* Shared documents not relevant to deliverables (presentations, notes, minutes, papers, etc.) via Teams chat & shared files - i.e. things that do not need to be or cannot be versioned
* Anything that is relevant to deliverables (e.g. outlines, text etc.) -> Gitlab!
## Communication Channels
**Microsoft Teams**
: Chat, conferencing, document folder for sharing documents (e.g. research papers, notes, videos, anything that does not need to be versioned)
: All source code and standard relevant documentation. Issues relevant to deliverables should be created here.
**Mailing list**
: Project level communication will be duplicated here from the teams channel for redundancy (e.g. project meetings, announcements)
**OpenXCalendar**
: Subscribable, shared calendar for all OpenX projects - this lists (filterable) all meetings for each project.
## ASAM Document Language & Formats
- All ASAM OpenX Standards are written using the Asciidoc format
- AsciiDoc is a mature, plain-text writing format for authoring notes, articles, documentation, books, ebooks, web pages, slide decks, blog posts, man pages and more.
- AsciiDoc belongs to the family of lightweight markup languages, the most renowned of which is Markdown.
>You write an AsciiDoc document the same way you would write a normal text document. There are no markup tags or weird format notations. AsciiDoc files are designed to be viewed, edited and printed directly or translated to other presentation formats.
**Main advantages:**
- Openable in any text editor
- Focus on content not on formatting!
- Versionable and diffable – i.e. we can tell who did what, when and where!
>See the [AsciiDoc Guide](/docs/other-guides/Asciidoc-Guide) for a guide on writing Asciidoc.
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### Git Workflow
## First Time Setup
- [Workflow Overview](/docs/git/Workflow)
See the [setup guide](/docs/project_guidelines/Setup-Guide) for a step-by-step on installing the tools we recommend for interacting with ASAM standards and repositories.
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### Project Guidelines
Additionally, see the guide to [Teams & Sharepoint](/docs/project_guidelines/Microsoft-Teams-and-Sharepoint) for information on getting setup with Microsoft Teams.
-[Where to Work](/docs/project_guidelines/Where-to-Work)
-[Project Communication Channels](/docs/project_guidelines/Project-Communication-Channels)
Finally, [synchronise with the OpenX calendar](/docs/project_guidelines/Shared-OpenX-Calendar), a shared calendar across all ASAM OpenX projects that lists all meetings taking place.
