Hi Rob, Yes I understood it. I went through other available issues and willing to work on [1] if I can get initial support to get familiar with the project.
[1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JENA-624 On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 5:47 PM, Rob Vesse <[email protected]> wrote: > Dimuthu > > Yes I think this may be too small for a GSoC project unless you can come up > with a proposal (including schedule) that shows a sufficiently large amount > of work for the 3 month period > > This could of course be combined with other Jena contributions if you were > still interested in doing a GSoC project for Jena though I am not sure > there > is anything that would naturally fit with this that isn't already being > worked on > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=labels%20%3D%20gsoc2015%20AND%20p > roject%20%3D%20Jena > > There are plenty of other Apache projects that have project ideas so I > would > encourage you to investigate those other opportunities if you are keen on > participating in GSoC: > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=labels%20%3D%20gsoc2015 > > Rob > > From: DImuthu Upeksha <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, 17 March 2015 11:43 > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: Rob Vesse <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [GSoC] Adding support for XPath 3 Functions > > > Hi Rob, > > > > Because it seems like we can directly adapt most of the required > functions > > from existing implementations, do you believe that there is a enough > content > > to be done for a GSoC project? What is your recommendation? > > > > Thanks > > Dimuthu > > > > On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 10:38 PM, DImuthu Upeksha < > [email protected]> > > wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I'm Dimuthu Upeksha, a Computer Engineering Undergraduate from > University of > >> Moratuwa - Sri Lanka. I have successfully completed GSoC 2013 and 2014 > with > >> Apache Software foundation. I'm willing to participate GSoC 2015 and > found > >> issue [1] mentioned in jira very interesting. Because I have prior > experience > >> in working with Xpath2, I believe that this project matches with my > skills. > >> > >> Because ticket is about implementing Xpath3 function to Jena, I went > through > >> XPath3 specification [2] and summarised list of functions that can be > >> implemented in Jena. This [3] document contains all the functions > mentioned > >> in spec and I have marked currently available functions in Jena [4]. It > seems > >> like there are about 219 functions available in Xpath 3 spec so my > problem > >> is, what are the essential or high priority functions that are needed > to be > >> implemented? > >> > >> To have a basic idea about writing functions for Jena, I have written a > very > >> simple function [5] [6] and I'm really grateful if you can give some > >> feedbacks over it. > >> > >> [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JENA-508 > >> [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath-functions-30/#casting-to-ENTITY > >> [3] > >> > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16J2n0hwXwzxsNzv4fDzPqVSDHYVKXkJEWxWwC > >> nWgDbw/edit?usp=sharing > >> [4] > >> > https://github.com/apache/jena/tree/master/jena-arq/src/main/java/com/hp/hpl/ > >> jena/sparql/function/library > >> [5] > >> > https://github.com/DImuthuUpe/Jena-Sample/blob/master/src/main/java/com/hp/hp > >> l/jena/sparql/xpath3/XPath3_Floor.java > >> [6] > >> > https://github.com/DImuthuUpe/Jena-Sample/blob/master/src/main/java/com/hp/hp > >> l/jena/sparql/xpath3/Main.java > >> > >> Thanks > >> Dimuthu > >> -- > >> Regards > >> W.Dimuthu Upeksha > >> Undergraduate > >> > >> Department of Computer Science And Engineering > >> University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards > > W.Dimuthu Upeksha > > Undergraduate > > > > Department of Computer Science And Engineering > > University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka > > > -- Regards W.Dimuthu Upeksha Undergraduate Department of Computer Science And Engineering University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
