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# Contributing to Apache Tika

Thank you for your interest in contributing to Apache Tika!

For comprehensive contribution guidelines, please see: **https://tika.apache.org/contribute.html**

## Quick Start

1. **Create a JIRA issue**: [issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TIKA](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TIKA)
   - We cannot accept pull requests without a corresponding issue

2. **Build and test**:
   ```bash
   ./mvnw clean install
   ```

3. **Submit a pull request** against the `main` branch with:
   - JIRA issue ID in the title: `[TIKA-XXXX] Description`
   - Squashed commits
   - No merge conflicts

## Communication

- **User questions**: [user@tika.apache.org](mailto:user@tika.apache.org)
- **Development discussion**: [dev@tika.apache.org](mailto:dev@tika.apache.org)

Subscribe by sending a message to `{list}-subscribe@tika.apache.org`.

## Code of Conduct

This project follows the [Apache Software Foundation Code of Conduct](https://www.apache.org/foundation/policies/conduct.html).