## Daffodil
Apache Daffodil is an implementation of the Data Format Description
Language (DFDL) used to convert between fixed format data and XML/JSON.
Daffodil has been incubating since 2017-08-27.
### Three most important unfinished issues to address before graduating:
1. Increase community growth and participation beyond Owl (formerly
Tresys) (main priority)
2. Work with other Apache projects where Daffodil could provide extra
functionality
3. Continue frequent release schedule
### Are there any issues that the IPMC or ASF Board need to be aware of?
- None
### How has the community developed since the last report?
- Pull requests merged from three first-time non-Owl contributors
- Continued involvement in the mailing lists
- dev: 78 postings, 5 new subscribers
- users: 96 postings, 4 new subscribers
- Owl is actively encouraging other companies with known Daffodil
interests to make contributions and increase involvement.
Anticipating initial on-list activity to begin in the coming weeks
- Daffodil integrated into Smooks (https://www.smooks.org) by outside
developers
### How has the project developed since the last report?
- Released Daffodil 2.6.0
- 56 commits merged from 7 different contributors
- Changes include thread-safe API improvements, cleanups based on
SonarCloud scans, improved validation of of input XML,
newVariableInstance feature, and many important misc bug fixes
- 59 issues created, 61 issues resolved
- Initial discussions and planning/ramping up on the proposed
code-generation runtime.
- New proposals and plans in place to improve Daffodil streaming
capabilities and memory requirement reduction--main focus for the
next release
### How would you assess the podling's maturity?
Please feel free to add your own commentary.
- [ ] Initial setup
- [ ] Working towards first release
- [X] Community building
- [ ] Nearing graduation
- [ ] Other:
### Date of last release:
2020-04-24
### When were the last committers or PPMC members elected?
- 2019-11-26 - Olabusayo Kilo (Committer)
- 2019-06-20 - Brandon Sloane (PPMC)
### Have your mentors been helpful and responsive?
- Yes
### Is the PPMC managing the podling's brand / trademarks?
- No known cases of a 3rd party incorrectly using the Daffodil
name/brand.
- Podling name search has been completed and approved by Brand
Management Committee:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PODLINGNAMESEARCH-147
