+1 (binding) On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 12:56 PM, Seetharam Venkatesh < venkat...@innerzeal.com> wrote:
> Hello folks, > > Following the discussion earlier in the thread: http://s.apache.org/r2 > > I would like to call a VOTE for accepting Apache Atlas as a new incubator > project. > > The proposal is available at: > https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/AtlasProposal > Also, the text of the latest wiki proposal is included at the bottom of > this email. > > The VOTE is open for at least the next 72 hours: > > [ ] +1 accept Apache Atlas into the Apache Incubator > [ ] ±0 Abstain > [ ] -1 because... > > Of course I am +1! (non-binding) > > Thanks! > > > = Apache Atlas Proposal = > > == Abstract == > > Apache Atlas is a scalable and extensible set of core foundational > governance services that enables enterprises to effectively and efficiently > meet their compliance requirements within Hadoop and allows integration > with the complete enterprise data ecosystem. > > == Proposal == > > Apache Atlas allows agnostic governance visibility into Hadoop, these > abilities are enabled through a set of core foundational services powered > by a flexible metadata repository. > > These services include: > > * Search and Lineage for datasets > * Metadata driven data access control > * Indexed and Searchable Centralized Auditing operational Events > * Data lifecycle management – ingestion to disposition > * Metadata interchange with other metadata tools > > == Background == > > Hadoop is one of many platforms in the modern enterprise data ecosystem and > requires governance controls commensurate with this reality. > > Currently, there is no easy or complete way to provide comprehensive > visibility and control into Hadoop audit, lineage, and security for > workflows that require Hadoop and non-Hadoop processing. > > Many solutions are usually point based, and require a monolithic > application workflow. Multi-tenancy and concurrency are problematic as > these offerings are not aware of activity outside of their narrow focus. > > As Hadoop gains greater popularity, governance concerns will become > increasingly vital to increasing maturity and furthering adoption. It is a > particular barrier to expanding enterprise data under management. > > == Rationale == > > Atlas will address issues previously discussed by providing governance > capabilities in Hadoop -- using both a prescriptive and forensic model > enriched by business taxonomical metadata. Atlas, at its core, is > designed to exchange metadata with other tools and processes within and > outside of the Hadoop stack -- enable governance controls that are truly > platform agnostic and effectively (and defensibly) address compliance > concerns. > > Initially working with a group of leading partners in several industries, > Atlas is built to solve specific real world governance problems that > accelerate product maturity and time to value. > > Atlas aims to grow a community to help build a widely adopted pattern for > governance, metadata modeling and exchange in Hadoop – which will advance > the interests for the whole community. > > == Current Status == > > An initial version with a valuable set of features is developed by the list > of initial committers and is hosted on github. > > === Meritocracy === > > Our intent with this proposal is to start building a diverse developer > community around Atlas following the Apache meritocracy model. We have > wanted to make the project open source and encourage contributors from > multiple organizations from the start. > > We plan to provide plenty of support to new developers and to quickly > recruit those who make solid contributions to committer status. > > === Community === > > We are happy to report that the initial team already represents multiple > organizations. We hope to extend the user and developer base further in the > future and build a solid open source community around Atlas. > > === Core Developers === > > Atlas development is currently being led by engineers from Hortonworks – > Harish Butani, Venkatesh Seetharam, Shwetha G S, and Jon Maron. All the > engineers have deep expertise in Hadoop and are quite familiar with the > Hadoop Ecosystem. > > === Alignment === > > The ASF is a natural host for Atlas given that it is already the home of > Hadoop, Falcon, Hive, Pig, Oozie, Knox, Ranger, and other emerging “big > data” software projects. > > Atlas has been designed to solve the data governance challenges and > opportunities of the Hadoop ecosystem family of products as well as > integration to the tradition Enterprise Data ecosystem. > > Atlas fills the gap that the Hadoop Ecosystem has been lacking in the areas > of data governance and compliance management. > > == Known Risks == > > === Orphaned products & Reliance on Salaried Developers === > The core developers plan to work full time on the project. There is very > little risk of Atlas getting orphaned. A prototype of Atlas is in use and > being actively developed by several companies and have vested interest in > its continued vitality and adoption. > > === Inexperience with Open Source === > Many of the core developers are PMC and committers of Apache. Harish Butani > is PMC Apache Hive, Venkatesh Seetharam is PMC on Apache Falcon and Apache > Knox, Shwetha GS is PMC on Apache Falcon and Apache Oozie committer. > > === Homogeneous Developers === > The current core developers are from diverse set of organizations such as > Hortonworks, Aetna, JPMC, Merck, SAS, Schlumberger and Target. We expect to > quickly establish a > developer community that includes contributors from additional > organizations post incubation. > > === Reliance on Salaried Developers === > Currently, most developers are paid to do work on Atlas but few are > contributing in their spare time. However, once the project has a > community built around it post incubation, we expect to get additional > committers and developers from outside the current core developers. > > === Relationships with Other Apache Products === > Atlas is going to be used by the users of Apache Hadoop and the Hadoop > ecosystem in general – particularly with Apache Falcon and Apache Ranger > for rationalizing data lifecycle and security policies respectively. > > === A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand === > While we respect the reputation of the Apache brand and have no doubts that > it will attract contributors and users, our interest is primarily to give > Atlas a solid home as an open source project following an established > development model. We have also given reasons in the Rationale and > Alignment sections. > > == Documentation == > http://people.apache.org/~venkatesh/atlas/ > > == Initial Source == > The source is currently hosted at: > http://people.apache.org/~venkatesh/atlas/ > > == Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan == > The complete Atlas code is under Apache Software License 2. > > == External Dependencies == > The dependencies all have Apache compatible licenses. These include BSD, > MIT licensed dependencies. > > == Cryptography == > None > > == Required Resources == > > === Mailing lists === > > * atlas-dev AT incubator DOT apache DOT org > * atlas-commits AT incubator DOT apache DOT org > * atlas-private AT incubator DOT apache DOT org > > === Subversion Directory === > Git is the preferred source control system: git://git.apache.org/atlas > > === Issue Tracking === > JIRA Atlas > > == Initial Committers == > > * Venkatesh Seetharam (venkatesh AT apache DOT org) > * Harish Butani (rhbutani AT apache DOT org) > * Shwetha Shivalingamurthy (shwethags AT apache DOT org) > * Jon Maron (jmaron AT hortonworks DOT com) > * Andrew Ahn (aahn AT hortonworks DOT com) > * David Kaspar (david DOT kaspar AT merck DOT com) > * Ivo Lasek (ivo DOT lasek AT merck DOT com) > * Dennis Fusaro (fusarod AT aetna DOT com) > * Chris Hyzer (hyzerc AT aetna DOT com) > * Daniel Markwat (markwatd AT aetna DOT com) > * Greg Senia (seniag AT aetna DOT com) > * James Vollmer (james DOT vollmer AT target DOT com) > * Aaron Dossett (aaron DOT dossett AT target DOT com) > * Mitch Schussler(Mitch DOT Schussler AT jpmorgan DOT com) > * Viswanath Avasarala (VAvasarala AT SLB dot com) > * Anil Varma (AVarma AT SLB dot com) > * Barbara Stortz (Barbara DOT stortz AT sap DOT com) > * Srikanth Sundarrajan (sriksun AT apache DOT org) > * Suresh Srinivas (suresh AT hortonworks DOT org) > * Venkat Ranganathan (vranganathan AT hortonworks DOT com) > > == Affiliations == > > * Venkatesh Seetharam (Hortonworks) > * Harish Butani (Hortonworks) > * Swetha Shivalingamurthy (Hortonworks) > * Jon Maron (Hortonworks) > * Andrew Ahn (Hortonworks) > * David Kasper (Merck) > * Ivo Lasek (Merck) > * Dennis Fusaro (Aetna) > * Chris Hyzer (Aetna) > * Daniel Markwat (Aetna) > * Greg Senia (Aetna) > * James Vollmer (Target) > * Aaron Dossett (Target) > * Schussler, Mitch (JPMC) > * Viswanath Avasarala (Schlumberger) > * Anil Varma (Schlumberger) > * Barbara Stortz (SAP) > * Srikanth Sundarrajan (InMobi) > * Suresh Srinivas (Hortonworks) > * Venkat Ranganathan (Hortonworks) > > == Sponsors == > > === Champion === > * Jitendra Nath Pandey (jitendra AT apache DOT org) > > === Nominated Mentors === > * Arun Murthy (acmurthy AT apache DOT org) > * Chris Douglas (cdouglas AT apache DOT org) > * Jakob Homan (jghoman AT apache DOT org) > * Vinod Kumar Vavilapalli (vinodkv AT apache DOT org) > > === Sponsoring Entity === > Incubator PMC > > -- > Regards, > Venkatesh > > “Perfection (in design) is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, > but rather when there is nothing more to take away.” > - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry >
