+1 Mike
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Ate Douma <a...@douma.nu> wrote: > Given the feedback received so far I think the Rave proposal is in good > shape so I'd like to bring up the vote for accepting Rave into the > Incubator. > > The proposal is at: http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/RaveProposal and also > copied as text below. > > Please vote. > > [ ] +1 Accept Rave into the incubator > [ ] +0 Don't care' > [ ] -1 Reject for the following reason: > > I'll close the vote at Tuesday morning 1st March CET to accommodate for the > coming weekend. That's a little over 5 days from now. > > Regards, > > Ate > > ----- COPY OF PROPOSAL FROM http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/RaveProposal > ----- > = Apache Rave Proposal = > > > == Abstract == > > Apache Rave is A new WEb And SOcial Mashup Engine. It will provide an > out-of-the-box as well as an extendible lightweight Java platform to host, > serve and aggregate (Open)Social Gadgets and services through a highly > customizable and Web 2.0 friendly front-end. > Rave is targeted as engine for internet and intranet portals and as building > block to provide context-aware personalization and collaboration features > for multi-site/multi-channel (mobile) oriented and content driven websites > and (social) network oriented services and platforms. > For the [[http://www.opensocial.org/|OpenSocial]] container and services the > (Java) [[http://shindig.apache.org|Apache Shindig]] will be integrated. At a > later stage further generalization is envisioned to also transparently > support [[http://www.w3.org/TR/widgets/|W3C Widgets]] using > [[http://incubator.apache.org/wookie/|Apache Wookie]]. > > > == Proposal == > > The reason for starting Rave is to bring together and combine several > existing projects and teams currently working towards more or less the same > or overlapping goals but each in their own small(er) target audience and > community. > > The goal for Rave is to become a lightweight and open-standards based > extendible platform for using, integrating and hosting !OpenSocial and W3C > Widget related features, technologies and services. > It will also provide strong context-aware personalization, collaboration and > content integration capabilities and a high quality out-of-the-box > installation as well as be easy to integrate in other platforms and > solutions. > > The initial features for Rave will at least be based on the current > capabilities from the contributing external projects, for which they will > provide the necessary code contributions. > However, the code base for Rave will be built anew with strong focus on > generalization, customization and extendibility to support the intended > multi-purpose adoption and integration. > The contributing external projects will start using and switch to the new > Rave based solution as soon as the initial features become available to > ensure the continued participation and interest from their side as well as > their own communities. > > ==== The intended initial features include: ==== > > '''Core Features''' > 1. Advanced !OpenSocial compliance and optional features support > 1. !OpenSocial persistence and SPI (Service Provider Interface) > implementation > 1. Self-service application administration including security, gadget > management and page templates > 1. User and group management with full privacy model > 1. Gadget repository with life-cycle management (install/update/remove) and > extended meta data (categories, comments, ratings, etc.) > 1. Dynamic and highly customizable front-end engine (skins, pages, tabs, > layouts, navigation) > 1. Full OAuth support > 1. Support for security restrictions on both Gadgets and page/tag/layout > customizations > 1. Set of common and general purpose Gadgets to be usable out-of-the-box > 1. Support for inter-gadget messaging with examples > > '''Extensible Features''' > 1. Pluggable persistence > 1. Pluggable security model with example modules for authentication and > authorization > 1. Support for !OpenSocial extensions not (yet) defined in the > specification > 1. Support for other (non-standard, yet) pluggable container services and > extensions > > Beyond these initial features the vision and scope for Rave goes much > further and includes integrating and providing other highly desired/needed > features like: > > * native W3C Widgets support through > [[http://incubator.apache.org/wookie|Apache Wookie]] > * pluggable and extendible content integration and management services > * space extensions and management features, like > http://wiki.opensocial.org/index.php?title=Space_extension > * context aware features and extensions integration for personalized and > social network and (mobile) device oriented sites and channels > * enhanced client-side widget messaging, coordination and co-location > support like using [[http://www.openajax.org|OpenAjax]] Hub and Registry > * space, page and Gadget based linking, navigation, coordination and > collaboration > * inline widget rendering, like > http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SHINDIG-1402 > * [[http://activitystrea.ms/|Activity Streams]] support > * integration with other social networks like with > [[http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/federatedsocialweb/|W3C Federated Social > Web Incubator Group]], [[http://onesocialweb.org/|OneSocialWeb]] and > [[http://ostatus.org/|OStatus]] > * integration with [[http://incubator.apache.org/wave/|Apache Wave]] > * runtime services monitoring, reporting and configuration/life-cycle > management support > > > == Background == > > The plan for starting a project like Apache Rave was initially proposed at > an [[http://wiki.apache.org/portals/MeetupAtlanta2010|ApacheCON meetup]] > November 2010 in Atlanta and > [[http://docs.opensocial.org/download/attachments/720955/Apache+SocialSite+2+proposal.pdf|in > more detail]] at the first > [[http://docs.opensocial.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=720955|European > OpenSocial Event]] December 2010 in Utrecht (The Netherlands). > This resulted in participants from [[http://www.collab-ogce.org/|Pervasive > Technology Institute Indiana University]], > [[http://www.mitre.org/about/index.html|The MITRE Corporation]], > [[http://www.surfnet.nl/en/Thema/coin/|SURFnet SURFConext]], > [[http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/|OSS Watch]], > [[http://www.onehippo.com/|Hippo]] and other individuals to come together > and discuss the possibilities to collaborate and work together on this > joined effort, resulting in this proposal for the Apache Rave project. > > > == Rationale == > > The reason for the Apache Rave proposal is that there is a clear need for a > more lightweight collaborative and social network oriented integration and > services platform, portal if you like, which is easier to use, extend and > manage than the more heavy weight J2EE / Portal / Portlet standards based > solutions. > The !OpenSocial, WC3 Widgets and similar related standards are much more > "network" and collaboration oriented and lighter weight in their definition, > implementation and integration requirements, and are moving much more > rapidly and agile forward. > Several open-source projects already have stepped into this arena, > converting over or starting from scratch, to create new and lightweight > solutions based on these emerging standards. > > In most cases these new implementations are still at the early stages, and > much of the basic work is duplicated as is the effort to build up > communities and attract developers. > The Apache Rave contributing projects are all building on the same concepts > (!OpenSocial), have the same or very similar functional needs with regards > to Gadget handling, service handling, back-end integration, front-end > rendering, code maintenance, etc. > The rationale for Apache Rave is to combine these efforts and work and > collaborate together on a common base solution and to get out of each own > "silo". > This joined effort than can benefit everyone, both on technical > implementation and feature realization and provide a much wider and stronger > community perspective. > > The initiating projects and individuals on this joined effort have their > existing code based licensed under the ASL 2.0, or will do so as part of > this project. Participants include long time users, committers and members > of the Apache Software Foundation. That, and the strong alignment with > existing Apache projects like Shindig and Wookie, and the strong belief in > the Apache "way" with focus on collaboration and community, makes starting > the Rave project at Apache the logical thing to do. > > The external projects providing the initial code contributions all fully > support the goal to come up with a '''new''' base solution to replace their > own project base line solution. > Apache Rave will not be started from one of these initial code contributions > directly, but be build from scratch where selected features and > implementations might be cherry picked from the code contributions where > applicable. > Each of the code contribution projects are willing to give up their current > implementation and replace that with the new solution from Apache Rave, even > if no part of their existing implementation details would "survive". > > > == Current Status == > > === Community === > > This project will form a new community, made up initially of the > contributors listed below. However, from our experience at the !ApacheCon, > we believe that this project will quickly draw interest and its community > will broaden easily. The proposers have worked well together so far, in > producing this proposal and clarifying design approaches, and are keen to > continue this in a more open venue. > > > === Code === > > Three initial codebases that implement parts of the scope of this project > have been offered to this project. All are, or will be, Apache licensed, and > grants can be provided. All three of these codebases will be imported into > Apache SVN, each into separate sandboxes. > > A followup codebase donation is planned, providing a context aware mapping > engine and content integration features, under the same conditions as for > the initial codebases. > > > == Initial Goals == > > The initial goal will be to produce a single usable codebase from the three > imported codebases, and to get this to a suitable state where contributing > parties can use it within their own products/projects. > > This will be done by starting with a fresh, clean repository and then, on a > feature-by-feature basis, cherry-picking the best code for that feature from > the three codebases. > > > == Known Risks == > > Any project joining the Incubator is going to have risks - aspects to it > that could lead the project to fail. In this section, the risks that have > been noted for the Rave project are discussed. > > > === Three Code Bases === > > Working with three initial code bases will be a challenge. However, we are > hoping that it will be less of a challenge than starting with none! > > All parties contributing code have agreed that they are prepared to > participate in this project even if none of their contributed code is > incorporated in the final product, recognising that for each feature, it > will be necessary to pick the best code for the job, rather than the code > that one participant is most attached to. > > > === Speed of Development === > > Initially at least, this project is dependent upon contributions made on > company time. For this approach to succeed, the project must deliver a > workable system in a timeframe acceptable to those companies. The initial > parties have the intention of releasing a first version within 6 months > after starting the Incubator. Failure to do so could prevent the project > reaching critical mass, and could prevent the project from being in a > position to attract new developers. > > > === Inexperience with Community Development === > > None of the participants have worked together before this project was > conceived. Some participants have released open source code, but not done > development 'in the open'. > > There will clearly be some learning in how to participate together in this > project, in a meritocratic way, as a newly formed community. However, we do > have in our mix folks that are experienced in open source development, > including existing Apache committers and Apache members, as a consequence of > which we believe we have enough experience to work with the challenges of > forming a new community. > > > === Reliance on Salaried Developers === > > At present, the vast majority of contributors will be doing so as a part of > their day jobs. Therefore, as already alluded to, there is a risk that the > project won't gain enough traction to be of use to their employers. However, > given the centrality of these codebases to the participating companies, it > is clearly in their best interests to transition to an openly developed > alternative. > > > === Other Risks === > > Of the other risks commonly raised regarding incubator proposals, none seem > particularly pertinent to this project. > > The project is no less likely to be orphaned than any other new podling. > Given the multi-company support it has easily gained, it would seem to be > quite the opposite. > > Given the range of organisations putting themselves behind this proposal, > there is no obvious risk of over-dependence on one contributing > organisation. > > The participants are attracted to Apache due to its governance model, and > proximity to similar projects, e.g. Apache Shindig. This affinity is clearly > shown by the fact that the original group who formed this proposal met at > !ApacheCon. > > > == Documentation == > > Details for the initial contributed code can be seen here: > * MITRE: [[http://code.google.com/p/osec|OpenSocial Enterprise Container]] > * SURFnet: [[https://portal.surfconext.nl|SURFConext Portal]]; > [[https://wiki.surfnetlabs.nl/display/surfconextdev/Technical+Design|SURFconext > technical design]] > * [[http://www.collab-ogce.org|OGCE]] > [[http://www.collab-ogce.org/ogce/index.php/OGCE_Gadget_Container|OGCE > Gadget Container]] > > Because this project will create new code, we will not have any > documentation on first starting. It is likely however that partial > documentation can be reused from either codebases. > > > == Initial Source == > > The initial source will be made up of three contributions, namely: > * [[http://code.google.com/p/osec/source|MITRE OpenSocial Enterprise > Container - Source]] > * SURFnet SURFconext Portal - This source will be brought into the > Incubator as SURFnets contribution > * OGCE: Gadget Container code is part of the > [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/ogce/develop|OGCE SourceForge Site]]. See > [[http://www.collab-ogce.org/ogce/index.php/Portal_download|the portal > download page]] for SVN instructions. > > > == Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan == > > > ==== Hippo ==== > > The code to be offered by Hippo is already open source and Apache Licensed. > > > ==== The MITRE Corporation ==== > > The code offered by The MITRE Corporation is already open source and Apache > Licensed. > > > ==== SURFnet SURFConext Portal ==== > > This source will be brought into the Incubator as SURFnets contribution; > initial project members have already been given access for evaluation > purposes. > > > ==== Open Gateway Computing Environments ==== > > The OGCE will contribute its Gadget Container code, which is Apache licensed > and available from !SourceForge, with current dependencies and their > licenses described below. > Other OGCE software efforts are not covered by this incubator proposal and > are not included in the code contribution. > > > == Dependencies on other Apache Projects == > > * Apache Shindig > * Apache Tomcat > * Apache Tiles > * Apache !HttpComponents > * Apache Commons > * Apache Log4J > * Apache Maven > * Apache Ant > > > == Cryptography == > > There is no cryptography in the code at this time. > > OGCE has requirements to support security for Computational Grids and > Clouds. Although the code will not have any cryptographic implementations, > in the future there will be dependencies on external cryptographic > libraries. Before committing any cryptographic dependencies, the process > listed at http://www.apache.org/dev/crypto.html will be followed. > > > == Required Resources == > > > === Mailing lists === > > * rave-dev > * rave-commits > * rave-private (moderated subscriptions) > > > === Subversion Directory === > > * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/rave > > > === Issue Tracking === > > We intend to make use of Jira for issue tracking. > > Proposed JIRA key: JIRA-RAVE > > > === Other Resources === > > None right now. > > > == Initial Committers == > > Names of initial committers with affiliation and current ASF status: > * Ate Douma (Hippo), Apache Member, id: ate > * Unico Hommes (Hippo), Apache Committer, id: unico > * Ard Schrijvers (Hippo), Apache Committer, id: ard > * Woonsan Ko (Hippo), Apache Committer, id: woonsan > * Matt Franklin (MITRE, osec) > * Jesse Ciancetta (MITRE, osec) > * Tony Carlucci (MITRE, osec) > * Ross Gardler (OSS Watch), Apache Member, id: rgardler > * Sander van der Waal (OSS Watch) > * Scott Wilson (University of Bolton), Apache Committer, id: scottbw > * Hadrian Zbarcea (independent), Apache Member, id: hadrian > * Marlon Pierce (Pervasive Technology Institute Indiana University, OGCE) > * Raminderjeet Singh (Pervasive Technology Institute Indiana University, > OGCE) > * Zhenhua Guo (Pervasive Technology Institute Indiana University, OGCE) > * Suresh Marru (Pervasive Technology Institute Indiana University, > OGCE) > * Niels van Dijk (SURFNET, SURFConext) > * Maarten Kremers (SURFNET, SURFConext) > * Bas Zoetekouw (SURFNET, SURFConext) > * Joost van Dijk (SURFNET, SURFConext) > * Okke Harsta (Zilverline, SURFConext) > > > == Sponsors == > > > === Champion === > > * Ate Douma > > > === Nominated Mentors === > > * Ate Douma > * Sylvain Wallez > * Upayavira > * Ross Gardler > * Hadrian Zbarcea > > > === Sponsoring Entity === > > * Apache Incubator Project > > > == Appendix A: External Dependencies == > > Here's the list of identified external dependencies for each of the initial > code contributions: > > ==== MITRE OpenSocial Enterprise Container ==== > > * ''Build Time/Test Dependencies'' > > '''Apache Licensed''' > * Jakarta ORO > * Apache log4j > * cglib > * !EasyMock > * Google Guice > * h2datasource (MITRE Developed) > * Objenesis > * Spring Framework Test > * servlet-api > > '''BSD Licensed''' > * YUI Compressor > * YUI Compressor Ant Task > * JUnit > > '''MPL && EPL Licensed''' > * H2 Database Engine > > '''Other Licenses''' > * ASM: http://asm.ow2.org/license.html > * Cobertura: http://cobertura.sourceforge.net/license.html > > * ''Runtime Dependencies'' > > '''Apache Licensed''' > * Apache Commons > * Apache Taglibs > * Google Collections > * Jackson > * Apache log4j > * Shindig > * Spring Framework > * Spring Security > * Apache Tiles > * Google Guice > * h2datasource (MITRE Developed) > > '''MPL && EPL Licensed''' > * H2 Database Engine > > '''EPL Licensed''' > * !EclipseLink > * javax.persistence API > * AspectJ 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