Big +1. With WURFL demise and disgraceful behavior of its founders, we certainly need a truly open source alternative.
So what is the origin of OpenDDR database and how does it compare to WURFL? Cheers, Andrus On Dec 23, 2011, at 9:32 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: > Hi Incubator PMC, > > The proposal at http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/DeviceMapProposal > (copied below) is open for discussion, I'm planning to start the vote > to accept it sometime next week. > > -Bertrand > > *** Apache DeviceMap proposal *** > > Abstract > > Apache DeviceMap is a data repository containing device information, > images and other relevant information for all sorts of mobile devices, > e.g. smartphones and tablets. > > While the focus is initially on that data, APIs will also be created > to use and manage it. > > Proposal > > Apache DeviceMap allows users to access a wide array of technical > specifications, images and other artifacts related to mobile devices. > Typical mobile devices include smartphones and tablets, such as: > > Android devices from multiple vendors > Apple’s iPhone and iPad family of devices > BlackBerry devices > Windows Phone devices from multiple vendors > Symbian devices > Devices with a small marketshare running Bada, Tizen, WebOS etc. > The list of Apache DeviceMap devices remains open to other device > types, as the mobile sector is a highly dynamic marketplace and new > device forms may surface which may not too well fit into a smartphone > / tablet matrix, e.g. ChromeOS Devices. > > Repository Data > > The exact structure of the repository data will be defined as the > project progresses. > > At the moment we envision storing user agent strings and/or regular > expressions, properties similar to CSS Media Queries, images of the > actual devices, other attributes similar to what’s in UAPROF > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UAProf) for example, per-country market > share data, etc. > > Modern mobile applications often do not need very detailed device > data, so we will concentrate, at least initially, on basic device > features as used in html5 websites. > > The W3C’s Mobile Web Initiative specs > (http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/DDWG/) will also be evaluated for use in > DeviceMap. > > Background > > The initial motivation for Apache DeviceMap is to provide an open > repository of mobile device data, available to the general public > according to the Apache License. > > Rationale > > We propose an open and community driven repository containing mobile > device data, thereby allowing for analysis of device capabilities and > feature sets. This is beneficial on several fronts, be it for software > developers, stakeholders/decision makers or analysts. > > Initial Goals > > Define what form of data is valuable/required to setup a good working > repository > Define what image sets are valuable/required > Define a data retention policy, meaning when should data be purged > Collect existing data and setup simple procedures for users to > contribute and validate such data. > Current Status > > Proposal is being discussed on the Incubator general list (TODO add > link to that). > > Community > > This project will form a new community, driven by the initial > committers listed below. We hope and feel that Apache DeviceMap will > draw interest and its community will broaden. > > Known Risks > > For device images and other data, we’ll need to define acceptance > criteria and traceability rules similar to what Apache uses for code, > to avoid any legal issues. > > Gathering data of any sort is a potential sensitive area and may > require good public communication or even public relation activities. > > Initial Source > > The OpenDDR.org team will donate their existing source code to the > DeviceMap podling. > > Initial Committers > > Philip Jespersen - philip.jespersen (at) terria (dot) com > Bertrand Delacretaz - bdelacretaz (at) apache (dot) org > Christian Stocker - chregu (at) liip.ch > Scott Wilson - scottbw (at) apache (dot) org > Sylvain Wallez - sylvain (at) apache (dot) org > Andrew Savory - savs (at) apache (dot) org > Nils Dehl - nils.dehl (at) dkd (dot) de > Brian LeRoux - brian (at) apache (dot) org > Stefano Andreani - s.andreani (at) opentecheng (dot) com > Alessandro Bellucci - a.bellucci (at) opentecheng (dot) com > Werner Keil - werner (at) openddr (dot) org > Tim Fernando - info (at) timfernando (dot) com > Required Resources > > Mailing lists > > devicemap-dev @ incubator.apache.org > devicemap-commits @ incubator.apache.org > devicemap-private @ incubator.apache.org > Subversion Directory > > http://svn.apache.org/repos/incubator/devicemap > > Issue Tracking > > DMAP project in JIRA. > > Sponsors > > Champion > > Bertrand Delacretaz > > Nominated Mentors > > Sylvain Wallez > Kevan Miller > Bertrand Delacretaz > Sponsoring Entity > > Incubator PMC > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
