+1 from me. Let's do it. -- dims
On 1/16/06, Berin Lautenbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Dims has mentioned something that I have looked at once or twice in the > past and never really got off the ground. Which is making xml-security > a TLP (Top Level Project). > > This would mean we would exist outside of the XML project as a project > that reports direct to the board. It's good because it raises our > profile significantly. As an example, we become a link off the main web > page and we get our own mailing lists ([EMAIL PROTECTED] or > somesuch). We also get our own website etc. if we so desire. > > I'd like to do it - I think it would help us to refocus and get things > moving again. I know I've been off in la-la land with work, and I've > been thinking a lot lately I'd like to get back into ASF stuff, but be > more focussed on what I'm doing. This would give us a chance to focus > on xml-security and JuiCE etc. > > As an aside - I'd also be *very* interested in thinking about how to > raise the profile of XML sig and encryption in general. So I'm kind of > interested in ideas to get it "out there". As an example, for the XKMS > interop tests, I built a C++ server on Linux to handle XKMS queries and > go back to a MySQL database for key information. Now it's very rough - > it was only designed to work for interop and you would *not* want to run > it in anger in a production environment, but it might be the core we can > use to build a proper XKMS service. If we do that, it would be great to > build some tools around the library and server to give us something that > people can actually use directly. > > TLP project status might also help us in the profile stakes. > > Anyway, as always, open to thoughts and suggestions! > > Cheers, > Berin > > -- Davanum Srinivas : http://wso2.com/blogs/
