Here's how your pattern can become a standard.

1. Your design has needs
   Your use cases, product, or platform require a pattern not currently contained within the Standards, or you need to alter or extend a current pattern. You verify that your pattern meets user needs and create a mockup or prototype.
    
2. You review your design
   You review your design with other designers and product stakeholders.  If your proposal is accepted for consideration, you address feedback and continue to the next step.
    
3. You propose
   You submit your proposal to the Standards writing team using the proposal template. Your proposal describes why the pattern is needed and defines the pattern detail, including visualizations or prototypes.
    
4. The writing team produces a draft of your standard
   The content explains pattern usage, in detail.
    
5. The Standards Review Board (SRB) reviews the draft
   Collaboration takes places between you, a writer, a visual designer, and the SRB. The review cycle is an iterative process.
    
6. Your pattern becomes a standard
   Your pattern is published as a standard according to production schedules. 

If you have questions regarding this procedure, email us at:
ux-standards@vmware.com.