BTW, the following link [1] has a template to be used for project proposal, basically you need the following information :
Subject ID project-id Title a short desciptive title of the subject ASF Project the ASF project(s) tied to this subject Keywords keywords on this subject, like language, technology or concept used Description a paragraph describing what this subject is all about Possible Mentors volunteer mentors for this subject Status indicate whether this subject has already been assigned to a participating student [1] http://wiki.apache.org/general/SummerOfCode2008 On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Luciano Resende <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Below is an updated GSoC immediate deadlines (from [1]) > > March 17th - Students start engaging with project to discuss applications > March 24th - students are able to submit applications to the GSoC webapp. > March 31st - Deadline for student applications > > This means we should try and have projects proposed by March 17th. It > would be great if people could review their ideas at [2] and add > further comments/description as necessary. Then I'll handle moving > them to the proper location at GSoC place. As for mentors, If > everybody is willing to be a mentor, good, otherwise I could probably > help on that area, and maybe ask for others to help on areas of the > code that I didn't work before. > > Thoughts ? > > [1] http://wiki.apache.org/general/SummerOfCodeMentor > [2] > http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TUSCANYWIKI/Google+Summer+of+Code+%282008%29 > > > > On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 11:15 PM, Luciano Resende <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Very good ideas, I have started collecting them in our wiki [1] and > > would be great if we could get some details together with each > > suggestion. Sebastien's suggestions look good as an example of > > explanation for the given project idea. > > > > Thanks and let's continue with the brainstorm.... > > > > [1] > http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TUSCANYWIKI/Google+Summer+of+Code+%282008%29 > > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 8:39 PM, Jean-Sebastien Delfino > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Luciano Resende wrote: > > > > Apache Software Foundation is participating in Google Summer of Code > > > > program [1] as a mentoring organization. I think this is a good > > > > opportunity for us and I'd like to use this thread to discuss > possible > > > > innovative and challenging projects that could attract the students > > > > participating on the program. Maybe we could start be defining some > > > > themes, and then projects around this themes, then, once we have a > > > > couple of projects, we could use wiki to create a small description > of > > > > the project. > > > > > > > > Possible themes : > > > > > > > > Tuscany Extensions (new bindings and implementations) > > > > Web 2.0 > > > > > > > > Thoughts ? > > > > > > > > [1] http://code.google.com/soc/2008/ > > > > [2] http://wiki.apache.org/general/SummerOfCode2008 > > > > > > > > > > Here are a few ideas: > > > > > > > > > A) Simplify the development of Map/Reduce applications and their > > > integration with various sources of information. > > > > > > Integrate Apache Tuscany and Apache Hadoop to allow developers to > > > develop Mappers/Reducers/Combiners as SCA (Service Component > > > Architecture) components, and make it really easy to assemble them > > > together using SCA compositions and integrate external sources of info > > > using the SCA bindings supported by Tuscany (e.g. Web services, JMS and > > > JEE apps, Atom feeds). > > > > > > > > > B) Integrate Google services in SCA compositions. > > > > > > Add a GData binding to Apache Tuscany (could be an extension of the > > > current Tuscany ATOM binding) to allow people to integrate SCA > > > compositions with Google services and GData clients. > > > > > > > > > C) Use Tuscany and Apache Shindig to mash-up Google gadgets and backend > > > SCA service components (Web Services, existing JEE services etc). > > > > > > That GSoC project could explore a few interesting options, including: > > > - Use SCA to model references from Javascript gadgets to server-side > > > services, and provide transparent access to these services (by > injecting > > > Javascript proxies into the gadgets, similar to what Tuscany currently > > > does with its SCA Widget component support). > > > > > > - Use SCA composites to configure and assemble the gadgets together as > > > well, allowing the application developer to use a consistent SCA-based > > > assembly model for client-side mashups, server-side compositions and > > > mixes of the two. > > > > > > > > > I may propose one or two more ideas in a day or two, after I think > about > > > them a bit more over the weekend :) > > > -- > > > Jean-Sebastien > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Luciano Resende > > Apache Tuscany Committer > > http://people.apache.org/~lresende > > http://lresende.blogspot.com/ > > > > > > -- > Luciano Resende > Apache Tuscany Committer > http://people.apache.org/~lresende > http://lresende.blogspot.com/ > -- Luciano Resende Apache Tuscany Committer http://people.apache.org/~lresende http://lresende.blogspot.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
