Hi - (1) This looks really cool and I would like to volunteer to Mentor the project.
(2) You mention that there are over 50 contributors, but only list 5 core developers. Are the 5 core developers all from Baidu? Do you plan to quickly invite some of the other contributors? Regards, Dave > On Jan 5, 2018, at 2:00 AM, Tan,Zhongyi <tanzhon...@baidu.com> wrote: > > Hi, Dear Apache Incubator Community, > > Please accept the follow proposal for presentation and discussion: > > https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/EChartsProposal > > ECharts is a charting and data visualization library written in JavaScript . > It has been an open source project on github since 2013， and is one of the > most popular repositories in topic of data visualization category in github. > > Best regards. > > > > > Below is the proposal also. > > > > = ECharts Proposal = > > === Abstract === > > ECharts is a charting and data visualization library written in JavaScript. > > > === Proposal === > > ECharts provides a powerful, interactive charting and data visualization > library > and framework for web browser, mobile App and backend usage. > > > === Background === > > A primary goal of data visualization is to communicate information clearly and > efficiently via statistical graphics, plots and other graphics. > > Numerical data may be presented in dots, lines, or bars, to visually > communicate > a quantitative message. Effective visualization helps users to analyze data . > It makes complex data more readable, understandable.[1] > > Now data visualization concerns mainly about presentation and propagation in > web, > ECharts uses JavaScript as its basic programing language. It brings great > compatibility across multiple platforms, not only in web browsers, but also > in mobile Apps via embedded web engine or in backend environment via the > techniques > of headless browser. > > > === Rationale === > > ECharts encapsulates the underlying data transformation, control flow, visual > encoding and rendering, receiving the visualization requirements with > declarative language, > and produces interactive charts and components. We will highlight the > features below to > illustrate the power that ECharts already has, and our concerns and our > visions: > > * User Diversity: > ECharts expects that its users are not only web developers, but also > people with lesser programing skills. So ECharts enables users to > describe data and settings with declarative language, which lowers > the barrier but without losing the power, and benefit to transfer > and store. > > * Configurable Interactions: > ECharts has provided plenty of interactions and aims at providing more. > Both human interactions and the interactions with upper program are > supported and can be configurable. > > * Large Data: > Although the browser environment and JavaScript bring some performance > limits in visualizing large data or performing animations, ECharts have > been adopting various optimization techniques to rise the upper limit > of the amount of data that it can process, and keep improving the > fluency of interactions and animations. > > * Cross-Platform: > The underlying render engine of ECharts can be switched between > HTMLCanvas, SVG, or VML, which provides good compatibility and brings > opportunities to optimize performance according to different platform > and usage scenarios. Besides, ECharts can also works in backend > environment via headless techniques. > > ECharts can be created using headless browsers to pregenerate reports on > more powerful machines for better performance on resource-limited devices > > *Extension and Customization: > ECharts provides extension mechanisms to make new types of chart and > components, > adopt other layout algorithms, or even adopt other render techniques. > Various developers have contributed different types of extensions based on > ECharts.[2] > > > === Current Status === > > ECharts has been an open source project on GitHub[3] since 2013. > Currently it has more than 20k stars, more than 50k monthly downloads[4] > in NPM, and is one of the most popular repositories in topic of data > visualization category in GitHub.[5] And it has been used in many > products of Baidu and other companies such as Alibaba, Tencent, Netease, > XinHua News Agency,National Bureau of Statistics of China, Sina, > State Grid Corporation of China, Lenovo, Ctrip etc. > > > === Meritocracy === > The ECharts project already operates on meritocratic principles. > It was originally created by Lin Zhifeng in 2013,adding developers > worldwide and has accepted multiple major patches from a diverse set > of contributors. > > We will follow ASF meritocratic principles to encourage more > developers to contribute in this project. We know that only active and > committed developers from a diverse set of backgrounds can make ECharts > a successful project. We are also improving the project documentation > and code to help new developers to get started quickly. > > > === Community === > > ECharts has been building an active community for the last four years. > Currently, the community includes over 50 contributors . > The core developers of our project are listed below. > > === Core Developers === > > * Su Shuang (https://github.com/100pah sushuang0...@gmail.com ) > * Shen Yi (https://github.com/pissang shenyi....@gmail.com ) > * Zhang Wenli (https://github.com/Ovilia m...@zhangwenli.com ) > * Li Deqing (https://github.com/deqingli annong...@gmail.com) > * Dong Rui (https://github.com/erik168 error...@gmail.com) > > > > === Alignment === > > ECharts is popular in data visualization and charting on web projects. > And ASF has many famous web projects and big data related projects. > We believe that ASF is a perfect choice to help ECharts project to > attract more developers and have more cooperation with existing projects. > > === Known Risks === > ==== Orphaned products ==== > Given the current level of investment in ECharts and the stakeholders > using it - the risk of the project being abandoned is minimal. > Baidu, for example, is in active development to use ECharts in many of > its services and many large corporations including Alibaba, Tencent, > Huawei, Sina, Lenovo use it in their production applications. > > ==== Inexperience with Open Source ==== > ECharts has been an active open source project for more than 4 years. > During that time, the project has attracted 50+ contributors. > > ==== Homogenous Developers ==== > The most of core developers are from Baidu, but after ECharts was open > sourced, > ECharts received a lot of bug fixes and enhancements from other developers > not working at Baidu. > And the founder of ECharts,Lin Zhifeng still contributes a lot after he left > Baidu. > > > === Reliance on Salaried Developers === > Although some of the developers are salaried, the project is personally > initiated from > the beginning. The core developers have been dedicated to this project for > four years > and have kept the project independent with developers around the world > involved. > > > === Relationships with Other Apache Products === > > We have not found an existing charting project in Apache yet. And there is > potential > cooperation with some existing Apache projects big data related. > > > === A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand === > > Our interests and motivations are based on the factors mentioned in the > Rationale > section rather than the publicity. Furthermore, the brand of ECharts has been > successful > in the past years on their own and we would be happy to keep on this path. We > are honored > at getting the opportunity to join the ASF, with the understanding to ensure > its brand > policies are respected.Also we expect that Apache brand will help to attract > more contributors. > > === Documentation === > > [1] Data Visualization: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_visualization > > [2] ECharts Extensions: > https://github.com/ecomfe/ECharts#resources > > [3] ECharts Information: > https://github.com/ecomfe/ECharts > https://ecomfe.github.io/echarts-doc/public/en/index.html > > [4] ECharts in NPM: > https://www.npmjs.com/package/echarts > > [5] GitHub Data Visualization Topic: > https://github.com/topics/data-visualization > > > === Initial Source === > > ECharts has been developed since 2013. It currently has an active developer > and user community > with a codebase in JavaScript.We currently use Github to maintain our source > code and > track issues at https://github.com/ecomfe/ECharts. > We need to move our respository to Apache infrastructure. > > > === Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan === > ECharts source code is available under BSD-3 license and owned by Baidu. > We will work with the committers to get ICLAs signed. > We will provide a Software Grant Agreement from an authorized signer > per https://www.apache.org/licenses/software-grant-template.pdf > > > === External Dependencies === > > All The dependencies are released under Apache compatible licenses, including > BSD and MIT. > > > === Required Resources === > > ==== Mailing List: ==== > There are currently no mailing lists. > The usual mailing lists are expected to be set up when entering incubation: > > * priv...@echarts.incubator.apache.org > * d...@echarts.incubator.apache.org > * comm...@echarts.incubator.apache.org > > ==== Git Repositories: ==== > Upon entering incubation: https://github.com/apache/incubator-echarts > After incubation, we want to move the existing repo from > github/ecomfe/echarts to Apache infrastructure. > > ==== Issue Tracking: ==== > ECharts currently uses GitHub to track issues. there are more than 7k issues. > Would like to continue to do so while we discuss migration possibilities with > the ASF Infra committee. > > ==== URL: ==== > Currently the website url is > https://ecomfe.github.io/echarts-doc/public/en/index.html. > It will be moved to http://echarts.incubator.apache.org/ to follow incubator > conventions. > > > === Initial Committers === > * Lin Zhifeng (https://github.com/kener kener.linf...@gmail.com) > * Su Shuang (https://github.com/100pah sushuang0...@gmail.com) > * Shen Yi (https://github.com/pissang shenyi....@gmail.com) > * Zhang Wenli (https://github.com/Ovilia m...@zhangwenli.com) > * Li Deqing (https://github.com/deqingli annong...@gmail.com) > * Wang Junting > * Dong Rui (https://github.com/erik168 error...@gmail.com) > * Huang Houjin (https://github.com/chriswong w...@foxmail.com) > > === Sponsors: === > > ==== Champion: ==== > * Kevin A. McGrail > > ==== Mentors: ==== > * Daniel Gruno > * John D. Ament > > ==== Sponsoring Entity ==== > We are requesting the Incubator to sponsor this project. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
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