A small clarification point: is the intention of the project to essentially implement the functionality of Groovy's JsonSlurper?
http://groovy.codehaus.org/gapi/groovy/json/JsonSlurper.html for the reference Thanks, Cos On Tue, Jun 03, 2014 at 08:40PM, Romain Manni-Bucau wrote: > Hi guys, > > To follow the incubator process and after the previous discuss thread here > is the formal proposal mail. > > Feel free to comment it! > > ------------------------ > > Apache Fleece Proposal > > Abstract > > Apache Fleece is an implementation of JSR-353 (JavaTM API for JSON > Processing). > > Proposal > > Apache Fleece will consist of a number of modules. Mainly an implementation > of JSR-353 but also a set of usefule modules to help with the usage of > JSR-353 (surely a mapping module and a jaxrs provider module). > > Background > > JSon being more and more important JavaEE 7 specified an API to read and > create JSon objects/arrays. > > Apache Fleece builds on this specification a potential base to do Json at > Apache (hopefully it will be integrated with CXF for instance). > > Rationale > > There is not yet a Json related project at Apache but a lot of projects > rely on some specific implementions (jettison, jackson, others...). > Proposing a default would be great. The other point is a set of Apache > projects related to JavaEE (CXF, TomEE, Geronimo, Axis2...) will need an > implementation. Having one built at Apache is a really nice to have. > > Initial Goals > > The initial goal of the Apache Fleece project is to get a JSR-353 compliant > implementation > > Current Status > > Initial codebase was developped on github but designed to be integrated in > Apache. > > Meritocracy > > Initial community will be mainly composed of already Apache committers so > meritocracy is already something well known. > > Community > > Initial community will be composed of TomEE community for sure, hopefully > CXF and potentially all JSon users of Apache. > > Initial committers > > - Romain Manni-Bucau (individual, ASF) > - Jean-Louis Monteiro (individual, ASF) > - Mark Struberg (individual, ASF member) > - Gerhard Petracek (individual, ASF member) > - David Blevins (individual, ASF member) > - Sagara Gunathunga (ASF) > > Alignment > > Several Apache project will need a JSR-353 implementation. Having a project > which can be shared is better than having a sub project of a particular > project. Moreover this project makes sense "alone" since users can > integrate it without any other dependencies and use it to read/generate > Json in their project so it makes sense to create a dedicated project. > > Known Risks > > Main risk is to get a not so active project since the specification is not > that big. > > Documentation > > There is no documentation to import today but it will be created using > standard ASF tools (ASF CMS mainly). > > Initial Source > > Initial sources are on this git repository: > https://github.com/rmannibucau/json-impl.git > > Source and IP Submission Plan > > Initial sources are under Apache license v2. > > Side note: it was really developed to be integrated in this project > (without waiting it to be created). > > Required Resources > > Mailing Lists > > - > > fleece-us...@incubator.apache.org > - > > fleece-...@incubator.apache.org > - > > fleece-comm...@incubator.apache.org > - > > fleece-priv...@incubator.apache.org > > Version Control > > It is proposed that the source code for the Apache Fleece project be hosted > in the Apache Git repository, under the following directory: > > - incubator/fleece/ > > Issue Tracking > > The following JIRA project would be required to track issues for the Apache > Fleece project: > > - FLEECE > > Initial Committers > > - Romain Manni-Bucau > - Jean-Louis Monteiro > - Mark Struberg > - Gerhard Petracek > - David Blevins > > Sponsors > > Champion > > - Mark Struberg > > Nominated Mentors > > - Justin Mclean > - Christian Grobmeier > - Daniel Kulp > > Project Name > > Seems *Fleece* is the name which satisfies most of people but we can still > ask for a new name if we feel it needed before being graduated. > > > Romain Manni-Bucau > Twitter: @rmannibucau > Blog: http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com/ > LinkedIn: http://fr.linkedin.com/in/rmannibucau > Github: https://github.com/rmannibucau --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
