Hey Andrea,
I thought your cut was pretty good. Here is a slightly tweaked version, a
little less verbose in some places. And afaik it is now incorrect to say
"the reference implementation", but more "a reference implementation".
--
OSGeo is pleased to announce that the GeoServer project has graduated from
incubation and is now a full fledged OSGeo project. Andrea Aime, a long
time member of the GeoServer Project Steering Committee (PSC), has been
appointed as project representative.
GeoServer is an open source Java server that allows users to share and edit
geospatial data. Designed for interoperability GeoServer has always had a
strong base in open standards and is a reference implementation of the OGC
Web Feature and Web Coverage Services. It also supports other well known
standards such as the Web Map and Web Processing services, in addition to
various other non-OGC specific protocols.
Graduating incubation includes fulfilling requirements for open community
operation, a responsible project governance model, code provenance, and
general good project operation. Graduation is the OSGeo seal of approval
for a project and gives potential users and the community at large an added
confidence in the viability and safety of the project.
--
And the quote:
The GeoServer team is thrilled about OSGeo membership. Even though
GeoServer has not been an official OSGeo project until now there have
always been strong ties between the two communities with several of the
GeoServer developers being involved with OSGeo as chapter members and
active participants in various OSGeo conferences. As such we are very happy
to now officially be part of OSGeo and a member of such an esteemed group
of projects.
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 8:04 AM, Jonathan Moules <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Congratulations!
>
> A couple of points if I may:
> - Define PSC. I'm guessing its not "Project Star Chamber"; probably
> "Project Steering Committee"?
>
> - When stating GeoServer is the reference implementation - might it be
> worth specifying which versions of those protocols its the reference
> implementation for? I.e. Wikipedia says "Rasdaman" is (candidate?)
> reference implementation for WCS 2.x with GeoServer being for WCS 1.x.
>
> Again, congratulations.
>
> Jonathan
>
> On 15 March 2013 13:36, Andrea Aime <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I just had news that all the board member gave a positive vote for the
>> GeoServer
>> graduation, so first off, congratulations to everybody, and in particular
>> to the
>> team that did the provenance review during the australian sprint some
>> time ago.
>>
>> Now, I've been asked to craft a message that OSGeo can quote in the
>> official
>> OSGeo announcement.
>>
>> Not sure what to say... some help needed.
>>
>> If we look at previous graduation announcement, the message might look
>> like:
>>
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> OSGeo is pleased to announce that the GeoServer project has graduated
>> from the incubation process and is now a full fledged OSGeo project with
>> Andrea Aime appointed as project representative (PSC Member, GeoServer).
>>
>> GeoServer is an open source software server written in Java that allows
>> users to share and edit geospatial data. Designed for interoperability, it
>> publishes data from any major spatial data source using open standards.
>> Being a community-driven project, GeoServer is developed, tested, and
>> supported by a diverse group of individuals and organizations from around
>> the world.
>> GeoServer is the reference implementation of the Open Geospatial
>> Consortium (OGC) Web Feature Service (WFS) and Web Coverage Service (WCS)
>> standards, as well as a high performance certified compliant Web Map
>> Service (WMS), as well as an implementing Web Processing Service (WPS)
>> service.
>>
>> Graduating incubation includes requirements for open community operation,
>> a responsible project governance model, code provenance and license
>> verification and general good project operation. Graduating incubation is
>> the OSGeo seal of approval for a project and gives potential users of the
>> project added confidence in the viability and safety of the project.
>>
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> If instead they want some quote from us... maybe something like this?
>>
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> The GeoServer PSC is thrilled about the OSGeo graduation. Even if
>> GeoServer has not been an official
>> OSGeo project so far, several of the GeoServer PSC has been long
>> involved in OSGeo as chapter members,
>> as active participants to the open source GIS conferences, and supportive
>> of the OSGeo goals as a whole.
>> As such we are very happy to official join the OSGeo community along with
>> all the other project that managed
>> to prove their openness and stability.
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Meh.. yeah, not great... help? :)
>>
>> Cheers
>> Andrea
>>
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