On 06/12/10 21:15, Matthew Daniel wrote:
Hello,
Congratulations on your upcoming move to Apache. :-)
I have an example source, very similar to the ExTDB[1-3].java files
which I feel is closer to a "hello, world" than the three examples
that ship with TDB currently. I think this is relevant, especially in
light of questions such as these:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jena-dev/message/46166
My example creates a new Dataset, grabs a named (but empty, of course)
Model, opens the Graph for it, inserts a Statement (showing usage of
the IRIFactory) and then persists everything. If it is run again, it
then uses the ARQ API (QueryFactory et al) to show the contents of
that Model. Simple, but I feel that having this kind of example will
lower the cost of entry into TDB (and possibly Jena, seeing as it
touches on so many of the parts).
I saw the message about the Apache contributor agreement
(http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=4CEFC4A7.8000104%40epimorphics.com&forum_name=jena-devel)
but I didn't want to jump through those hoops until I learn whether my
idea would be welcome.
It's welcome. Send it to [email protected] and see what the
reaction is.
For adding something like this, there is a lighter weight way. Only
committers need to sign an ICLA, and software grants are only needed
separately for large blobs of pre-existing code.
When we're in Apache, you can contribute by putting it on the Jena JIRA
as a patch file.
This implies the necessary legal permission for ASF to use the patch
just by the act of doing it (the Jira installation has a note about this
when you create the entry, I think - we're all a bit new to Apache
processes).
Some committer then handles it - I think (we new to this ...) by making
sure the project group is OK with it and then applying the patch. Or
the other way round. The point is an email goes to the public
development mailing list for everyone, inc committers, to see. For
added examples, it's a bit of a no-op, but it means it's "the project"
dciding, not one person in isolation. It's no work for the contributor
- they just upload patch to JIRA. We'd be swamped by (electronic)
paperwork otherwise.
The full details are:
http://www.apache.org/foundation/getinvolved.html
Thank you so much for all the hard work on Jena, and I hope I can
improve it (even if just a little).
The more, the merrier.
-- /v\atthew
Thins may be a bit slow as we get sorted out but JIRA never forgets. If
you could send it for now to [email protected] then submit it
when we are up and running properly at Apache.
Andy
