I posted the report on the Incubator wiki. Let me know if there are any updates to be made before Wednesday when it is due.
Thanks, Adina On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 2:58 PM, Puja Valiyil <[email protected]> wrote: > Updates below. I don't think that I will be able to post this to the > incubator wiki -- could someone please copy and paste this once it is has > been signed off on? > > > > Rya > > Rya (pronounced "ree-uh" /rēə/) is a cloud-based RDF triple store that > supports SPARQL queries. Rya is a scalable RDF data management system built > on top of Accumulo. Rya uses novel storage methods, indexing schemes, and > query processing techniques that scale to billions of triples across > multiple nodes. Rya provides fast and easy access to the data through > SPARQL, a conventional query mechanism for RDF data. > > Rya has been incubating since 2015-09-18. > > Three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation: > > 1. Become familiar with the release process and have a first release as > part of the Apache Foundation > 2. Expand the documentation to be more formalized and more representative > of the current codebase. > 3. Add new committers to the project. > > Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be > aware of? > > No > > How has the community developed since the last report? > > * We have a Rya "office hour" teleconference every other week. Users and > developers can ask questions, receive answers, discuss ideas for future > developments. The minutes are sent to the dev@ list. Attendance at these > meetings has grown beyond existing committers of the project to include new > contributors. New contributors have led the discussion for new features > that they have helped develop. We have also begun posting minutes and > reference slides from the meetings on confluence to provide reference > documentation to new contributors. > * We have more PRs from non-committers which are integrated into the > repository > * Developed more extensive Rya website and confluence page for > documentation for new contributors > > How has the project developed since the last report? > > * Integrated Rya with Apache build process -- Rya is currently being > built by Jenkins on Apache servers > * Resolved a handful of issues that users have encountered. > * Upgrades for versions for a number of dependencies > * Committed features: advanced OWL forward chaining reasoning tool for > Accumulo based Rya, extensions to pre-computed join capabilities for more > complex SPARQL queries, additions of timestamps for Mongo backed Rya. > > > Date of last release: > > Not applicable > > When were the last committers or PMC members elected? > > Not applicable. The PMC is currently discussing inviting a couple of > active contributors to become committers. > > Signed-off-by: > > [ ](rya) Josh Elser > [ ](rya) Edward J. Yoon > [ ](rya) Sean Busbey > [ ](rya) Venkatesh Seetharam > > On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 2:23 AM, Josh Elser <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Was the website up when the last report was written? I agree with Adina; > > afaik, the website is good. Should def call that out if it is new. > > > > Otherwise, agree with Sean's point and it LGTM. > > On Jun 30, 2016 6:04 PM, "Adina Crainiceanu" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I agree with Sean that we should mention that the PPMC is currently > > > considering new committer additions. > > > > > > I would also remove the second point in the "three most important > issues > > to > > > address in the move toward graduation" - I think that the "how to > > > contribute" from the website + confluence is OK, even if it can be > > > improved. > > > > > > I think the report looks good. Thank you Puja for taking the lead on > > this. > > > If you don't have permission to edit the incubator wiki, you need to > > create > > > an account and send email to [email protected] to ask > > > permission > > > to edit (make sure you include your wiki username) > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Adina > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 12:21 PM, Sean Busbey <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > if the PPMC is considering new committer additions, it's worth noting > > > > in the report. > > > > especially since the situation described under community development > > > > sounds like we ought to be. > > > > > > > > the specific folks under consideration should not be mentioned, > natch, > > > > just if the PPMC is currently in the discussion phase. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 8:37 AM, Puja Valiyil <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Rya > > > > > > > > > > Rya (pronounced "ree-uh" /rēə/) is a cloud-based RDF triple store > > that > > > > > supports SPARQL queries. Rya is a scalable RDF data management > system > > > > built > > > > > on top of Accumulo. Rya uses novel storage methods, indexing > schemes, > > > and > > > > > query processing techniques that scale to billions of triples > across > > > > > multiple nodes. Rya provides fast and easy access to the data > through > > > > > SPARQL, a conventional query mechanism for RDF data. > > > > > > > > > > Rya has been incubating since 2015-09-18. > > > > > > > > > > Three most important issues to address in the move towards > > graduation: > > > > > > > > > > 1. Become familiar with the release process and have a first > > release > > > as > > > > > part of the Apache Foundation > > > > > 2. Expand the "how to" document to explain the ways new > > contributors > > > > can > > > > > become involved in the project, so we increase the size of the > > > community. > > > > > 3. Add new committers to the project. > > > > > > > > > > Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to > be > > > > > aware of? > > > > > > > > > > No > > > > > > > > > > How has the community developed since the last report? > > > > > > > > > > * We have a Rya "office hour" teleconference every other week. > > Users > > > > and > > > > > developers can ask questions, receive answers, discuss ideas for > > future > > > > > developments. The minutes are sent to the dev@ list. Attendance > at > > > > these > > > > > meetings has grown beyond existing committers of the project to > > include > > > > new > > > > > contributors. New contributors have led the discussion for new > > > features > > > > > that they have helped develop. We have also begun posting minutes > > and > > > > > reference slides from the meetings on confluence to provide > reference > > > > > documentation to new contributors. > > > > > * We have more PRs from non-committers which are integrated into > > the > > > > > repository > > > > > > > > > > How has the project developed since the last report? > > > > > > > > > > * Integrated Rya with Apache build process -- Rya is currently > > being > > > > > built by Jenkins on Apache servers > > > > > * Resolved a handful of issues that users have encountered. > > > > > * Upgrades for versions for a number of dependencies > > > > > * Committed features: advanced OWL forward chaining reasoning > tool > > > for > > > > > Accumulo based Rya, extensions to pre-computed join capabilities > for > > > more > > > > > complex SPARQL queries, additions of timestamps for Mongo backed > Rya. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Date of last release: > > > > > > > > > > Not applicable > > > > > > > > > > When were the last committers or PMC members elected? > > > > > > > > > > Not applicable > > > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: > > > > > > > > > > [ ](rya) Josh Elser > > > > > [ ](rya) Edward J. Yoon > > > > > [ ](rya) Sean Busbey > > > > > [ ](rya) Venkatesh Seetharam > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Dr. Adina Crainiceanu > > > Associate Professor, Computer Science Department > > > United States Naval Academy > > > 410-293-6822 > > > [email protected] > > > http://www.usna.edu/Users/cs/adina/ > > > > > > -- Dr. Adina Crainiceanu Associate Professor, Computer Science Department United States Naval Academy 410-293-6822 [email protected] http://www.usna.edu/Users/cs/adina/
