The vote to accept the resubmitted version of xmlbeanscxx into incubation has been accepted with 3 +1s and no -1s.
Congratulations! David Waite and Ken Tam have both volunteered to help me mentor the project. We should all be on the cxx-dev at xmlbeans.a.o mailing list to help guide you along. Cliff On 9/14/06, Cliff Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Please vote on the proposal below. As a reminder, this is a resubmission of the original xmlbeanscxx project proposed last year by a somewhat different set of committers and a different initial code base (which started to happen after it was originally accepted but before the project actually got started at Apache). I have agreed to mentor this project with the unofficial help of Ken Tam and David Waite The vote will close on Monday at 23:59 PDT / Tuesday at 06:59 UTC. Cliff On 7/18/06, Allen Brookes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've included the proposal below. It hasn't changed but I have > confirmed with people at Touk that the initial committers are correct. > > ------------------------------ > > > This is a proposal for an xmlbeans subproject which should be discussed > here > and voted on at the xmlbeans PMC. This is a modification of an earlier > proposal (May 15, 2005). This proposal is being resubmitted on the > advice > of Cliff Schmidt. The nature of the proposal changed when the company > Touk > offered to submit their xmlbeansxx code base as the initial code. In > order > to move the project along as quickly as possible, we have elected to > take > full advantage of the Touk existing code and resources. One result of > these > changes is the need for developers at Touk to act as committers. > Because > adding committers is done on the basis of merit, and because there is no > basis yet for judging merit on this project, Cliff has advised us to > start > over with a new proposal. > > > Proposal to create a C++ version of the Apache XMLBeans project > > Submission date: ?? March 2006, Allen Brookes, (abrookes @ RogueWave > dot-com) > > (0) rationale > > Apache currently maintains the XMLBeans/Java project, a tool that uses > XML Schema as a basis for generating Java classes used to easily access > XML instance data. The goal of the XMLBeans/C++ project is to provide a > very similar user experience for C++ developers as that provided by the > XMLBeans/Java version. This includes generating strongly-typed C++ > classes for the XML binding as well as providing low-level C++ APIs > enabling access to the raw, underlying XML content. Where possible, the > XMLBeans/C++ project will provide a nearly identical API and parallel > architecture to that provided by the Java counterpart, and will closely > mimic both features and schedule. > > The project will be jump started with the contribution of xmlbeansxx, a > partial C++ implementation of XMLBeans from Touk > (http://touk.pl/web/en/index.html). Rogue Wave Software will help jump > start this project by contributing considerable expertise in the area of > XML data bindings in C++ and C++ expertise in general. > > > (0.1) criteria > > Meritocracy: The C++ version of the project should adhere to the same > open, merit-based community standards as other Apache projects. > > Contributions and Core Developers: Code being contributed is an open > source partial implementation of XMLBeans in C++ created by Touk. > > The community should be able to immediately jump in and begin work, > along side dedicated Touk and Rogue Wave personnel, to turn the initial > contribution into a feature-compatible version of XMLBeans for C++. > > Community: The community around the Java version of XMLBeans is already > vibrant and growing. There is every reason to believe many of those > within the existing community have experience and/or general interest in > a successful, compatible C++ implementation of the toolset. This should > ensure an immediately active and vocal community, even if the primary > interest is in ensuring a similar experience between versions. The > original contribution for this project has been around for some time and > has generated some interest already. > > Additionally, at least one member of an existing Apache project has > expressed interest in a project like XMLBeans/C++ to aid in his current > work. Higher-level projects such as Axis for C++ seem to be natural > beneficiaries of this work. > > > (0.2) known risks > > Orphaned Products: The xmlbeansxx project has been around for some time > now and development has been active throughout this time. There is > every reason to expect that this commitment will continue after the > transition to Apache. > > Inexperience with Open Source: Rogue Wave has been gaining experience > with open source through the cxx standard library project. Touk has had > experience with open source through the xmlbeanscxx project. > > Initial Reliance on Salaried Workers: Due to the rapid process of > transitioning to work on the open source XMLBeans/C++ project, the > listed contributors are all inside the commercial realm. We expect this > list of external volunteers to grow significantly after the initial > public code drop. > > Licensing, Patents, Miscellaneous Legal: Files in the contributed code > include open source licenses. Legal review will be needed to determine > if this is sufficient. > > > (1) scope of the subproject > > The XMLBeans/C++ subproject will conform to the identical scope as that > laid out for the partner Java project. Special care will be taken to > implement features and add conveniences that would be expected by a C++ > developer. > > > (2) identify the initial source for subproject code > > The initial source for the subproject will be the xmlbeanxx project from > Touk. Some background information may be found on this product at: > > Xmlbeansxx home page (http://xmlbeansxx.touk.pl) > > > (3) identify the ASF resources to be created > > > (3.1) mailing list(s) > > cxx-dev > > cxx-user > > cxx-commits > > > > (3.2) SVN repositories > > xml-xmlbeanscxx > > > (3.3) Bugzilla > > xml xmlbeanscxx > > > (4.0) identify the initial set of committers > > This is a preliminary list that will be updated with volunteer members. > > Allen Brookes (ABrookes @ RogueWave dot-com) > > David Haney (David.Haney @ RogueWave dot-com) > > Tomasz Wielga (tw @ touk dot-pl) > > Rafal Rusin (rr @ touk dot-pl > > > (5) identify apache sponsoring individual > > Cliff Schmidt, of the XMLBeans/Java project, has volunteered to sponsor > this project. > > Cliff Schmidt (CliffS @ Apache dot-org) > > > (6) open issues for discussion > > The original code contribution has an API that is very similar to that > of the Java version. However, there are parts of the API that have not > yet been implemented that may be considered essential by users of the > Java version wishing to migrate or co-develop applications. > > Addressing this deficiency is considered a high priority task for the > C++ project. > > This task is currently underway at Touk and will be continued after the > code has been contributed. > > The contributed C++ code is based on its own code generator. It is > probably desirable to consolidate both C++ and Java projects under the > same code generator, most likely the one already included in the Java > version of the XMLBeans. > > This is not considered a priority-1 task at this point, more of a long > term goal and convenience. If it saves time in other priority tasks it > will be looked at closely, however. > > Platform support > > Unlike Java, the C++ port will have significant issues around platform > and compiler support. In order to help with this the project will be > using the C++ standard library, and may in fact benefit greatly from the > proposed Apache C++ StdLib (STDCXX). Initially the native StdLib will be > used. > > Good platform support will be very important so even the early builds > should be done on Windows and Linux, and preferably at least one Unix > variety. Long term the matrix should be very large. > >
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