From 950c447a33aaa094a36683cc650c35880905c1a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Koen van der Blom <kvdb@cwi.nl>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 10:47:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Template draft.

---
 template.yaml | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 52 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 template.yaml

diff --git a/template.yaml b/template.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00e34b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/template.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# Please enter the relevant information.
+# Fields that are not relevant can be left empty.
+- name:
+    short: BBOB
+    full: Real-Parameter Black-Box Optimization Benchmarking
+  suite/generator/single: suite
+  objectives:
+    number: '1'
+    types: single
+  variables:
+    types: continuous
+    conditional: 'no'
+    dimensionality: scalable
+  constraints:
+    present: 'no'
+    soft: '0'
+    hard: '0'
+    boundary/box: 'yes'
+    permutation: 'no'
+  dynamic:
+    present: 'no'
+    types: ''
+  noise: 'no'
+  modality:
+    types: 'unimodal, multimodal'
+  evaluations:
+    multi-fidelity: 'no'
+    partial possible: 'no'
+    independent objectives: 'no'
+  reference:
+    links:
+      - https://doi.org/10.1080/10556788.2020.1808977
+    authors: ''
+    contact person: ''
+  implementations:
+    - name: COCO
+      link: https://github.com/numbbo/coco
+      languges: 'C, Python'
+      evaluation time: 'less than a second'
+      specific requirements: 'no'
+  source:
+    real-world:
+      degree: ''
+      open/closed: ''
+    artificial: 'yes'
+    other: 'no'
+  textual description:
+    general info: ''
+    motivation: 'evaluate algorithm performance for typical difficulties that occur in continuous problems'
+    challenage/key characteristics: ''
+    limitations: ''
+  other info: ''

From d91f74b624902dd0579aabce20945b410a81d2d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Koen van der Blom <kvdb@cwi.nl>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 13:22:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update template YAML starting to resolve some of the PR
 comments.

---
 template.yaml | 23 +++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/template.yaml b/template.yaml
index 00e34b4..ad8c74f 100644
--- a/template.yaml
+++ b/template.yaml
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 # Please enter the relevant information.
-# Fields that are not relevant can be left empty.
+# Fields that are not relevant can be removed (delete the whole line), or left empty.
 - name:
     short: BBOB
     full: Real-Parameter Black-Box Optimization Benchmarking
   suite/generator/single: suite
   objectives:
-    number: '1'
-    types: single
+    number: '1' # Can be scalable, enter a single number, a range: '1-5', or 'scalable', if it can be any value
   variables:
-    types: continuous
+    types: continuous # Can be one or more of (continuous, integer, binary, categorical, mixed) in case of mixed, describe which mixes are possible
     conditional: 'no'
     dimensionality: scalable
   constraints:
@@ -18,11 +17,11 @@
     boundary/box: 'yes'
     permutation: 'no'
   dynamic:
-    present: 'no'
+    present: 'no' # Enter, yes, no, or optional
     types: ''
   noise: 'no'
   modality:
-    types: 'unimodal, multimodal'
+    types: 'unimodal, multimodal' # Enter all that are present
   evaluations:
     multi-fidelity: 'no'
     partial possible: 'no'
@@ -30,23 +29,23 @@
   reference:
     links:
       - https://doi.org/10.1080/10556788.2020.1808977
-    authors: ''
+    authors: 'Nikolaus Hansen, Anne Auger, Raymond Ros, Olaf Mersmann, Tea Tušar, Dimo Brockhoff'
     contact person: ''
   implementations:
     - name: COCO
       link: https://github.com/numbbo/coco
-      languges: 'C, Python'
+      languages: 'C, Python'
       evaluation time: 'less than a second'
-      specific requirements: 'no'
+      specific requirements: 'no' # Can be things like memory/GPU requirements, or the need for a specific simulator. Enter 'no' if none.
   source:
     real-world:
-      degree: ''
-      open/closed: ''
+      domain: '' # E.g., automotive
+      open/closed: '' # Is the problem open source or not
     artificial: 'yes'
     other: 'no'
   textual description:
     general info: ''
     motivation: 'evaluate algorithm performance for typical difficulties that occur in continuous problems'
-    challenage/key characteristics: ''
+    challenge/key characteristics: ''
     limitations: ''
   other info: ''