sorry to come with a marketing-style title, but how about github.com/apache/arrow - Apache Arrow is an efficient format for big data processing and sharing ?
On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 1:15 PM Julian Hyde <jhyde.apa...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think that the “cross-language development platform for” is noise. (I’m > sure that JPEG developers think that JPEG is a “cross-language development > platform” too. But it isn’t. It is an image format.) > > "Apache Arrow is data format for efficient in-memory processing.” > > I’ll note that In marketing speak, we are developing a high-concept pitch > [1] here. Every company needs a name, a brand, a high-concept pitch, and 3- > or 4-sentence description. But every Apache project needs these too. It’s > worth spending the time on the description, also, and then use them in all > the places that we describe Arrow. > > Julian > > [1] https://www.growthink.com/content/whats-your-high-concept-pitch > > > > > On May 17, 2021, at 7:38 AM, Eduardo Ponce <edponc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I agree with Nate's and Brian's suggestions, but would like to add that > we > > can make it a one-liner for more conciseness and consistency with other > > Apache projects. > > Apologies if it seems I am going around the suggestions loop again. > > > > "Apache Arrow is a cross-language development platform enabling efficient > > in-memory data processing and transport." > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 10:11 AM Brian Hulette <bhule...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > >> Thank you for bringing this up Dominik. I sampled some of the > descriptions > >> for other Apache projects I frequent, the ones with a meaningful > >> description have a single sentence: > >> > >> github.com/apache/spark - Apache Spark - A unified analytics engine for > >> large-scale data processing > >> github.com/apache/beam - Apache Beam is a unified programming model for > >> Batch and Streaming > >> github.com/apache/avro - Apache Avro is a data serialization system > >> > >> Several others (Flink, Hadoop, ...) just have "[Mirror of] Apache > <name>" > >> as the description. > >> > >> +1 for Nate's suggestion "Apache Arrow is a cross-language development > >> platform for in-memory data. It enables systems to process and transport > >> data more efficiently." > >> > >> On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 5:23 AM Wes McKinney <wesmck...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> It's probably best for description to limit mentions of specific > >>> features. There are some high level features mentioned in the > >>> description now ("computational libraries and zero-copy streaming > >>> messaging and interprocess communication"), but now in 2021 since the > >>> project has grown so much, it could leave people with a limited view > >>> of what they might find here. > >>> > >>> On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 12:14 AM Mauricio Vargas > >>> <mauri...@ursacomputing.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> How about > >>>> 'Apache Arrow is a cross-language development platform for in-memory > >>> data. > >>>> It enables systems to process and transport data efficiently, > >> providing a > >>>> simple and fast library for partitioning of large tables'? > >>>> > >>>> Sorry the delay, long election day > >>>> > >>>> On Sun, May 16, 2021, 2:27 PM Nate Bauernfeind < > >>> natebauernfe...@deephaven.io> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Suggestion: faster -> more efficiently > >>>>> > >>>>> "Apache Arrow is a cross-language development platform for in-memory > >>>>> data. It enables systems to process and transport data more > >>> efficiently." > >>>>> > >>>>> On Sun, May 16, 2021 at 11:35 AM Wes McKinney <wesmck...@gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> Here's what there now: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> "Apache Arrow is a cross-language development platform for > >> in-memory > >>>>>> data. It specifies a standardized language-independent columnar > >>> memory > >>>>>> format for flat and hierarchical data, organized for efficient > >>>>>> analytic operations on modern hardware. It also provides > >>> computational > >>>>>> libraries and zero-copy streaming messaging and interprocess > >>>>>> communication…" > >>>>>> > >>>>>> How about something shorter like > >>>>>> > >>>>>> "Apache Arrow is a cross-language development platform for > >> in-memory > >>>>>> data. It enables systems to process and transport data faster." > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Suggestions / refinements from others welcome > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Sat, May 15, 2021 at 9:12 PM Dominik Moritz <domor...@cmu.edu> > >>> wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Super minor issue but could someone make the description on > >> GitHub > >>>>>> shorter? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> GitHub puts the description into the title of the page and makes > >> it > >>>>> hard > >>>>>> to find it in URL autocomplete. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> > >>> > >> > >
