I didn't see anything wrong with the original Bluesky report, but I added the missing Clerezza heading and initial paragraphs and aligned it to what you posted below.
On 18/05/2010, at 5:08 PM, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 12:15 AM, Noel J. Bergman <n...@devtech.com> wrote: >> *** Clerezza had been accidentally deleted during a wiki edit... > > Still broken below and in board_agenda_2010_05_19.txt, Bluesky and > Clerezza reports are broken, here's the correct section, also fixed in > http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/May2010 : > > ******** > = Bluesky = > BlueSky has been incubating since 01-12-2008. It is an e-learning > solution designed to help solve the disparity in availability of > qualified education between well-developed cities and poorer regions > of China. > > We are still waiting for Bill to check the completeness of the release > candidate. Things we've done recently: > > Coding to optimize DTU structure, still under going; > Testing IPv6 and satellite module; > One thing left to the first release: > cast release vote in general list. > > = Clerezza = > Clerezza (incubating since November 27th, 2009) is an OSGi-based > modular application and set of components (bundles) for building > RESTFul Semantic Web applications and services. The are currently no > issues requiring board attention. > > Recent activity: > Updated to the latest Felix framework (including security features) > Improved typerendering with regex-pattern and renderlets for literal types > Update to TDB 0.8.5 > Presented Clerezza at the Apache Retreat > Manuel Innerhofer participated in the IKS FISE hackathon > (http://wiki.iks-project.eu/index.php/FISE), Clerezza modules are used > in FISE. > > Next steps: > Enhance UIMA integration > Integration with Tika > > Top 2/3 Issues before graduation: > Improve our website with tutorials and "getting started" content. > Prepare some easy-to-run demos to get people interested in Clerezza. > Prepare for a first release > ******** > > > > > > > > > > >> *** A HISE report was entered to indicate that the project had failed to >> report. >> *** No other changes from the original submission >> >> During the past month, the Incubator has added a fair number of new PMC >> Members: >> >> Chris Mattmann >> David Jencks >> Gurkan Erdogdu >> Tom White >> Jean-Frederic Clere >> Julien Vermillard >> Christian Grobmeier (elected) >> Donald Woods >> >> All of them joined with the specific intent of mentoring projects, of which >> we have quite a few (reflected by all of the new PMC members). Proposed >> projects included Whirr (libraries for running cloud services), Zeta (PHP >> components), Amber (OAuth Java library), and Deltacloud (web service API for >> cloud service clients/providers). >> >> WSRP4J was terminated at the mutual decision with the Portals PMC. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> = BeanValidation = >> Apache Bean Validation will deliver an implementation of the JSR303 Bean >> Validation 1.0 specification. BVAL entered incubation on March 1, 2010. >> >> A list of the three most important issues to address in the move towards >> graduation: >> >> First release of artifacts. Grow the community and committer base. >> >> Any issues that the Incubator PMC or ASF Board might wish/need to be aware >> of: >> >> None at this time. >> >> How has the community developed since the last report: >> >> The community has been focused on resolving TCK failures, with lots of help >> coming from contributor Carlos Vara. Apache OpenJPA trunk is now using our >> artifacts as their default provider for Bean Validation testing. Two other >> projects (one at the ASF) have mentioned they are using our artifacts >> instead of Hibernate. >> >> How has the project developed since the last report: >> >> Confluence is setup as our website and has been fully populated. SNAPSHOT >> artifacts are being published to repository.apache.org. TCK testing is being >> run by 3 or 4 committers and contributors. >> >> >> = Bluesky = >> >> BlueSky has been incubating since 01-12-2008. It is an e-learning solution >> designed to help solve the disparity in availability of qualified education >> between well-developed cities and poorer regions of China. >> >> We are still waiting for Bill to check the completeness of the release >> candidate. Things we've done recently: >> >> * Coding to optimize DTU structure, still under going; >> * Testing IPv6 and satellite module; >> >> One thing left to the first release: >> >> * cast release vote in general list. >> >> * Improved typerendering with regex-pattern and renderlets for literal >> types >> * Update to TDB 0.8.5 >> * Presented Clerezza at the Apache Retreat >> * Manuel Innerhofer participated in the IKS FISE hackathon >> (http://wiki.iks-project.eu/index.php/FISE), Clerezza modules are used in >> FISE. >> >> Next steps: >> >> * Enhance UIMA integration >> * Integration with Tika >> >> Top 2/3 Issues before graduation: >> >> * Improve our website with tutorials and "getting started" content. >> * Prepare some easy-to-run demos to get people interested in Clerezza. >> * Prepare for a first release >> >> >> = Droids = >> >> Droids is an Incubator project arrived from Apache Labs. Droids entered >> incubation on October, 2008. >> >> It's an intelligent standalone robot framework that allows one to create and >> extend existing web robots. >> >> What we've completed in the last months: >> >> * new elected committers: Bertil Chapuis and Richard Frovarp; >> * the community has organized a community day to fix nearly all open >> tickets with patch >> * release preparation are under going >> >> Issues before graduation : >> >> * Do a release >> * IP clearance >> >> >> = Clerezza = >> >> Clerezza (incubating since November 27th, 2009) is an OSGi-based modular >> application and set of components (bundles) for building RESTFul Semantic >> Web applications and services. The are currently no issues requiring board >> attention. >> >> Recent activity: >> >> * Updated to the latest Felix framework (including security features) >> * Improved typerendering with regex-pattern and renderlets for literal >> types >> * Update to TDB 0.8.5 >> * Presented Clerezza at the Apache Retreat >> * Manuel Innerhofer participated in the IKS FISE hackathon >> (http://wiki.iks-project.eu/index.php/FISE), Clerezza modules are used in >> FISE. >> >> Next steps: >> >> * Enhance UIMA integration >> * Integration with Tika >> >> Top 2/3 Issues before graduation: >> >> * Improve our website with tutorials and "getting started" content. >> * Prepare some easy-to-run demos to get people interested in Clerezza. >> * Prepare for a first release >> >> >> = HISE = >> >> The goal of HISE is to provide support for the WS-Human-Task 1.0 >> Specification. HISE started Incubation in November 2009. >> >> HISE did not file a report. Checking the mailing lists shows that there >> have been 5 messages in the past 2 1/2 months, a marked drop off from the >> first quarter of 2010. Likewise there has been a single commit since the >> end of March. The project will be pinged to find out what is going on >> there. >> >> >> = Libcloud = >> >> Libcloud is a unified interface into various cloud service providers, >> written in python. Libcloud joined the Incubator on November 3rd, 2009. >> >> We're on the cusp of pushing 0.3.2 out the door, with our last release 0.3.1 >> on 10 May 2010. >> >> Over the past few months we have: >> >> * Added driver support for new providers: Dreamhost, Eucalyptus, Enomaly >> ECP, IBM Developer Cloud, and !SoftLayer >> * Improved multi-threaded handling in Rackspace and !RimuHosting >> * Created deployment and bootstrap API >> * Expanded test coverage >> * Augment documentation >> >> We look forward to further improving documentation and lowering the barrier >> to entry with tutorials and a guide for writing drivers. We will continue >> to add providers and keep the library updated with providers' changes. >> >> >> = Lucene Connector Framework = >> >> Description: >> >> Lucene Connectors Framework is an incremental crawler framework and set of >> connectors designed to pull documents from various kinds of repositories >> into search engine indexes or other targets. The current bevy of connectors >> includes Documentum (EMC), FileNet (IBM), LiveLink (OpenText), Patriarch >> (Memex), Meridio (Autonomy), SharePoint (Microsoft), RSS feeds, and web >> content. Lucene Connectors Framework also provides components for individual >> document security within a target search engine, so that repository security >> access conventions can be enforced in the search results. >> >> Lucene Connectors Framework has been in incubation since January, 2010. >> >> A list of the three most important issues to address in the move towards >> graduation: >> >> 1. End-user documentation conversion to usable form needs to be completed; >> this is probably the biggest obstacle to developing a broader community at >> this point 1. Javadoc and nightly builds need to be set up 1. The first >> official release needs to be planned and executed >> >> Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be aware >> of? >> >> 1. We'd like to know whether there is any official Apache position on >> inclusion of NTLM implementations in ASF projects, since we've gotten mixed >> signals on this from other developers. This represents a crucial piece of >> functionality needed to support LiveLink, Meridio, SharePoint, RSS, and Web >> connectors properly. >> >> How has the community developed since the last report? >> >> There's been a significant amount of discussion pertaining to the LCF >> document security model, it's advantages and disadvantages. Offers of >> assistance and advice abound. A non-Apache code submission has even been >> made. >> >> How has the project developed since the last report? >> >> Preliminary security integration with Solr has been tackled. Online >> end-user documentation is coming along and is perhaps 60% complete. Scripts >> have been written to make using LCF easier for the less experienced >> integrator. >> >> >> = OODT = >> >> Description: >> >> OODT is a grid middleware framework for science data processing, >> information integration, and retrieval. OODT is used on a number of >> successful projects at Jet Propulsion Laboratory/ California Institute of >> Technology (http://jpl.nasa.gov/, and many other research institutions and >> universities. >> >> A list of the three most important issues to address in the move towards >> graduation: >> >> 1. Port OODT code and license headers into ASF license headers >> 1. OODT contributions from at least 2 other organizations besides JPL >> 1. At least one OODT incubating release, hopefully in the first few months >> >> Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be aware >> of? >> >> No, not at this time. >> >> How has the community developed since the last report? >> >> Chris Mattmann mentioned OODT as a possible extension for Whirr, proposed by >> Tom White in the Incubator. We had some input from Justin >> (http://www.mail-archive.com/oodt-...@incubator.apache.org/msg00050.html) >> progressing on OODT-3 (http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OODT-3), and >> leveraging tools like RAT to do the license checking and verification needed >> to close out the issue. Much of the other activity continues to be from the >> mentors and committers. >> >> How has the project developed since the last report? >> >> OODT was voted into the Incubator by the IPMC]] on January 22, 2010. >> >> Development over the last month has centered >> on[[https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OODT-3|OODT-3]] (cleaning up the >> OODT code and config license headers), with contributions from Sean >> !McCleese, and on[[https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OODT-15|OODT-15]] >> (one top-level build for OODT, and one trunk, tags and >> branches).[[https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OODT-15|OODT-15]] in >> particular included some community discussion and a lazy consensus to move >> forward. Chris Mattmann is nearly complete on this reorganization, which, >> coupled with[[https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OODT-3|OODT-3]] should >> provide for a great 1st incubating release along with some documentation >> transfering and getting the website up and running >> (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OODT-16), which Sean Kelly has >> volunteered to spearhead. >> >> >> >> = PhotArk = >> >> Apache PhotArk will be a complete open source photo gallery application >> including a content repository for the images, a display piece, an access >> control layer, and upload capabilities. >> >> * PhotArk was accepted for Incubation on August 19, 2008. >> * Issues before graduation : >> * PhotArk started as a project with no initial code-base, and we have >> grown the community to the minimal 3 independent committer size required for >> graduation and have been seeing slow but continuous interest in the project. >> We might be soon in a position to discuss graduation if others don't see an >> independent, active but small community as an issue. >> >> * Suhothayan Sriskandaraj has been voted as Committer for Apache PhotArk >> * The PhotArk community continues to make good progress code wise >> * Three project ideas has been accepted for GSoC 2010 program >> * PhotArk M2 release is under review. >> >> >> >> = SIS = >> >> SIS was voted into the Incubator by the IPMC on February 21, 2010. >> >> Apache SIS is a toolkit that spatial information system builders or users >> can use to build applications containing location context. This project >> will look to store reference implementations of spatial algorithms, >> utilities, services, etc. as well as serve as a sandbox to explore new >> ideas. Further, the goal is to have Apache SIS grow into a thriving Apache >> top-level community, where a host of SIS/GIS related software (OGC >> datastores, REST-ful interfaces, data standards, etc.) can grow from and >> thrive under the Apache umbrella. >> >> Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be aware >> of? >> >> Not at this time >> >> Community progress since the last report: >> >> Chris Mattmann, Patrick O'Leary and Kevan Miller participated in a meeting >> with ESRI (http://www.esri.com) who may be interested in participating >> within the project within some capacity. This would be a huge win as ESRI is >> one of the major industry leaders in the development of GIS software, with >> connections to standards bodies including the Open Geospatial Consortium >> (OGC). Much of the other activity continues to be from the mentors and >> committers. >> >> Project progress since last report >> >> Chris Mattmann is working on refactoring the LocalLucene code into the SIS >> codebase and work continues on creating the SIS incubator website, with Sean >> McCleese leading the charge. Patrick O'Leary is investigating map >> projections and coordinate systems including transformations to Polar >> coordinates which should help on the observational data side. >> >> >> >> = Stonehenge = >> >> Stonehenge has been incubating since December 2008. Stonehenge is a set of >> example applications for Service Oriented Architecture that spans languages >> and platforms and demonstrates best practices and interoperability by using >> currently defined W3C OASIS standard protocols. >> >> Since the last report in February 2010, the Stonehenge project has >> intensified its efforts around interop testing between the M2 implementation >> of the claims-based security model extension to the Stock Trader >> implementations. Testing between .NET, Axis2/Java and Metro/Glassfish >> implementations have uncovered various bugs and were subsequently corrected >> in the web services library and the application code. >> >> Milestone 2 (M2) >> >> M2 constituted of expanding the Stocktrader application to use claims-based >> authentication using an active and a passive STS for each implementation. We >> also upgraded the usage of the WS-* specs from the submitted versions to the >> ratified one. Extensive documentation work was done in parallel to describe >> the new feature set and simplify the installation and configuration process. >> >> In our last report we were preparing to vote for M2, unfortunately the >> testing efforts are still underway and we continue to find issues that we >> hope to resolve in the near future. We are currently investigating which if >> any products or implementations are holding us up from releasing and >> addressing them in an effort to release a stable version to our users. >> >> Milestone 3 (M3) >> >> A proposal has been sumbitted for creating "micro samples" for many common >> WS-* scenarios, with the goal being around creating implementations with low >> barriers to entry. The proposal can be found at >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/STONEHENGE-121. The community is >> anxiously awaiting the release of M2 so that we can get started on this >> project with hopes that releases can be made on a more frequent basis. >> >> Graduation Map: >> >> * Grow community around new claims based stocktrader implementations just >> added >> * More thorough documentation that empowers developers to replicate >> interoperability scenarios demonstrated >> * Demonstrate full interoperability between existing components, and >> release >> >> >> = Thrift = >> >> Thrift has been discussing what is required for it to move forwards - most >> notably in relation to releases. While many developers work off their own >> branches, and therefore do not require or need formal releases, they do >> accept the need for releases. As a way to encourage releasing, a proposal >> was made to have a release manager. As a result of this suggestion, Bryan >> Duxbury was voted in as the Thrift release manager, and is intending to take >> on regular releases. >> >> One-off report from Upayavira >> >> >> = VCL = >> >> VCL has been incubating since December 2008. VCL is a cloud computing >> platform for the management of physical and virtual machines. >> >> Community Involvement: >> >> * As stated in the previous report, the Apache VCL community continues to >> grow. We're seeing more and more people start to contribute to our online >> documentation and file JIRA issues. >> * A few people from the community have been contacted by PPMC members >> encouraging them to become more involved in the project. >> * We continue to see people from new locations asking questions on the >> vcl-dev list which shows that interest in VCL is continuing to grow. >> * Interest from the community to have support for a more recent version of >> VMWare Free Server drove the decision to swap that feature (originally >> slated for VCL 2.3) with cluster reservation improvements (originally >> slated for VCL 2.2). >> >> Plans for next Release: >> >> * We hope to have our next release out by the end of June. This would be >> 1/2 the time it took to get our previous release out. We hope to continue >> to shorten the time between releases as we move forward. >> >> Documentation: >> >> * Migration of official documentation to our second Confluence space has >> started. The next step is to pick an autoexport template, and then set up a >> cronjob to copy the autoexported content to our official documentation >> location. >> >> Top Issues Before Graduation: >> >> * Continue to increase contributors from multiple institutions >> >> >> = Wink = >> >> Apache Wink is a project that enables development and consumption of REST >> style web services. The core server runtime is based on the JAX-RS (JSR 311) >> standard. The project also introduces a client runtime which can leverage >> certain components of the server-side runtime. Apache Wink will deliver >> component technology that can be easily integrated into a variety of >> environments. >> >> Apache Wink has been incubating since 2009-05-27. >> >> Notable Activity: >> >> * In the middle of a Wink 1.1 release. A few license issues were resolved >> in the incubator regarding dual licensing. More bug fixes and JAX-RS 1.1 >> changes for the non-Java EE 6 integration pieces were added. >> >> * Did some initial OSGi work. Looking for feedback here to see where to >> expand. >> >> * Some work done to improve the syndication models. >> >> Planned Activity: >> >> * Continue the release >> >> Top issues before graduation: >> >> * Build community >> >> >> = Wookie = >> >> No issues currently require IPMC or Board attention >> >> Notable activities: >> >> * Voted raido in as a committer >> * Core W3C Widget parser has been split off into a standalone library for >> use in other applications >> * Implemented a connector framework to support developers building plugins >> to add Wookie support to their applications. Versions created for Java, C#, >> Python and PHP >> * Implemented the W3C Widgets Access Request Policy candidate >> recommendation: see http://www.w3.org/TR/widgets-access/ >> * Work progressing on implementing the W3C Widget Updates draft >> specification: see http://www.w3.org/TR/widgets-updates/ >> * JIRA Activity continues to grow >> * Interest from Android community in porting the Wookie parser library >> * Fixed Shindig integration >> >> Items to be resolved before graduation: >> >> * Remove GPL dependencies >> * Create a release >> * Develop community >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2871 - Release Date: 05/17/10 >> 02:26:00 >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >> >> -- Brett Porter br...@apache.org http://brettporter.wordpress.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
