I think the "mandatory" documentation contribution is a great idea (and very reasonable). I'd be happy to partake! On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 11:13 AM Rafa Haro <rh...@apache.org> wrote:
> I wouldn't mind to be involved in that but it would be almost "mandatory" > to contribute some Developer Documentation as outcome of those meetings > :-). @Rupert we specially need you here :-) > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 4:09 PM A. Soroka <aj...@virginia.edu> wrote: > > > > I agree that the barrier to contribution is very high. I recall having > > issues with the documentation initially and the only > > > available book on Stanbol was not sufficient. > > > > > > If there was renewed interest in bringing on other developers I would > be > > interested in investing the time to learn to codebase. > > > > I second this! > > > > Perhaps (I know it's very difficult to organize synchronous time for a > > globally-distributed group but perhaps) we could try to organize a boot > > camp meeting on-line? In other words, those people who (like Andrew and > > myself) would be willing to contribute as part of a larger effort could > get > > some virtual time with one or more committers/PMC members to take an > > in-depth tour of the system from the developer point of view and hear > about > > the outstanding architectural issues, maybe start to figure out points of > > contribution. > > > > I realize this would make a lot of demands on the committers involved, > but > > it might be a way to inject some fuel into the effort. > > > > Just an idea... > > > > --- > > A. Soroka > > The University of Virginia Library > > > > > On Jan 18, 2017, at 9:54 AM, Andrew Valencik <and...@affin.io> wrote: > > > > > > Hello! > > > > > > We use Stanbol in production to annotate text with entities as part of > > some > > > of our data products. > > > We do this via the REST API. > > > Originally we were using the content hub to store all the documents but > > saw > > > higher than expected failures. > > > The entity engines seem a bit more resilient to varying content types / > > > encoding. > > > > > > I agree that the barrier to contribution is very high. > > > I recall having issues with the documentation initially and the only > > > available book on Stanbol was not sufficient. > > > > > > If there was renewed interest in bringing on other developers I would > be > > > interested in investing the time to learn to codebase. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 5:53 AM Raffaele Palmieri < > > > raffaele.palmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > >> Dear community, > > >> we are using 0.12 version with content hub. I find Stanbol very > > flexible to > > >> enhance content, specially those unstructured ones. > > >> For that regards connections with other projects, we have done some > > >> thoughts about the use with Apache Marmotta with nosql backends for > big > > >> data scenarios. Also with Apache Manifold to implement enrichment of > > >> existent document repositories, that's a common request. > > >> Regards, > > >> Raffaele. > > >> > > >> > > >> 2017-01-16 22:41 GMT+01:00 Antero Duarte <a.fduar...@gmail.com>: > > >> > > >>> Hi there, > > >>> Stanbol is very useful for me! Greatest and easiest tool for us to do > > NLP > > >>> and linked data. Has there been any discussion to move towards a > nosql > > >>> storage solution, or is solr still the best thing for us? Also, what > > >> about > > >>> upgrading solr? How much work would be involved in that? Anyway, > great > > >>> tool, really hope this doesn't die!!! > > >>> > > >>> Regards, > > >>> Antero > > >>> > > >>> On Mon, 16 Jan 2017, 4:43 p.m. Bertrand Delacretaz, < > > >>> bdelacre...@apache.org> > > >>> wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 2:28 PM, Rafa Haro <rh...@apache.org> > wrote: > > >>>>> ...I participated > > >>>>> also in the development of the Java client, so I could take the > > >>>>> responsibility of bringing that one as well... > > >>>> > > >>>> FWIW, I won't be involved in decisions about this as I left the > > >>>> Stanbol PMC a while ago - I'm just commenting from a community point > > >>>> of view, as an experienced Apache member. > > >>>> > > >>>> A while ago Stanbol was "larger" and more focused on its core, but > as > > >>>> its community becomes smaller (IIUC) it's probably good to bring > > >>>> everyone here, as much as possible, even it it means a slightly less > > >>>> focused codebase. This can also help recruiting more active > committers > > >>>> and PMC members by involving them directly here. > > >>>> > > >>>> That might make Stanbol more sustainable, as a community of people > who > > >>>> need similar functionality. > > >>>> > > >>>> -Bertrand > > >>>> > > >>> > > >> > > > -- > > > > > > Andrew Valencik > > > > > > Data Scientist > > > > > > Affinio <http://www.affinio.com> | Twitter < > http://twitter.com/valencik> > > | > > > LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-valencik-472b2aa4> > > > > > > Discover your personal brand for free with Discovery by Affinio > > > < > > > http://t.sidekickopen36.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs2zGp1-W3Ljs1C5vfVNRVQJSG056dPwzdmbQgC02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.affinio.com%2F&si=5220160139427840&pi=8070b80d-4591-486c-891e-f9743f8a6c3f > > > > > > > > -- Andrew Valencik Data Scientist Affinio <http://www.affinio.com> | Twitter <http://twitter.com/valencik> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-valencik-472b2aa4> Discover your personal brand for free with Discovery by Affinio <http://t.sidekickopen36.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs2zGp1-W3Ljs1C5vfVNRVQJSG056dPwzdmbQgC02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.affinio.com%2F&si=5220160139427840&pi=8070b80d-4591-486c-891e-f9743f8a6c3f>