Re: [STATUS] WAS [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-24 Thread Andy Seaborne
On 23/02/15 10:32, Benedikt Ritter wrote: Hello, 2015-02-22 21:56 GMT+01:00 John D. Ament : Lewis, It looks like there were a few things called out. - Identify a champion (looks like you did already) - Solicit support from mentors. It looks like those are the only two open issues. Benedikt

Re: [STATUS] WAS [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-24 Thread Andy Seaborne
John, Thank you very much for the offer of mentoring - I've added you to the list. And I've renamed the proposal as "CommonRDFProposal" as that seems to be naming style on the wiki. Andy On 22/02/15 20:56, John D. Ament wrote: Lewis, It looks like there were a few things called out

Re: [STATUS] WAS [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-23 Thread Benedikt Ritter
Hello, 2015-02-22 21:56 GMT+01:00 John D. Ament : > Lewis, > > It looks like there were a few things called out. > > - Identify a champion (looks like you did already) > - Solicit support from mentors. > > It looks like those are the only two open issues. Benedikt cannot be > listed as a mentor,

Re: [STATUS] WAS [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-22 Thread Andy Seaborne
On 22/02/15 19:52, Lewis John Mcgibbney wrote: Hi Folks, I've read through the commentary on the recent [DISCUSS] thread for Commons RDF [0]. It is not clear to me what the outcome was really... can anyone else provide a fresh insight as to where this proposal is going and what is required to pro

Re: [STATUS] WAS [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-22 Thread John D. Ament
Lewis, It looks like there were a few things called out. - Identify a champion (looks like you did already) - Solicit support from mentors. It looks like those are the only two open issues. Benedikt cannot be listed as a mentor, as mentioned previously (unless I'm missing an email), but feel fr

[STATUS] WAS [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-22 Thread Lewis John Mcgibbney
Hi Folks, I've read through the commentary on the recent [DISCUSS] thread for Commons RDF [0]. It is not clear to me what the outcome was really... can anyone else provide a fresh insight as to where this proposal is going and what is required to progress it from status draft to status proposal? Th

Re: [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-19 Thread Gary Gregory
On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 2:29 AM, Benedikt Ritter wrote: > Hi all, > > at first sorry for the delay. I've been on vacation the last 10 days with > no access to my emails. > Same for me. Gary > > 2015-02-10 21:31 GMT+01:00 Marvin Humphrey : > > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 7:21 AM, Stian Soiland-R

Re: [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-15 Thread Benedikt Ritter
Hi all, at first sorry for the delay. I've been on vacation the last 10 days with no access to my emails. 2015-02-10 21:31 GMT+01:00 Marvin Humphrey : > On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 7:21 AM, Stian Soiland-Reyes > wrote: > > > The natural path to Apache Commons Sandbox has been studied, but we > > th

Re: [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-12 Thread Lewis John Mcgibbney
Hi Marvin, On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 10:17 PM, wrote: > > > Awesome! > > These days, the Sponsoring Entity is rarely anything other than the > Incubator. > It means that a TLP other than the Incubator has voted to take charge of > incubating the project, supervising mentoring and monitoring progre

Re: [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-12 Thread Enrico Daga
On 12 February 2015 at 14:50, Marvin Humphrey wrote: > On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 6:28 AM, Enrico Daga wrote: > >> Marvin, if you can enable EnricoDaga, I might need it for the future ;) > > Done. Great, thank you! Enrico > > Cheers, > > Marvin Humphrey > >

Re: [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-12 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 6:28 AM, Enrico Daga wrote: > Marvin, if you can enable EnricoDaga, I might need it for the future ;) Done. Cheers, Marvin Humphrey - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org Fo

Re: [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-12 Thread Enrico Daga
Sergio, thank you! Marvin, if you can enable EnricoDaga, I might need it for the future ;) Thanks! Enrico -- Enrico Daga http://about.me/enridaga On 12 February 2015 at 14:08, Sergio Fernández wrote: > Enrico, the wiki requires karma to edit. > No problem. it's easier I directly add you. > > >

Re: [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-12 Thread Sergio Fernández
On 11/02/15 19:53, Marvin Humphrey wrote: This is going to be a fun and easy job. Sergio is deeply committed, Andy is one of the IPMC's best, Benedikt has signed on to represent Commons, and the sophistication of the emails in this thread speaks for itself. Who's in? I do agree with Marvin, s

Re: [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-12 Thread Sergio Fernández
Enrico, the wiki requires karma to edit. No problem. it's easier I directly add you. On 12/02/15 14:54, Enrico Daga wrote: Thank you Sergio, as soon as I figure out how to modify the page, as it says "Immutable page" even if I am logged. However, happy to be on board! Best, Enrico -- Enrico Da

Re: [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-12 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 5:54 AM, Enrico Daga wrote: > Thank you Sergio, > as soon as I figure out how to modify the page, as it says "Immutable > page" even if I am logged. > > However, happy to be on board! Welcome! Apologies for the inconvenience -- you've run into an anti-spam measure. We nee

Re: [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-12 Thread Enrico Daga
Thank you Sergio, as soon as I figure out how to modify the page, as it says "Immutable page" even if I am logged. However, happy to be on board! Best, Enrico -- Enrico Daga http://about.me/enridaga On 12 February 2015 at 13:03, Sergio Fernández wrote: > Hi Enrico, > > On 12/02/15 11:42, Enric

Re: [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-12 Thread Sergio Fernández
Hi Enrico, On 12/02/15 11:42, Enrico Daga wrote: I am very exited to see the Java/RDF communities together in this proposal! I work with RDF related software very day since 5 years ago, and I'm already member of the Stanbol and Clerezza podlings. As part of the "growing the comunity" objective,

Re: [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-12 Thread Enrico Daga
Hi everybody, I am very exited to see the Java/RDF communities together in this proposal! I work with RDF related software very day since 5 years ago, and I'm already member of the Stanbol and Clerezza podlings. As part of the "growing the comunity" objective, I would be happy to contribute to this

Re: [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-11 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 8:51 AM, Lewis John Mcgibbney wrote: > I've added myself a potentially a Champion for the Commons RDF. I've also > added Apache Any23 as a potential sponsoring entity. > For context, Any23 was sponsored through the incubator by Apache Tika. Upom > graduation, Any23 then th

Re: [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-11 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (3980)
DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator >Hi Folks, > >On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 2:03 AM, > >wrote: > >> >> ATTENTION IPMC! If anybody is out there wants a low-stress Mentoring >>gig, >> this is it. And if you're an "RDF neutral" outs

Re: [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-11 Thread Lewis John Mcgibbney
Hi Folks, On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 2:03 AM, wrote: > > ATTENTION IPMC! If anybody is out there wants a low-stress Mentoring gig, > this is it. And if you're an "RDF neutral" outsider, you'll be helping > this project to achieve its goals, just by showing up. > > I've added myself a potentially

Re: [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-11 Thread Sergio Fernández
On 11/02/15 05:03, Marvin Humphrey wrote: The Champion's main work is to help formulate the proposal. That work is essentially done -- so it doesn't matter too much who takes that role, now. Are Andy and Reto opting out out as a gesture of openness to Sesame? Sergio has effectively been the C

Re: [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-11 Thread Sergio Fernández
Cool! Thanks, Rob. On 11/02/15 11:02, Rob Vesse wrote: Marvin Yes I would be willing to be a mentor for this podling if there isn't sufficient volunteers and they would be willing to have me I agree that there is a tendency then to make the podling Jena heavy but I have had zero involvement in

Re: [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-11 Thread Andy Seaborne
On 11/02/15 10:02, Rob Vesse wrote: Marvin Yes I would be willing to be a mentor for this podling if there isn't sufficient volunteers and they would be willing to have me Thank you - added! (before you change your mind :-)) I agree that there is a tendency then to make the podling Jena heav

Re: [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-11 Thread Andy Seaborne
On 11/02/15 08:14, Sergio Fernández wrote: On 10/02/15 21:31, Marvin Humphrey wrote: If Commons is OK with this, I imagine this is a fine plan -- good enough for entering incubation. I also think it would be OK for the project to decide it wants to become a TLP. Whether the project joins Commo

Re: [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-11 Thread Rob Vesse
Marvin Yes I would be willing to be a mentor for this podling if there isn't sufficient volunteers and they would be willing to have me I agree that there is a tendency then to make the podling Jena heavy but I have had zero involvement in the Commons RDF effort to date and the API they are talki

Re: [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-11 Thread Sergio Fernández
Hi, On 11/02/15 05:03, Marvin Humphrey wrote: How good a fit is this project for Commons? Is it similar in scope and size to other Commons components? Any comments from current members of the Commons community? Should we be concerned about potential "umbrella project" issues, such as degradin

Re: [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-11 Thread Sergio Fernández
On 10/02/15 21:31, Marvin Humphrey wrote: If Commons is OK with this, I imagine this is a fine plan -- good enough for entering incubation. I also think it would be OK for the project to decide it wants to become a TLP. Whether the project joins Commons or becomes its own TLP won't impact the n

Re: [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-10 Thread Marvin Humphrey
ATTENTION IPMC! If anybody is out there wants a low-stress Mentoring gig, this is it. And if you're an "RDF neutral" outsider, you'll be helping this project to achieve its goals, just by showing up. On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 3:14 PM, Stian Soiland-Reyes wrote: > Right - I think it would be good

Re: [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-10 Thread Stian Soiland-Reyes
On 10 February 2015 at 20:31, Marvin Humphrey wrote: > I also think it would be OK for the project to decide it wants to become a > TLP. Whether the project joins Commons or becomes its own TLP won't impact > the number of people qualified to work on it. Some Apache TLPs are > effectively in ma

Re: [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-10 Thread Peter Ansell
On 11 February 2015 at 07:31, Marvin Humphrey wrote: > On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 7:21 AM, Stian Soiland-Reyes wrote: > >> The natural path to Apache Commons Sandbox has been studied, but we >> think that in this phase of the project, which focuses on the API >> design and actively involves the deve

Re: [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-10 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 7:21 AM, Stian Soiland-Reyes wrote: > The natural path to Apache Commons Sandbox has been studied, but we > think that in this phase of the project, which focuses on the API > design and actively involves the developers of existing toolkits, it > is better to have a more f

Re: [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-10 Thread Stian Soiland-Reyes
For your convenience, here's the proposal text for CommonsRDF: = Apache Commons RDF incubation proposal = <> == Status == Draft == Abstract == Commons RDF is a set of interfaces for the RDF 1.1 concepts that can be used to expose common RDF-1.1 concepts using common Java interfaces. == Propo

Re: [DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-10 Thread Sergio Fernández
I guess, if there is no single aspect to discuss, we can move forward with an official vote, right? On 05/02/15 08:49, Sergio Fernández wrote: Hello everyone, I would like to propose Commons RDF, a small library providing a common API for RDF 1.1. The current draft of the proposal is here:

[DISCUSS] Commons RDF to join the Apache Incubator

2015-02-04 Thread Sergio Fernández
Hello everyone, I would like to propose Commons RDF, a small library providing a common API for RDF 1.1. The current draft of the proposal is here: http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/CommonsRDF The main motivation behind this simple library is revise an historical incompatibility issue in t