Andreas , I think it's better to mention other projects depends on Axiom.
AFAIK following 3 projects depend on Axiom. 1. Axis2 2. Woden 3. Abdera Thanks, On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 2:07 AM, Apache Wiki <wikidi...@apache.org> wrote: > Dear Wiki user, > > You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Ws Wiki" for change > notification. > > The "FrontPage/TLPAndAtticProposals" page has been changed by AndreasVeithen. > http://wiki.apache.org/ws/FrontPage/TLPAndAtticProposals?action=diff&rev1=1&rev2=2 > > -------------------------------------------------- > > = Proposals for Current Web Services Subprojects = > > - (placeholder - need to put proposals here and offer space to indicate > preferences) > + == Promote Axiom to a TLP == > > + The proposal is to promote Axiom to a TLP and position it as a general > purpose, high performance XML processing framework allowing developers to > combine the ease of use of an XML object model with the performance of > pull-parsing based approaches. > + > + Among the existing projects in WS-Commons, Axiom has the highest potential > for growth outside of the Web services community, because in contrast to the > other subprojects, it has a scope that is not limited to Web services. To > leverage this potential and to eradicate misconceptions such as Axiom = Axis > stuff or Axiom = SOAP = Web Services, it is important to give it an identity > that stresses its independence from Axis2 and Web services in general. Since > the Apache XML project is being dismantled (as an umbrella project) and it > wouldn't make much sense to establish it under the Xerces project (different > communities, no dependencies, no historical ties), the best would be to > promote it to a TLP. The activity within the Axiom project is comparable to > other XML related TLPs and it certainly has enough critical mass and maturity > to become a TLP. The following statistics confirm this: > + > + * > [[http://svnsearch.org/svnsearch/repos/ASF/search?path=/webservices/commons/trunk/modules/axiom|Commit > statistics]] show sustained developer activity for over 4 years. > + * > [[https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ConfigureReport.jspa?projectOrFilterId=filter-12314181&periodName=monthly&daysprevious=1600&cumulative=true&versionLabels=major&selectedProjectId=12310250&reportKey=com.atlassian.jira.ext.charting:createdvsresolved-report&Next=Next|JIRA > statistics]] shows constant community activity (assuming that the flattening > of the curve is due to the growing maturity of Axiom rather than declining > interest). > + * > [[http://markmail.org/search/?q=list:org.apache.ws.commons-dev+axiom#query:list%3Aorg.apache.ws.commons-dev%20axiom%20type%3Adevelopment%20order%3Adate-backward+page:1+state:facets|Mailing > list stats]] also tends to confirm this (although it is not easy to get > reliable mailing list statistics because Axiom doesn't have its own mailing > list and many Axiom issues are discussed on the Axis2 mailing lists instead > of commons-dev). > + > + The fact that other Apache projects depend on Axiom in a critical way will > also help ensuring its continuity on the longer term. > + > + The process of promoting Axiom to a TLP will be much less painful than for > Axis/Axis2 because > + * it involves promoting a single subproject to a single TLP; > + * Axiom now has a streamlined (and documented) release process as well as > a polished Web site. This will allow us to rapidly do a release that reflects > the new project structure. > + > + Finally, it should not be too difficult to recruit members for the new PMC > from the existing Web services and Axis PMCs. > + > + Volunteers for PMC membership (please add yourself here): > + * Andreas Veithen > + > -- Sagara Gunathunga Blog - http://ssagara.blogspot.com Web - http://people.apache.org/~sagara/
