Now I have a good idea about the scope of this project idea. So I will
be focusing it as a GSoC proposal. Currently I am familiarizing with  the
Axis 2 project. So I am hoping to do some contributions to the project soon
as you suggested.

Thank you

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 9:09 AM, Sagara Gunathunga <
[email protected]> wrote:

>
> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 10:42 PM, Prabhath Suminda <[email protected]
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> First of all thank you for the response. I am interested in "Upgrade
>> Axis2 to use xmlschema2<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS2-5239>".
>> So will this idea meet GSoc standards?  (I mean complexity, time needed,
>> etc.). I alos agree to your final point. So I'll  start working by fixing
>> some simple issues.
>>
>
> This idea is important improvement for Axis2. Personally I believe this
> issue has enough tasks to be a good GSoC proposal in summary you can find
> following tasks under this project.
>
> 1.) Previously Andreas started this migration task but found there is no
> enough test coverage in Axis2 for XMLSchema related features [1]. First
> it's required to identify XMLSchema1 usage in Axis2 and have to write unit
> tests to cover those features.
>
> 2.) After completing 1.) it is possible to start actual migration of
> XMLSchema1  API to XMLSchema2 API.
>
>     a.) You can find XMLSchema 2 documentation here [3]. You may get some
> helps from them through ws-dev list.
>     b.) Sometimes back another WS project called Woden has moved to
> XMLSchem2 from XMLSchema1. It may useful to refer their migration codes too
> [4] .
>
>
> 3.) Write new test cases or refine existing test cases, update
> documentation etc.
>
>
>
> [1] - http://markmail.org/message/mfrvjqjlmq4hkd75
> [2] -
> http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/axis/axis2/java/core/branches/xmlschema2/?pathrev=1160023
> [3] - http://ws.apache.org/commons/xmlschema20/
> [4] - http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/webservices/woden/branches/xmlschema2/
>
>
> Thanks !
>
>
>>
>> Regars,
>> Prabhath Suminda
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Sagara Gunathunga <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> This is a generic answer for the benefit of those who wish to do Axis2
>>> related GSoC projects. Axis2 project highly welcome your GSoC efforts and
>>> we have mentors and people to help/guide you. Following are some of the
>>> tips that can be helpful to find a idea for your project.
>>>
>>> 1.) It always a good idea and get great attention if you can propose a
>>> new feature or modification yourself. By referring user/dev list, JIRA
>>> project [1], studding other frameworks, reading related specs you can  find
>>> some new ideas. Once you have a new idea don't hesitate to discuss it on
>>> this list so that you can collect more inputs from community.
>>>
>>> 2.) I just crated a JIRA filter here[1]  with some GSoC ideas and will
>>> add more ideas. You can pick up one of them and start a discussion here to
>>> get more details and helps.
>>>
>>> 3.) If non of above tips fix with you then go through the JIRA[1] and
>>> select group of issues that you like to work on. If you pick enough issues
>>> we can make them into a GSoC project. Number of issue for a project may
>>> vary depend on nature and scope of your selected issue.
>>>
>>> With my previous experience this is the best time to start your GSoC
>>> projects. You can start your work by fixing some simple issues [1] ,
>>> participating to discussions on dev list and providing answers to user
>>> questions on user list etc. Since community play significant role in GSoC
>>> above actions definitely add some plus point to your account and helpful to
>>> get selected your proposal.
>>>
>>>
>>> [1] - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS2
>>> [2] -
>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?mode=hide&requestId=12318960
>>>
>>> Thanks !
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Prabhath Suminda <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I'm a  computer science & engineering undergraduate from University of
>>>> Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. I like to participate GSOC 2012 for Axis 2
>>>> project.  So are there any any project ideas and mentors for GSOC
>>>> 2012? From where can I get more details?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Prabhath
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sagara Gunathunga
>>>
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>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Sagara Gunathunga
>
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