure integration)

  • NextJS / React

  • Material UI

  • (optional if applicable) Axios

Deployment and environment requirements

  • Run separate development and testing environments for the duration of development.

  • Other guidance related to deployment environment requirements will be provided.

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The tool should be built using a compatible tech stack where applicable, make use of the existing , and be developed (or transferable) into the open repos that will be made available ahead of development.

shows what is currently implemented in the Voltaire governance tooling system and how to apply the existing . A front-end library documented in Storybook with key-built components will also be provided.

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open source policy can be referenced here
best practices can be referenced here
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