On Thu, 9 Mar 2017, Avtar Singh Mehra wrote:
I am new to Apache Tika but have plenty of experience with other Apache Softwares like Apache Solr, Apache Lucene, Apache Velocity etc. I would like to start contributing to Apache Tika community. It would be great help if someone could guide me regarding from where i should start contributing to Apache Tika.
The first two places I'd suggest looking are http://tika.apache.org/contribute.html and http://tika.apache.org/1.14/parser_guide.html (Get Tika parsing up and running in 5 minutes). Make sure you're able to add a new dummy mime type and parser, understand how it works etc. See also https://wiki.apache.org/tika/Troubleshooting%20Tika for when you hit issues...
Once you've got the hang of that, let us know of any gaps in the documentation!
Finally, either pick a JIRA that interests you, or an unsupported format, and have a try. Use the contributing guide to guide you on submitting patches, and don't be scared to ask for help :)
Nick
