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 Mini-NDN
 ========
 
+If you are new to the NDN community of software generally, read the
+[Contributor's Guide](https://github.com/named-data/NFD/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).
+
 ### What is Mini-NDN?
 
 Mini-NDN is a lightweight networking emulation tool that enables testing, experimentation, and
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 * [Mini-NDN Edit](docs/GUI.md)
 * [Running Experiments](docs/EXPERIMENTS.md)
 * [Mini-NDN Redmine](http://redmine.named-data.net/projects/mini-ndn)
+* [Contributor's Guide](https://github.com/named-data/NFD/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)