On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Brett Porter <br...@apache.org> wrote: > I didn't see anything wrong with the original Bluesky report, but I added the > missing Clerezza heading and initial paragraphs and aligned it to what you > posted below....
Thanks and you're right, it was only the beginning of the Clerezza report that was missing. -Bertrand > > On 18/05/2010, at 5:08 PM, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: > >> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 12:15 AM, Noel J. Bergman <n...@devtech.com> wrote: >>> *** Clerezza had been accidentally deleted during a wiki edit... >> >> Still broken below and in board_agenda_2010_05_19.txt, Bluesky and >> Clerezza reports are broken, here's the correct section, also fixed in >> http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/May2010 : >> >> ******** >> = Bluesky = >> BlueSky has been incubating since 01-12-2008. It is an e-learning >> solution designed to help solve the disparity in availability of >> qualified education between well-developed cities and poorer regions >> of China. >> >> We are still waiting for Bill to check the completeness of the release >> candidate. Things we've done recently: >> >> Coding to optimize DTU structure, still under going; >> Testing IPv6 and satellite module; >> One thing left to the first release: >> cast release vote in general list. >> >> = Clerezza = >> Clerezza (incubating since November 27th, 2009) is an OSGi-based >> modular application and set of components (bundles) for building >> RESTFul Semantic Web applications and services. The are currently no >> issues requiring board attention. >> >> Recent activity: >> Updated to the latest Felix framework (including security features) >> Improved typerendering with regex-pattern and renderlets for literal types >> Update to TDB 0.8.5 >> Presented Clerezza at the Apache Retreat >> Manuel Innerhofer participated in the IKS FISE hackathon >> (http://wiki.iks-project.eu/index.php/FISE), Clerezza modules are used >> in FISE. >> >> Next steps: >> Enhance UIMA integration >> Integration with Tika >> >> Top 2/3 Issues before graduation: >> Improve our website with tutorials and "getting started" content. >> Prepare some easy-to-run demos to get people interested in Clerezza. >> Prepare for a first release >> ******** >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> *** A HISE report was entered to indicate that the project had failed to >>> report. >>> *** No other changes from the original submission >>> >>> During the past month, the Incubator has added a fair number of new PMC >>> Members: >>> >>> Chris Mattmann >>> David Jencks >>> Gurkan Erdogdu >>> Tom White >>> Jean-Frederic Clere >>> Julien Vermillard >>> Christian Grobmeier (elected) >>> Donald Woods >>> >>> All of them joined with the specific intent of mentoring projects, of which >>> we have quite a few (reflected by all of the new PMC members). Proposed >>> projects included Whirr (libraries for running cloud services), Zeta (PHP >>> components), Amber (OAuth Java library), and Deltacloud (web service API for >>> cloud service clients/providers). >>> >>> WSRP4J was terminated at the mutual decision with the Portals PMC. >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> = BeanValidation = >>> Apache Bean Validation will deliver an implementation of the JSR303 Bean >>> Validation 1.0 specification. BVAL entered incubation on March 1, 2010. >>> >>> A list of the three most important issues to address in the move towards >>> graduation: >>> >>> First release of artifacts. Grow the community and committer base. >>> >>> Any issues that the Incubator PMC or ASF Board might wish/need to be aware >>> of: >>> >>> None at this time. >>> >>> How has the community developed since the last report: >>> >>> The community has been focused on resolving TCK failures, with lots of help >>> coming from contributor Carlos Vara. Apache OpenJPA trunk is now using our >>> artifacts as their default provider for Bean Validation testing. Two other >>> projects (one at the ASF) have mentioned they are using our artifacts >>> instead of Hibernate. >>> >>> How has the project developed since the last report: >>> >>> Confluence is setup as our website and has been fully populated. SNAPSHOT >>> artifacts are being published to repository.apache.org. TCK testing is being >>> run by 3 or 4 committers and contributors. >>> >>> >>> = Bluesky = >>> >>> BlueSky has been incubating since 01-12-2008. It is an e-learning solution >>> designed to help solve the disparity in availability of qualified education >>> between well-developed cities and poorer regions of China. >>> >>> We are still waiting for Bill to check the completeness of the release >>> candidate. Things we've done recently: >>> >>> * Coding to optimize DTU structure, still under going; >>> * Testing IPv6 and satellite module; >>> >>> One thing left to the first release: >>> >>> * cast release vote in general list. >>> >>> * Improved typerendering with regex-pattern and renderlets for literal >>> types >>> * Update to TDB 0.8.5 >>> * Presented Clerezza at the Apache Retreat >>> * Manuel Innerhofer participated in the IKS FISE hackathon >>> (http://wiki.iks-project.eu/index.php/FISE), Clerezza modules are used in >>> FISE. >>> >>> Next steps: >>> >>> * Enhance UIMA integration >>> * Integration with Tika >>> >>> Top 2/3 Issues before graduation: >>> >>> * Improve our website with tutorials and "getting started" content. >>> * Prepare some easy-to-run demos to get people interested in Clerezza. >>> * Prepare for a first release >>> >>> >>> = Droids = >>> >>> Droids is an Incubator project arrived from Apache Labs. Droids entered >>> incubation on October, 2008. >>> >>> It's an intelligent standalone robot framework that allows one to create and >>> extend existing web robots. >>> >>> What we've completed in the last months: >>> >>> * new elected committers: Bertil Chapuis and Richard Frovarp; >>> * the community has organized a community day to fix nearly all open >>> tickets with patch >>> * release preparation are under going >>> >>> Issues before graduation : >>> >>> * Do a release >>> * IP clearance >>> >>> >>> = Clerezza = >>> >>> Clerezza (incubating since November 27th, 2009) is an OSGi-based modular >>> application and set of components (bundles) for building RESTFul Semantic >>> Web applications and services. The are currently no issues requiring board >>> attention. >>> >>> Recent activity: >>> >>> * Updated to the latest Felix framework (including security features) >>> * Improved typerendering with regex-pattern and renderlets for literal >>> types >>> * Update to TDB 0.8.5 >>> * Presented Clerezza at the Apache Retreat >>> * Manuel Innerhofer participated in the IKS FISE hackathon >>> (http://wiki.iks-project.eu/index.php/FISE), Clerezza modules are used in >>> FISE. >>> >>> Next steps: >>> >>> * Enhance UIMA integration >>> * Integration with Tika >>> >>> Top 2/3 Issues before graduation: >>> >>> * Improve our website with tutorials and "getting started" content. >>> * Prepare some easy-to-run demos to get people interested in Clerezza. >>> * Prepare for a first release >>> >>> >>> = HISE = >>> >>> The goal of HISE is to provide support for the WS-Human-Task 1.0 >>> Specification. HISE started Incubation in November 2009. >>> >>> HISE did not file a report. Checking the mailing lists shows that there >>> have been 5 messages in the past 2 1/2 months, a marked drop off from the >>> first quarter of 2010. Likewise there has been a single commit since the >>> end of March. The project will be pinged to find out what is going on >>> there. >>> >>> >>> = Libcloud = >>> >>> Libcloud is a unified interface into various cloud service providers, >>> written in python. Libcloud joined the Incubator on November 3rd, 2009. >>> >>> We're on the cusp of pushing 0.3.2 out the door, with our last release 0.3.1 >>> on 10 May 2010. >>> >>> Over the past few months we have: >>> >>> * Added driver support for new providers: Dreamhost, Eucalyptus, Enomaly >>> ECP, IBM Developer Cloud, and !SoftLayer >>> * Improved multi-threaded handling in Rackspace and !RimuHosting >>> * Created deployment and bootstrap API >>> * Expanded test coverage >>> * Augment documentation >>> >>> We look forward to further improving documentation and lowering the barrier >>> to entry with tutorials and a guide for writing drivers. We will continue >>> to add providers and keep the library updated with providers' changes. >>> >>> >>> = Lucene Connector Framework = >>> >>> Description: >>> >>> Lucene Connectors Framework is an incremental crawler framework and set of >>> connectors designed to pull documents from various kinds of repositories >>> into search engine indexes or other targets. The current bevy of connectors >>> includes Documentum (EMC), FileNet (IBM), LiveLink (OpenText), Patriarch >>> (Memex), Meridio (Autonomy), SharePoint (Microsoft), RSS feeds, and web >>> content. Lucene Connectors Framework also provides components for individual >>> document security within a target search engine, so that repository security >>> access conventions can be enforced in the search results. >>> >>> Lucene Connectors Framework has been in incubation since January, 2010. >>> >>> A list of the three most important issues to address in the move towards >>> graduation: >>> >>> 1. End-user documentation conversion to usable form needs to be completed; >>> this is probably the biggest obstacle to developing a broader community at >>> this point 1. Javadoc and nightly builds need to be set up 1. The first >>> official release needs to be planned and executed >>> >>> Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be aware >>> of? >>> >>> 1. We'd like to know whether there is any official Apache position on >>> inclusion of NTLM implementations in ASF projects, since we've gotten mixed >>> signals on this from other developers. This represents a crucial piece of >>> functionality needed to support LiveLink, Meridio, SharePoint, RSS, and Web >>> connectors properly. >>> >>> How has the community developed since the last report? >>> >>> There's been a significant amount of discussion pertaining to the LCF >>> document security model, it's advantages and disadvantages. Offers of >>> assistance and advice abound. A non-Apache code submission has even been >>> made. >>> >>> How has the project developed since the last report? >>> >>> Preliminary security integration with Solr has been tackled. Online >>> end-user documentation is coming along and is perhaps 60% complete. Scripts >>> have been written to make using LCF easier for the less experienced >>> integrator. >>> >>> >>> = OODT = >>> >>> Description: >>> >>> OODT is a grid middleware framework for science data processing, >>> information integration, and retrieval. OODT is used on a number of >>> successful projects at Jet Propulsion Laboratory/ California Institute of >>> Technology (http://jpl.nasa.gov/, and many other research institutions and >>> universities. >>> >>> A list of the three most important issues to address in the move towards >>> graduation: >>> >>> 1. Port OODT code and license headers into ASF license headers >>> 1. OODT contributions from at least 2 other organizations besides JPL >>> 1. At least one OODT incubating release, hopefully in the first few months >>> >>> Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be aware >>> of? >>> >>> No, not at this time. >>> >>> How has the community developed since the last report? >>> >>> Chris Mattmann mentioned OODT as a possible extension for Whirr, proposed by >>> Tom White in the Incubator. We had some input from Justin >>> (http://www.mail-archive.com/oodt-...@incubator.apache.org/msg00050.html) >>> progressing on OODT-3 (http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OODT-3), and >>> leveraging tools like RAT to do the license checking and verification needed >>> to close out the issue. Much of the other activity continues to be from the >>> mentors and committers. >>> >>> How has the project developed since the last report? >>> >>> OODT was voted into the Incubator by the IPMC]] on January 22, 2010. >>> >>> Development over the last month has centered >>> on[[https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OODT-3|OODT-3]] (cleaning up the >>> OODT code and config license headers), with contributions from Sean >>> !McCleese, and on[[https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OODT-15|OODT-15]] >>> (one top-level build for OODT, and one trunk, tags and >>> branches).[[https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OODT-15|OODT-15]] in >>> particular included some community discussion and a lazy consensus to move >>> forward. Chris Mattmann is nearly complete on this reorganization, which, >>> coupled with[[https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OODT-3|OODT-3]] should >>> provide for a great 1st incubating release along with some documentation >>> transfering and getting the website up and running >>> (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OODT-16), which Sean Kelly has >>> volunteered to spearhead. >>> >>> >>> >>> = PhotArk = >>> >>> Apache PhotArk will be a complete open source photo gallery application >>> including a content repository for the images, a display piece, an access >>> control layer, and upload capabilities. >>> >>> * PhotArk was accepted for Incubation on August 19, 2008. >>> * Issues before graduation : >>> * PhotArk started as a project with no initial code-base, and we have >>> grown the community to the minimal 3 independent committer size required for >>> graduation and have been seeing slow but continuous interest in the project. >>> We might be soon in a position to discuss graduation if others don't see an >>> independent, active but small community as an issue. >>> >>> * Suhothayan Sriskandaraj has been voted as Committer for Apache PhotArk >>> * The PhotArk community continues to make good progress code wise >>> * Three project ideas has been accepted for GSoC 2010 program >>> * PhotArk M2 release is under review. >>> >>> >>> >>> = SIS = >>> >>> SIS was voted into the Incubator by the IPMC on February 21, 2010. >>> >>> Apache SIS is a toolkit that spatial information system builders or users >>> can use to build applications containing location context. This project >>> will look to store reference implementations of spatial algorithms, >>> utilities, services, etc. as well as serve as a sandbox to explore new >>> ideas. Further, the goal is to have Apache SIS grow into a thriving Apache >>> top-level community, where a host of SIS/GIS related software (OGC >>> datastores, REST-ful interfaces, data standards, etc.) can grow from and >>> thrive under the Apache umbrella. >>> >>> Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be aware >>> of? >>> >>> Not at this time >>> >>> Community progress since the last report: >>> >>> Chris Mattmann, Patrick O'Leary and Kevan Miller participated in a meeting >>> with ESRI (http://www.esri.com) who may be interested in participating >>> within the project within some capacity. This would be a huge win as ESRI is >>> one of the major industry leaders in the development of GIS software, with >>> connections to standards bodies including the Open Geospatial Consortium >>> (OGC). Much of the other activity continues to be from the mentors and >>> committers. >>> >>> Project progress since last report >>> >>> Chris Mattmann is working on refactoring the LocalLucene code into the SIS >>> codebase and work continues on creating the SIS incubator website, with Sean >>> McCleese leading the charge. Patrick O'Leary is investigating map >>> projections and coordinate systems including transformations to Polar >>> coordinates which should help on the observational data side. >>> >>> >>> >>> = Stonehenge = >>> >>> Stonehenge has been incubating since December 2008. Stonehenge is a set of >>> example applications for Service Oriented Architecture that spans languages >>> and platforms and demonstrates best practices and interoperability by using >>> currently defined W3C OASIS standard protocols. >>> >>> Since the last report in February 2010, the Stonehenge project has >>> intensified its efforts around interop testing between the M2 implementation >>> of the claims-based security model extension to the Stock Trader >>> implementations. Testing between .NET, Axis2/Java and Metro/Glassfish >>> implementations have uncovered various bugs and were subsequently corrected >>> in the web services library and the application code. >>> >>> Milestone 2 (M2) >>> >>> M2 constituted of expanding the Stocktrader application to use claims-based >>> authentication using an active and a passive STS for each implementation. We >>> also upgraded the usage of the WS-* specs from the submitted versions to the >>> ratified one. Extensive documentation work was done in parallel to describe >>> the new feature set and simplify the installation and configuration process. >>> >>> In our last report we were preparing to vote for M2, unfortunately the >>> testing efforts are still underway and we continue to find issues that we >>> hope to resolve in the near future. We are currently investigating which if >>> any products or implementations are holding us up from releasing and >>> addressing them in an effort to release a stable version to our users. >>> >>> Milestone 3 (M3) >>> >>> A proposal has been sumbitted for creating "micro samples" for many common >>> WS-* scenarios, with the goal being around creating implementations with low >>> barriers to entry. The proposal can be found at >>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/STONEHENGE-121. The community is >>> anxiously awaiting the release of M2 so that we can get started on this >>> project with hopes that releases can be made on a more frequent basis. >>> >>> Graduation Map: >>> >>> * Grow community around new claims based stocktrader implementations just >>> added >>> * More thorough documentation that empowers developers to replicate >>> interoperability scenarios demonstrated >>> * Demonstrate full interoperability between existing components, and >>> release >>> >>> >>> = Thrift = >>> >>> Thrift has been discussing what is required for it to move forwards - most >>> notably in relation to releases. While many developers work off their own >>> branches, and therefore do not require or need formal releases, they do >>> accept the need for releases. As a way to encourage releasing, a proposal >>> was made to have a release manager. As a result of this suggestion, Bryan >>> Duxbury was voted in as the Thrift release manager, and is intending to take >>> on regular releases. >>> >>> One-off report from Upayavira >>> >>> >>> = VCL = >>> >>> VCL has been incubating since December 2008. VCL is a cloud computing >>> platform for the management of physical and virtual machines. >>> >>> Community Involvement: >>> >>> * As stated in the previous report, the Apache VCL community continues to >>> grow. We're seeing more and more people start to contribute to our online >>> documentation and file JIRA issues. >>> * A few people from the community have been contacted by PPMC members >>> encouraging them to become more involved in the project. >>> * We continue to see people from new locations asking questions on the >>> vcl-dev list which shows that interest in VCL is continuing to grow. >>> * Interest from the community to have support for a more recent version of >>> VMWare Free Server drove the decision to swap that feature (originally >>> slated for VCL 2.3) with cluster reservation improvements (originally >>> slated for VCL 2.2). >>> >>> Plans for next Release: >>> >>> * We hope to have our next release out by the end of June. This would be >>> 1/2 the time it took to get our previous release out. We hope to continue >>> to shorten the time between releases as we move forward. >>> >>> Documentation: >>> >>> * Migration of official documentation to our second Confluence space has >>> started. The next step is to pick an autoexport template, and then set up a >>> cronjob to copy the autoexported content to our official documentation >>> location. >>> >>> Top Issues Before Graduation: >>> >>> * Continue to increase contributors from multiple institutions >>> >>> >>> = Wink = >>> >>> 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. >>> >>> Apache Wink has been incubating since 2009-05-27. >>> >>> Notable Activity: >>> >>> * In the middle of a Wink 1.1 release. A few license issues were resolved >>> in the incubator regarding dual licensing. More bug fixes and JAX-RS 1.1 >>> changes for the non-Java EE 6 integration pieces were added. >>> >>> * Did some initial OSGi work. Looking for feedback here to see where to >>> expand. >>> >>> * Some work done to improve the syndication models. >>> >>> Planned Activity: >>> >>> * Continue the release >>> >>> Top issues before graduation: >>> >>> * Build community >>> >>> >>> = Wookie = >>> >>> No issues currently require IPMC or Board attention >>> >>> Notable activities: >>> >>> * Voted raido in as a committer >>> * Core W3C Widget parser has been split off into a standalone library for >>> use in other applications >>> * Implemented a connector framework to support developers building plugins >>> to add Wookie support to their applications. Versions created for Java, C#, >>> Python and PHP >>> * Implemented the W3C Widgets Access Request Policy candidate >>> recommendation: see http://www.w3.org/TR/widgets-access/ >>> * Work progressing on implementing the W3C Widget Updates draft >>> specification: see http://www.w3.org/TR/widgets-updates/ >>> * JIRA Activity continues to grow >>> * Interest from Android community in porting the Wookie parser library >>> * Fixed Shindig integration >>> >>> Items to be resolved before graduation: >>> >>> * Remove GPL dependencies >>> * Create a release >>> * Develop community >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >>> >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2871 - Release Date: 05/17/10 >>> 02:26:00 >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >>> >>> > > -- > Brett Porter > br...@apache.org > http://brettporter.wordpress.com/ > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
