Providing ownership to the PMC account allows others to take over ownership
of the document once a contributor stops being active. This allows docs to
be updated (even if just to point to a newer doc).

On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 1:20 PM Kenneth Knowles <[email protected]> wrote:

> My position on ownership is design docs are really documents "of the
> moment" and authored by a particular individual or group. Experience shows
> that even if you try, keeping it fresh is not likely to happen. Anything
> that needs freshness (like end-user docs) should be in a different medium. I
> would just date the gdoc so readers know how to interpret it (the automated
> "last edit" date is not sufficient for understanding how stale something
> is).
>
> So it seems like it makes little difference if the project or PMC has
> ownership or even write access. Of course I have no objections if someone
> wants to transfer ownership, but is there a reason to encourage it?
>
> Kenn
>
> On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 1:11 PM Lukasz Cwik <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I transferred ownership of the docs that I owned to the
>> [email protected] PMC account and put the ones that I owned into the
>> drive folder.
>>
>> Would it be a good idea for others to follow suit?
>>
>> Instructions on how to transfer ownership are here:
>> http://support.it.mtu.edu/Accounts/E-Mail/75946047/How-do-I-transfer-ownership-of-a-Google-Doc.htm
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 11:23 AM Lukasz Cwik <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I created a PR for the beam-site to link to the design docs and template
>>> from the contribution guide:
>>> https://github.com/apache/beam-site/pull/454
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 10:23 AM Lukasz Cwik <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Here are some more links related to portability efforts:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://s.apache.org/beam-fn-api
>>>>
>>>> https://s.apache.org/beam-fn-api-processing-a-bundle
>>>>
>>>> https://s.apache.org/beam-fn-api-send-and-receive-data
>>>>
>>>> https://s.apache.org/beam-fn-state-api-and-bundle-processing
>>>>
>>>> https://s.apache.org/beam-fn-api-progress-reporting
>>>>
>>>> https://s.apache.org/beam-fn-api-container-contract
>>>>
>>>> https://s.apache.org/beam-breaking-fusion
>>>>
>>>> https://s.apache.org/beam-runner-api-combine-model
>>>>
>>>> https://s.apache.org/beam-fn-api-metrics
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 2:11 PM Scott Wegner <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for sharing these. I also put together a design doc template
>>>>> based on common styling / sections I saw in the docs listed above. Others
>>>>> are free to use it as they'd like.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kVePqjt2daZd0bQHGUwghlcLbhvrny7VpflAzk9sjUg/edit?usp=sharing
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 6:23 AM Kenneth Knowles <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> OK, I will also put a list here of those I know off the top of my
>>>>>> head. Some are redundant with Etienne's but short links that I can think 
>>>>>> of:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://s.apache.org/a-new-dofn
>>>>>> https://s.apache.org/beam-triggers
>>>>>> https://s.apache.org/beam-sink-triggers
>>>>>> https://s.apache.org/beam-runner-composites
>>>>>> https://s.apache.org/beam-lateness
>>>>>> https://s.apache.org/beam-runner-api
>>>>>> https://s.apache.org/beam-state
>>>>>> https://s.apache.org/beam-side-inputs-1-pager
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Kenn
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 6:08 AM Etienne Chauchot <
>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Great that you take this action Alexey !
>>>>>>> Here are the links I have, there is duplicates with the ones you
>>>>>>> already received and maybe old docs as well:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MtBZYV7NAcfbwyy9Op8STeFNBxtljxgy69FkHMvhTMA/edit
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wR56Jef3XIPwj4DFzQKznuGPM3JDfRDVkxzeDlbdVSQ/edit
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fl_LM918j7ZxAmCSkm43GBjV8knsZAIA1tRhvJ4DneM/edit#heading=h.1lcfuwfvxg2
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zcF4ZGtq8pxzLZxgD_JMWAouSszIf9LnFANWHKBsZlg/edit
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AQmx-T9XjSi1PNoEp5_L-lT0j7BkgTbmQnc6uFEMI4c/edit#heading=h.dtl8cwoybr2y
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u-4o_0uj8uKa2SVNPBNxIKfvcJ4t66ecCoU1M2yVoDA/edit#heading=h.c1deqkr0bp31
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/17H2sBEtnoTSxjzlrz7rmKtX5E3F0mW1NpFQzWzSYOpY/edit#heading=h.1lcfuwfvxg2
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tnG2DPHZYbsomvihIpXruUmQ12pHGK0QIvXS1FOTgRc/edit#heading=h.puuotbien1gf
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KEtUPE5d6oCZFvFlR7PtSDvHpx5kDj2dTlIxF7UXa5w/edit#heading=h.p6lvszfbmyj6
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IGduUqmhWDi_69l9nG8kw73HZ5WI5wOps9Tshl5wpQA/edit#heading=h.gh88g5y0rekp
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NehB__CxJTmjxkt7hDYIJWNDLJyEoE0b-AUJvInHPCI/edit#heading=h.gh88g5y0rekp
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BOozW0bzBuz4oHJEuZNDOHdzaV5Y56ix58Ozrqm2jFg/edit#heading=h.gh88g5y0rekp
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XYzb1Fnt2sam7u2MsGFaZp-2qSIGxUn66VLer-bcXAk/edit#heading=h.p6lvszfbmyj6
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1voyUIQ2DrWkoY-BsJwM8YvF4gGKB76CDG8BYL8XBc7A/edit#heading=h.vv2fbulkp7t
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Etienne
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Le jeudi 24 mai 2018 à 14:53 +0200, Alexey Romanenko a écrit :
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you everybody for positive feedback and sending me links to
>>>>>>> design docs. I’m going to complete the full list and create PR for 
>>>>>>> review.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *Griselda*
>>>>>>> Perhaps, it was a bit of misunderstanding here, let me explain what
>>>>>>> I assume under creating of such page.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Actually, for now I’m going to collect all known design docs under
>>>>>>> one umbrella (the page on Beam web site) to make it easy to discover. 
>>>>>>> For
>>>>>>> example, as a new contributor, I’d like to know more details what was
>>>>>>> initial design of new FileIO, SDF, Metrics, etc.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm *not* going to copy the content of this docs to one page or
>>>>>>> even web site, let’s keep this as it is, no changes here for the 
>>>>>>> moment. I
>>>>>>> think, moving to something else than Google docs is a tough question and
>>>>>>> requires another discussion.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So, in this case, this task seems not so hard since we don’t add
>>>>>>> such docs too often - I'll just have to update this index page on web 
>>>>>>> site.
>>>>>>> In addition, the authors will be always welcomed to update this page by
>>>>>>> themselves. In my turn, I’ll try to keep an eye on this to keep it 
>>>>>>> synced.
>>>>>>> And of course, any help will be welcomed too =)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> WBR,
>>>>>>> Alexey
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 24 May 2018, at 00:01, Griselda Cuevas <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Everyone,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> @Alexey, I think this is a great idea, I'd like to understand more
>>>>>>> of the motivation behind having all the designs doc under a single 
>>>>>>> page. In
>>>>>>> my opinion it could become a challenge to maintain a page, so knowing 
>>>>>>> what
>>>>>>> you want to accomplish could help us think of alternative solutions?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, 23 May 2018 at 14:08, Daniel Oliveira <
>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> +1 to web site page (not Google Doc).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Definitely agree that a common entry point would be excellent. I
>>>>>>> don't like the idea of the Google Doc so much because it's not very good
>>>>>>> for having changes reviewed and keeping track of who added what, unlike
>>>>>>> Github. Adding an entry to the list in the website would require reviews
>>>>>>> and leave behind a commit history, which I think is important for an
>>>>>>> authoritative source like this.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> PS: I also have a doc I proposed that I didn't see in the lists:
>>>>>>> https://s.apache.org/beam-runner-api-combine-model
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 12:52 PM Lukasz Cwik <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> +1, Thanks for picking this up Alexey
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 10:41 AM Huygaa Batsaikhan <
>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> +1. That is great, Alexey. Robin and I are working on documenting
>>>>>>> some missing pieces of Java SDK. We will let you know when we create
>>>>>>> polished documents.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 9:28 AM Ismaël Mejía <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> +1 and thanks for volunteering for this Alexey.
>>>>>>> We really need to make this more accesible.
>>>>>>> On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 6:00 PM Alexey Romanenko <
>>>>>>> [email protected]>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > Joseph, Eugene - thank you very much for the links!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > All, regarding one common entry point for all design documents.
>>>>>>> Could we
>>>>>>> just have a dedicated page on Beam web site with a list of links to
>>>>>>> every
>>>>>>> proposed document? Every entry (optionally) might contain, in
>>>>>>> addition,
>>>>>>> short abstract and list of author(s). In this case, it would be
>>>>>>> easily
>>>>>>> searchable and available for those who are interested in this.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > In the same time, using a Google doc for writing/discussing the
>>>>>>> documents
>>>>>>> seems more than reasonable since it’s quite native and easy to use.
>>>>>>> I only
>>>>>>> propose to have a common entry point to fall of them.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > If this idea looks feasible, I’d propose myself to collect the
>>>>>>> links to
>>>>>>> already created documents, create such page and update this list in
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> future.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > WBR,
>>>>>>> > Alexey
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > On 22 May 2018, at 21:34, Eugene Kirpichov <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > Making it easier to manage indeed would be good. Could someone
>>>>>>> from PMC
>>>>>>> please add the following documents of mine to it?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > SDF related documents:
>>>>>>> > http://s.apache.org/splittable-do-fn
>>>>>>> > http://s.apache.org/sdf-via-source
>>>>>>> > http://s.apache.org/textio-sdf
>>>>>>> > http://s.apache.org/beam-watch-transform
>>>>>>> > http://s.apache.org/beam-breaking-fusion
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > Non SDF related:
>>>>>>> > http://s.apache.org/context-fn
>>>>>>> > http://s.apache.org/fileio-write
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > A suggestion: maybe we can establish a convention to send design
>>>>>>> document
>>>>>>> proposals to [email protected]? Does the Apache mailing
>>>>>>> list
>>>>>>> management software support this kind of stuff? Then they'd be quite
>>>>>>> easy
>>>>>>> to find and filter.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 10:57 AM Kenneth Knowles <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >> It is owned by the Beam PMC collectively. Any PMC member can add
>>>>>>> things
>>>>>>> to it. Ideas for making it easy to manage are welcome.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >> Probably easier to have a markdown file somewhere with a list of
>>>>>>> docs so
>>>>>>> we can issue and review PRs. Not sure the web site is the right
>>>>>>> place for
>>>>>>> it - we have a history of porting docs to markdown but really that
>>>>>>> is high
>>>>>>> overhead and users/community probably don't gain from it so much.
>>>>>>> Some have
>>>>>>> suggested a wiki.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >> Kenn
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >> On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 10:22 AM Scott Wegner <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >>> Thanks for the links. Any details on that Google drive folder?
>>>>>>> Who
>>>>>>> maintains it? Is it possible for any contributor to add their design
>>>>>>> doc?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >>> On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 8:15 AM Joseph PENG <
>>>>>>> [email protected]>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>> Alexey,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>> I do not know where you can find all design docs, but I know a
>>>>>>> blog
>>>>>>> that has collected some of the major design docs. Hope it helps.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>> https://wtanaka.com/beam/design-doc
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B-IhJZh9Ab52OFBVZHpsNjc4eXc
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>> On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 9:28 AM Alexey Romanenko <
>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>> Is it possible to obtain somewhere a list of all proposals /
>>>>>>> prototype documents that have been published as a technical / design
>>>>>>> documents for new features? I have links to only some of them (found
>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>> mail list discussions by chance) but I’m not aware of others.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>> If yes, could someone share it or point me out where it is
>>>>>>> located in
>>>>>>> case if I missed this?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>> If not, don’t you think it would make sense to have such index
>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>> these documents? I believe it can be useful for Beam contributors
>>>>>>> since
>>>>>>> these proposals contain information which is absent or not so
>>>>>>> detailed on
>>>>>>> Beam web site documentation.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>> WBR,
>>>>>>> >>>>> Alexey
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>

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