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Otis -- Sematext -- http://sematext.com/ -- Lucene - Solr - Nutch ----- Original Message ---- > From: Nicholas L Gallardo <nlgal...@us.ibm.com> > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Cc: Bryant Luk <b...@us.ibm.com>; Christopher J Blythe <cjbly...@us.ibm.com>; > Dustin Amrhein <damr...@us.ibm.com>; "Baram, Eliezer" <eba...@hp.com>; > el...@hp.com; Greg Truty <gtr...@us.ibm.com>; Jesse A Ramos > <jra...@us.ibm.com>; "Snitkovsky, Martin" <martin.snitkov...@hp.com>; Michael > Rheinheimer <r...@us.ibm.com>; nadav.fisc...@hp.com; > tali.alsaigh-co...@hp.com; tomer.sh...@hp.com > Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 11:54:35 AM > Subject: [VOTE] Accept Wink proposal for incubation > > > Dear Incubator PMC Members, > > The Wink team would like to officially present the proposal for the Wink > REST runtime for incubation in the Apache Incubator. This proposal has > been surfaced previously and is also available at: > http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/WinkProposal > > Please cast your votes: > > [ ] +1, Accept Wink for incubation > [ ] +0, Indifferent to Wink incubation > [ ] -1, Reject Wink for incubation (if so, please help us understand why) > > The formal proposal, included below, provides supporting details on why > this proposal is coming forward and who is involved. > > Thanks and cheers on behalf of the team. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > - Abstract - > > Apache Wink is a project that enables development and consumption > of REST style web services. The core server runtime is based on > the JAX-RS (JSR 311) standard. The project also introduces a > client runtime which can leverage certain components of the > server-side runtime. Apache Wink will deliver component > technology that can be easily integrated into a variety of > environments. > > > - Proposal - > > Apache Wink is a project that enables and simplifies development > of REST style HTTP based services. The project includes both > server and client side components that can be used independently > of each other. The server side is a stand-alone component that > integrates easily with many existing application servers. The > client side API enables the user to develop applications that > interact with server resources in a RESTful manner. The goal > is to provide component technology for both RESTful services > and clients that can be used in a number of contexts. These > contexts could range from a full Java EE runtime environment > (Geronimo) to a J2SE environment with a simple HTTP listener > service. > > The server component of Apache Wink will implement a TCK compliant > version of the JAX-RS standard defined by JSR 311 > (https://jsr311.dev.java.net/). The client side component provides > a rich API for quickly developing applications that access and > update server resources using JAX-RS requests. The API can > accommodate data returned in several popular formats including > JSON, XML, ATOM, HTML and CSV. Plans for future extensions are > currently being discussed, but include a focus on ease of use > through service discovery and quality of service configuration > (security, caching). > > > - Background - > > Over the past decade, the Representational State Transfer (REST) > architectural style of web services has been gaining popularity. > Introduced by Roy Fielding in 2000, the idea of providing simple > HTTP based access to server resources has continued to grow even > as other, more complex web service architectures have been > published. > > The JSR 311 standard ( https://jsr311.dev.java.net) defines a > standard set of annotations and a programming model for exposing > java resources as REST-based resources. With the recent approval > of the standard and its inclusion in Java EE 6, the use of REST > and its Java programming standard (JAX-RS), will certainly be > growing in the near future. As such, there will be a demand for > an Apache friendly, open source implementation of the standard. > Apache Wink seeks to provide this implementation in an independent > manner that is not tied to any platform. > > > - Rationale - > > The rationale for the project is to build an implementation of the > JAX-RS specification in open source that can be certified by the > applicable TCKS (JSR-311). The project would also provide > integration with Geronimo and other open source-based REST > communities. Building a strong, vendor-neutral community is > important to the project so it that will outlast any one person's > or company's participation. Code released from the project will > also provide a basis to prototype and build new extensions that > could eventually be taken for standardization as an extension to > the JSR 311 work (such as a client API). > > However, the server side is only half of the equation. Once the > server provides access to a resource, there needs to be clients to > access and utilize the data. As such, we want to provide a well > rounded package that also supports the development of the client > side of the conversation. Because of the simplicity of REST, there > are a number of clients that satisfy the needs of users today > (Curl, AJAX clients like Dojo and Google Web Toolkit). The client > provided by Apache Wink will be strictly a Java-based client with > capabilities that mirror those of server side componentry. > > > - Initial Goals - > > (Covered in Rationale section) > > > - Current Status - > > The IBM and HP teams each have an implementation of REST > services. IBM is coming with a fully compliant JAX-RS > implementation which takes some of its core implementation > leveraging a few standalone utilities from the existing Apache > CXF project. HP is coming with a proven RESTful SDK composed of > Client and Server components that are being used by HP products > over the past two years. > > > - Community / Meritocracy - > > The Apache Wink team is fully committed to working with the > Apache and open source communities to build this project. We > support the Apache way and desire to draw in additional > developers to bring this project to its full potential. As the > team already has developers experienced with the Apache way, we > started working within its guidelines from the beginning of the > project. > > > - Core Developers- > > The core developers for Apache Wink have an extensive > background in application servers and web service technology. > > IBM > * Greg Truty is web services and REST architect for WebSphere. > * Nick Gallardo is an Apache committer and worked on Axis2. > * Bryant Luk is a developer and tester of the IBM JAX-RS runtime. > * Mike Rheinheimer is an Apache committer and worked on Axis2. > * Jesse Ramos is a developer and a tester of the IBM JAX-RS runtime. > * Dustin Amrhein is an Apache committer and worked on Axis2. > * Christopher Blythe is an Apache committer and is a performance > tester of the IBM JAX-RS runtime. > > > HP > * Eli Baram is leading the development of the HP REST SDK. > * Michael Elman is a senior developer in the HP REST Team. > * Nadav Fischer is a senior developer in the HP REST Team. > * Martin Snitkovsky is a senior developer in the HP REST Team. > * Tali Alsaigh Cohen is a senior developer in the HP REST Team. > > > - Alignment - > > Apache Wink was created with Open Source in mind and embraces > the philosophy. The project is based on and includes Apache > components. Portions of the initial code base for Apache Wink > were extracted from Apache CXF. Code changes to the CXF source > base have been shared with the CXF community. > > Several common Apache components are used throughout the code. > These include: > > commons-codec, > commons-logging, > commons-http-client > Apache Abdera > > In addition, Apache Wink will be built using Ant or Maven. > The project also uses several non-Apache Open Source products > (outlined-below) during development and testing. > > > - Known Risks - > > 1. Orphaned products > > Apache Wink will not be orphaned. The major backers currently use > the project for support of internal or external products. IBM > has a proven track record of supporting the open source > projects we sponsor. HP embeds Apache Wink in several products > in order to expose and consume REST services. > > 2. Inexperience with Open Source > > Apache Wink was created with open source in mind by people who > know and support the philosophy. The IBM team involved has > experience with several other open source and Apache projects > including AXIS 2. HP is managing Wink internally in an open > source fashion allowing developers from HP Software to contribute, > collaborate and share information. > > 3. Homogenous Developers > > Apache Wink is result of IBM and HP coming together to develop a > common REST framework. As such, many people have had input to > the initial product that is being submitted. We look to continue > diversifying the mix of contributors as we move forward. > > 4. Reliance on Salaried Developers > > Currently the main developers are salaried developers with > their respective companies. Given the momentum of the REST > architecture we expect the project to draw others outside the core > team to contribute. > > 5. Relationships with Other Apache Products > > Initial portions of the IBM codebase for Apache Wink were extracted > from the Apache CXF project. These code pieces served as components > upon which a lightweight runtime was built to enable the REST server > capability. Ultimately, we would like to work with the CXF team to > ensure uniformity in our interpretations of the JAX-RS specification > and to align the technical direction where possible. > > Because the goal of the project is to provide REST server componentry > and not a standalone runtime, Apache Wink will rely on existing server > projects like Apache Geronimo and Apache Tomcat to provide the > infrastructure needed to handle service requests. > > Because JAX-RS will be a portion of the upcoming Java EE 6 > specification, Apache Wink will be able to provide a drop-in component > that Geronimo can use to certify its Java EE 6 compliance when the > time comes. > > 6. A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand > > N/A > > > > - Documentation - > > Apache will receive and host all Apache Wink documentation via the > company submissions of their respective runtimes. > > > - Initial Source - > > Apache would receive all source and documentation contributions > under the Apache contributor’s agreements. Each company will seed > the incubator with their own source tree (and a joint effort will > take place merging the various code bases). > > > - External Dependencies - > > activation-1.1.jar > commons-collections-3.2.jar > commons-lang-2.3.jar > commons-logging-1.1.jar > jaxb-api-2.1-sources.jar > jaxb-api-2.1.jar > jaxb-impl-2.1.4-sources.jar > jaxb-impl-2.1.4.jar > spring-2.5.jar > stax-api-1.0-2.jar > xercesImpl-2.6.2.jar > geronimo-j2ee_1.4_spec-1.1.jar > > > - Cryptography - > > N/A > > > - Required Resources - > > Mailing lists > * Development > * User > * Commits > > Subversion repository > Issue Tracking > Wiki space > Build machine (Maven and Continuum ) > > > - Subversion Directory - > > TODO > > > - Issue Tracking - > > JIRA > > > - Other Resources - > > N/A > > > - Initial Committers - > > Name Email CLA > > Greg Truty gtr...@us.ibm.com No > Nick Gallardo nlgal...@us.ibm.com Yes > Bryant Luk b...@us.ibm.com Yes > Michael Rhienhiemer r...@us.ibm.com Yes > Jesse Ramos jra...@us.ibm.com Yes > Dustin Amrhein damr...@us.ibm.com Yes > Christopher Blythe cjbly...@us.ibm.com Yes > Eli Baram eba...@hp.com Yes > Michael Elman el...@hp.com Yes > Nadav Fischer nadav.fisc...@hp.com Yes > Martin Snitkovsky martin.snitkov...@hp.com Yes > Tali Alsaigh Cohen tali.alsaigh-co...@hp.com Yes > Tomer Shadi tomer.sh...@hp.com Yes > > > - Affiliations - > > Name Affiliation > > Greg Truty IBM > Nick Gallardo IBM > Bryant Luk IBM > Michael Rheinheimer IBM > Jesse Ramos IBM > Dustin Amrhein IBM > Christopher Blythe IBM > Eli Baram HP > Michael Elman HP > Nadav Fischer HP > Martin Snitkovsky HP > Tali Alsaigh Cohen HP > Tomer Shadi HP > > > - Sponsors - > > Champion > > * Davanum Srinivas > > > Nominated Mentors > > * Davanum Srinivas > * Kevan Miller > * Steve Loughran > > Sponsoring Entity > > * Davanum Srinivas / Apache Incubator (vote pending) > > > Thanks, > > -Nick > > > Nicholas Gallardo > WebSphere - REST & WebServices Development > nlgal...@us.ibm.com > Phone: 512-286-6258 > Building: 903 / 5G-016 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
