I've just updated the wiki. Let me know if there is something else to mention that comes in your mind. Tommaso
2009/10/13 Marshall Schor <[email protected]> > > > Tommaso Teofili wrote: > > 2009/10/13 Marshall Schor <[email protected]> > > > > > >> Tommaso Teofili wrote: > >> > >>> I never wrote that report before, but if nobody else comes out I > >>> > >> volunteer > >> > >>> (maybe I'll ask some help here and there to gather all the > informations). > >>> +1 for begin the graduation process after the 2.3.0 release. > >>> Tommaso > >>> > >>> > >> Great, Thanks Tommaso! Please start by cutting/pasting a copy of our > >> last report, and deleting the specific items - this will guarantee that > >> the first "boiler plate" part of the report is there :-). > >> > >> > > > > > > Here is the April report: > > > Probably best to use the July 2009 report :-) as the template, (but it > probably doesn't really matter...) > > > >> *UIMA is a component framework for the analysis of unstructured content > >> > >>> such as text, audio and video. UIMA entered incubation on October 3, > 2006. > >>> * > >>> > >>> *Some recent activity: * > >>> > >>> - > >>> > >>> *OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org) members approved the > Unstructured > >>> Information Management Architecture (UIMA) version 1.0 as an OASIS > Standard. > >>> * > >>> - *A new contributor, Rico Landefeld, contributed a component to > >>> enable indexing annotations as fields using Lucene. * > >>> - *Many bug fixes and improvements continue to be focused on UIMA-AS > >>> (the asynchronous scaleout add-on to base UIMA) driven by experience > with > >>> users doing extensive scaleout. The fixes address error handling and > >>> performance. * > >>> - > >>> > >>> *IBM and MAYO Clinic announced a new consortium around making > >>> available open-source UIMA annotators for use by the Medical / > Health area; > >>> see http://ohnlp.org* > >>> > >>> *Items to complete before graduation: * > >>> *We still need to attract more new committers with diverse > affiliations. > >>> * > >>> > >>> > > > > As far as I understand this final line can be removed too. > > > Right. > > > > > > > >> Some items to include: New committers added (Burn Lewis and you :-) ), > >> work almost complete on 2.3.0 release, new integration with other Apache > >> projects (such as Lucas - integration with Apache Lucene search). > >> Another point item: The Configurable Feature Editor, including > >> documentation, was refreshed, and will be > >> included in the next release. > >> Another point item: the next sandbox release is more than doubling the > >> number of pre-done UIMA components that are available with the > framework. > >> Another point is that IBM announced a "grand challenge" effort to have a > >> computer compete live against humans on the popular (in the USA) TV > >> game, Jeopardy! in answering open-domain questions, (not connected to > >> the internet), in real time - and that this system is being built upon > >> UIMA and UIMA-AS (see http://www.research.ibm.com/deepqa/faq.shtml#24). > >> > >> > > > > I'd also add that building (Maven use optimized using parent POMs, RAT, > > etc...) and code quality (generics, deprecation of stale code) have been > > improved, UIMA-AS has been graduated out of the Sandbox as an add-on > > package. > > > > > > > Great. Also mention the Cas Editor has been graduated out of the > Sandbox and is now part of base UIMA. > > > >> And you can change the items to complete before graduation to saying > >> it's ready to graduate, and plans to start that process after the > >> current release activity is finished. > >> > >> Finally, if you have time, the project page ( > >> http://incubator.apache.org/projects/uima.html ) needs updating, > >> especially to add the new committers. > >> > >> Keep us posted throughout the day your progress on these - to give > >> others a chance to review / update the report (as it's due tomorrow! ). > >> > >> > > > > Do I have to incrementally update the wiki while we discuss or only when > we > > reach a satisfiable verion of the report? > > > To reduce work, just update the wiki, and then post here that's it's > updated; we'll take a look on the wiki and do any updates there, I think. > > -Marshall > > Thanks, > > Tommaso > > > > > > > > > > > >> -Marshall > >> > >>> 2009/10/13 Jukka Zitting <[email protected]> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> Hi, > >>>> > >>>> We're again due for our quarterly report, see [1]. Anyone willing to > >>>> draft the report? > >>>> > >>>> As for the top priorities before graduation, I think UIMA is now ready > >>>> to graduate and only needs to follow the graduation process [2] to > >>>> become an Apache TLP. > >>>> > >>>> [1] http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/October2009 > >>>> [2] http://incubator.apache.org/guides/graduation.html#process > >>>> > >>>> BR, > >>>> > >>>> Jukka Zitting > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > > > > >
