Hello all, The support this project is expecting is not in terms of development power, they will put a couple of developers to work in wayang to work in well aligned objectives so that they can then commit their code to Apache (after approval of the community of course).
So they would like a letter stating that the projects objectives are in accordance to those of Apache wayang and seeing this project happen and seeing their code being donated would be greatly appreciated. This project will also bring Apache wayang to stakeholders in the earth observation domain which can benefit us as we can attract more committers. So, we are not giving anything to them and we are not committing to anything. We are just confirming their objectives are aligned to our overall plan as Apache wayang community. I personally believe this can just benefit us in the future. — Jorge On Mon, 11 Oct 2021 at 6:55 PM Alexander Alten <[email protected]> wrote: > Thats exactly the issue here - from my point we can’t support from our > side. It’s the other way, they can support the project by donating > software. But we can’t guarantee support from our community, since all the > developer are voluntary. And the ASF does not provide anything like this. > > Typically a company, which supports an ASF project, provides such LOI. > > > On 11. Oct 2021, at 18:50, Rodrigo Pardo Meza <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > As far as I understand it is a letter of support, we are not compromising > > the project to nothing. > > > > Where support is about stating that the objectives of the project are > > important in the wayang plan and hence we will be more than happy to see > > this happen > > > > Is there any legal binding agreement? > > > > Best regards! > > > > El lun, 11 oct 2021 a las 18:47, Bertty Contreras (<[email protected] > >) > > escribió: > > > >> Is there something that we want to provide to her, like "We are here to > >> respond to your question as a community"? > >> > >> On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 6:14 PM Alexander Alten <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> We can’t write an LOI, since we are an Apache project. > >>> > >>> Best, > >>> —alex > >>> > >>>> On 11. Oct 2021, at 17:43, bertty contreras < > [email protected] > >>> > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hi Folks, > >>>> > >>>> I Forwarded this email to you, to see if we can provide the Letter to > >>> her. > >>>> I think for us it will be straightforward and it will help us to build > >> a > >>>> better community. What do you think about this proposal ? > >>>> > >>>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- > >>>> De: Quiane Ruiz, Jorge Anulfo <[email protected]> > >>>> Date: lun, 11 oct 2021 a las 16:19 > >>>> Subject: Fwd: AGORA-EO & Apache Wayang > >>>> To: bertty contreras <[email protected]>, Rodrigo Pardo Meza > < > >>>> [email protected]> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Begin forwarded message: > >>>> > >>>> *From: *Prof. Dr. Begüm Demir <[email protected]> > >>>> *Subject: **AGORA-EO & Apache Wayang* > >>>> *Date: *11. October 2021 at 16:02:22 CEST > >>>> *To: *<[email protected]> > >>>> *Cc: *"'Quiane Ruiz, Jorge Anulfo'" <[email protected]> > >>>> > >>>> Dear Apache Wayang Team, > >>>> > >>>> I’m Begum Demir, head of the Remote Sensing Image Analysis Team at TU > >>>> Berlin. Together with Dr. Jorge-Arnulfo Quiané-Ruiz, we plan to > >> develop a > >>>> content-based satellite image search engine, called AGORA-EO. The > >>> AGORA-EO > >>>> search engine’s backend will be powered by Apache Wayang to be able to > >>>> index and query multiple data sources. For our ideas, we are currently > >>>> writing a project proposal to European Research Council. We believe > >> that > >>>> our project, if accepted, will significantly contribute to Apache > >> Wayang > >>> as > >>>> Dr. Quiané has already discussed with some of you. > >>>> > >>>> In this line, we would like to ask you if you can support our project > >>>> proposal by writing a letter of interest? > >>>> > >>>> Details about our project: > >>>> > >>>> *Title*: *AGORA-EO: Indexing and Querying Earth from Federated Big > Data > >>>> Archives * > >>>> > >>>> *Aim:* The AGORA-EO search engine develops the emerging tools for the > >>>> accurate and scalable indexing and querying of satellite images from > >>>> massive archives. We plan to bring the AGORA-EO search engine to a > >> higher > >>>> maturity level, demonstrating its value, success and technical > >>> feasibility > >>>> by a prototype. > >>>> > >>>> *Innovation Potential*: The main innovation in AGORA-EO is the product > >>>> innovation as a (content-based) EO data search engine that makes > >>> Copernicus > >>>> data findable and accessible in operational applications (based on the > >>>> complex content of the EO data). This is fully in line with the > >> European > >>>> Commission’s strategy in the Digital Europe Programme. AGORA-EO search > >>>> engine is the first content-based search engine that comprises > advanced > >>>> methods (for EO data representation learning, content based EO data > >>>> indexing and search together with big data processing and management > >>>> approaches) in knowledge discovery from big EO data archives for > >>>> global-scale applications. The innovations that are brought with > >> AGORA-EO > >>>> complete the missing technological piece in the online platforms where > >>>> Copernicus data can be accessed (e.g., five DIAS platforms) and thus > >>>> broaden the range of users and applications that are exploiting EO > data > >>> in > >>>> their business processes. While ‘Google Images’ indexes and searches > >> web > >>>> images, AGORA-EO indexes Earth and queries by example from massive EO > >>>> archives. As a whole, AGORA-EO modernizes access ways to the EO data > >> that > >>>> is complementary to the existing tools for keyword/tag-based search. > >>>> > >>>> Best regards, > >>>> Begum Demir > >>>> https://rsim.berlin > >>> > >>> > >> > >
