+1 Thanks Milinda
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Paul Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > +1 from me as well. > > > On Oct 27, 2009, at 9:17 AM, Alex Boisvert wrote: > > +1 >> >> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 2:29 AM, Rafal Rusin <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Please vote on HISE proposal. >>> Voting will remain open until 2009-10-29 00:00 GMT >>> >>> http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/HISEProposal >>> >>> Proposal was presented on Apache Incubator: >>> http://markmail.org/thread/sbq4e73iaa76e4ny >>> http://markmail.org/thread/zt2aqqpicshd23sy >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------- >>> Abstract >>> >>> HISE will be an implementation of WS-Human-Task Specification. It will >>> stand for Human Interactions Service Engine. >>> Proposal >>> >>> HISE is to provide a deployable component ready to interpret human >>> interactions defined in xml files, as specified in WS-Human-Task 1.0 >>> Spec, as well as expose taskOperations Web Service for tasks >>> management. >>> >>> Note that this proposal covers only services implementation, not >>> including any web consoles. So it will contact with external world >>> using Web Services. >>> Background >>> >>> WSHT project is beeing developed at TouK. It is currently used in >>> other projects by wiring up Spring beans provided by WSHT. >>> >>> In current version, there is implemented about 20% of spec, which >>> includes task creation, assigning, retrieval. Persistence is >>> implemented. Currently, there are no task escalations and >>> notifications. >>> >>> WSHT project is beeing donated to Apache Incubator to become HISE >>> project at Apache. >>> >>> Rationale >>> >>> There's a need for an engine which will interpret high level people >>> interactions definitions. There's no need to reimplement human >>> interactions in various projects from scratch (handling notifications, >>> escalations, tasks lifecycles, tasks reassigning). So such project >>> will follow DRY rule in SOA world. >>> >>> There was some discussion before, which pointed that this kind of >>> project would be desired at Apache >>> (http://markmail.org/thread/es3h3yprjrttxhlu). >>> >>> There was also Agila project in Apache Incubator, which was meant to >>> implement Human Workflow solution, but it's abandoned (probably >>> because of too broad scope - it included BPEL engine implmentation and >>> web console for management, details are here: >>> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/agila/trunk). >>> >>> So in HISE there's aim to shorten this scope and implement only >>> services for WS Human Tasks spec. This would consist of 2 >>> distributions (war and jbi) which would expose web services for tasks >>> management. There was some interest on ServiceMix mailing list too, so >>> jbi distribution would be desired >>> (http://markmail.org/thread/svyxd6xrm2tbwnsz). >>> >>> Initial Goals >>> >>> Currently, there's only POJO based possibility for connecting with >>> WSHT services. The goal is to add Web Services based distributions. >>> Those will include WAR and JBI distribution. >>> >>> Second thing is to implement remaining WS-Human-Task spec. It will >>> include adding scheduler, implementing time notifications and adding >>> tasks escalations. >>> >>> Third thing is to migrate Hibernate JPA to OpenJPA for licensing reasons. >>> >>> Future plans (after 1.0 release) include OSGi bundle distribution to >>> increase wide adoption of HISE. >>> >>> Current Status >>> >>> Meritocracy >>> >>> WSHT project originally was developed at TouK company by a set of >>> committers. All of those committers did a contribution to this >>> project, so they have required merit. >>> >>> TouK currently has one committer in Apache ODE project, which is >>> expected to share knowledge about meritocracy inside community. >>> >>> Community >>> >>> WSHT has currently a small community consisting of developers inside >>> TouK company. This is due to short life of this product. It was >>> recently exposed to public and there's a plan to expand community at >>> Apache Incubator. >>> >>> Core Developers >>> >>> The core developers of WSHT are from TouK company. One of the >>> committers is already an Apache ODE committer. All developers from >>> initial committer's list are experienced in open source development, >>> since they all built this project to current usable status. >>> >>> There's a plan to increase diversity of developers among various >>> companies. This is planned to be done at Apache Incubator in the >>> meritocratic way. >>> >>> Alignment >>> >>> The current code base is targetted for use inside Spring by creating >>> specific beans. But the goal is to add WAR and JBI distributions, >>> which will increase possibility to adopt HISE in J2EE and JBI SOA >>> worlds. Potential projects benefiting from HISE are Apache ODE (by >>> combining BPEL processes with human interactions), Apache ServiceMix >>> (by using service for human interactions in ESB), Apache CXF and >>> Apache Axis (by using human interactions services from other deployed >>> Web Services). >>> >>> It's also expected to migrate from Hibernate JPA to OpenJPA for >>> underlying storage. >>> >>> Known Risks >>> >>> Orphaned products >>> >>> Initial contributors are vendors of this product. So there's no risk >>> or warnings for abandoning this project. >>> >>> Moreover there's already an interest from external communities to join >>> this project for development when it enters Apache Incubator. >>> >>> Inexperience with Open Source >>> >>> WSHT was started as a closed source project. >>> >>> Core developers are already experienced with other open source >>> projects including Apache OfBiz, Apache ServiceMix, Apache ODE. One of >>> the initial committers is a committer in Apache ODE project and is >>> expected to share knowledge of open source development process among >>> others. >>> >>> WSHT current code base also depends on various open source projects >>> like Apache CXF, Apache Geronimo and it was developed by core >>> developers. >>> >>> Homogenous Developers >>> >>> WSHT includes committers from only one company (TouK). >>> >>> Current committers know each other from TouK, so they are not really >>> homogenous. This is expected to change during incubation. >>> >>> Reliance on Salaried Developers >>> >>> All of the developers at TouK are salaried developers. This is >>> expected to change during incubation phase. >>> >>> Relationships with Other Apache Products >>> >>> OpenJPA will be used by HISE for it's internal storage. Apache CXF >>> will be used to expose Web Services to external world. Apache >>> ServiceMix will be used to expose and test WSHT services as JBI >>> service. >>> >>> Maven2 is used for building. >>> >>> There's no competition among other Apache projects for this project. >>> >>> An Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand >>> >>> WSHT is donated to Apache because of ability to gather communities >>> among other projects (Apache ServiceMix and Apache ODE) and external >>> communities both developers and users. This donation of WSHT project >>> is for increasing contacts and visibility in open source world and to >>> develop a satisfying implementation for WS-Human-Task spec. >>> >>> This spec currently has closed source implementations usually bricked >>> up with larger products. HISE is expected to provide an open source >>> solution for WS-Human-Task spec, which may be adopted in those >>> projects too to follow DRY rule among various companies. >>> >>> Documentation >>> >>> Informations about WSHT project can be found at >>> >>> >>> http://top.touk.pl/confluence/display/top/WSHT+-+WS+Human+Tasks+Implementation >>> >>> Initial Source >>> >>> WSHT is the only code base for HISE. >>> >>> WSHT project has been developed since April 2009 at TouK. >>> >>> It was used to vend inside larger products. It was developed from the >>> beginning under Apache 2.0 License with aim to become open source >>> project. >>> >>> Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan >>> >>> WSHT code base from TouK company (it's developed from the beginning >>> under Apache 2.0 License). >>> >>> External Dependencies >>> >>> The dependencies with Apache compatible licenses: >>> >>> * >>> >>> H2 embedded database (modified MPL 1.1 >>> http://www.h2database.com/html/license.html) >>> * jaxb (Apache 2.0 and W3C license) >>> * aspectj (Eclipse Public License) >>> * >>> >>> jMock Project License (http://www.jmock.org/license.html) >>> * saaj API and Impl (CDDL v. 1.0) >>> * Other dependencies are licensed under MIT, BSD, Common Public >>> License, Eclipse Public License, and Apache 2.0 Licenses >>> >>> Not compatible with Apache license (and expected to be removed in >>> binary distros during incubation): >>> >>> * Hibernate (LGPL) >>> * Jboss Archive Browsing (LGPL) >>> >>> Cryptography >>> >>> - >>> >>> Required Resources >>> >>> Mailing lists >>> >>> hise-private, hise-dev >>> >>> Subversion Directory >>> >>> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/hise >>> >>> Issue Tracking >>> >>> JIRA HISE (HISE) >>> >>> Other Resources >>> >>> - >>> >>> Initial Committers >>> >>> * >>> >>> Jakub Kurlenda <[email protected]> >>> * >>> >>> Mateusz Lipczyński <[email protected]> >>> * >>> >>> Michał Zalewski <[email protected]> >>> * >>> >>> Rafał Rusin <[email protected]> >>> * >>> >>> Ula Trzaskowska <[email protected]> >>> * >>> >>> Warren Crossing <[email protected]> >>> * >>> >>> Witek Wołejszo <[email protected]> >>> >>> Affiliations >>> >>> * >>> >>> Jakub Kurlenda <[email protected]> (TouK company) >>> * >>> >>> Mateusz Lipczyński <[email protected]> (TouK company) >>> * >>> >>> Michał Zalewski <[email protected]> (TouK company) >>> * >>> >>> Rafał Rusin <[email protected]> (TouK company) >>> * >>> >>> Ula Trzaskowska <[email protected]> (TouK company) >>> * >>> >>> Warren Crossing <[email protected]> (TouK company) >>> * >>> >>> Witek Wołejszo <[email protected]> (TouK company) >>> >>> Sponsors >>> >>> Champion >>> >>> Matthieu Riou <[email protected]> >>> >>> Nominated Mentors >>> >>> * >>> >>> Paul Fremantle <[email protected]> >>> * >>> >>> Glen Daniels <[email protected]> >>> >>> Sponsoring Entity >>> >>> Apache ODE PMC >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------- >>> >>> Regards, >>> Rafal Rusin >>> >>> http://touk.pl >>> http://people.apache.org/~rr/ <http://people.apache.org/%7Err/> < >>> http://people.apache.org/%7Err/> >>> >>> > -- Milinda Pathirage Senior Software Engineer & Product Manager WSO2 BPS; http://wso2.org/bps WSO2 Inc.; http://wso2.com E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Web: http://mpathirage.com Blog: http://blog.mpathirage.com
