Thanks Julian! > an intuitive and productive tool for data engineers
This one works great for me but I would be very happy with any of these short versions. Cheers, Matt On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 6:10 AM Julian Hyde <[email protected]> wrote: > In my opinion, for mission statements, less is more. So I’m going to > whittle this down to the bone and y’all should holler if I take it too far. > > So, some other ideas for what could go: > > I’m glad you took out ‘implemented in Java’ (because we don’t want to > prevent ourselves from moving to other languages). > Take out 'visual development' (because it is implied by wanting to make > the tool approachable to all skill levels, and we don’t want to preclude > code-driven approaches). > Take out the origin of the name '(Hop Orchestration Platform)’. It’s > history, not mission. > Take out the ‘aims to’. As Yoda says, ’there is no try’. > Take out ‘complete’ (who wants an incomplete platform?) > I wouldn’t add a mention of plugins. All platforms support plugins! > I think that ’testing and deployment’ and ‘auditing’ are implied > (somewhat) by ‘complex orchestration and lifecycle requirements' > > So, we’re down to this: > > Hop lets people of various skill levels > be productive in even the most complex data engineering and data > orchestration projects. > Hop is a platform that spans the entire project life cycle. > > Wordsmithing gets this down to: > > Hop is a platform for data engineering, easy for novice > users but scaling to projects with complex orchestration > and lifecycle requirements. > > The text has to follow “related to”, so the above becomes > > a tool and platform for data engineering, easy for novice > users but scaling to projects with complex orchestration > and lifecycle requirements > > FWIW, Calcite’s mission statement was > > parsing and planning queries on data in a > wide variety of formats > > Hive’s was > > parallel analysis of large data sets > > Kafka’s was > > a distributed publish/subscribe stream > processing framework > > So, can we cut Hop’s statement down any further? Say > > an intuitive and productive tool for data engineers > > or > > a platform for data orchestration > > Julian > > [1] https://whimsy.apache.org/board/minutes/Calcite.html#2015-10-21 < > https://whimsy.apache.org/board/minutes/Calcite.html#2015-10-21> > > [2] https://whimsy.apache.org/board/minutes/Hive.html#2010-09-22 < > https://whimsy.apache.org/board/minutes/Hive.html#2010-09-22> > > [3] https://whimsy.apache.org/board/minutes/Kafka.html#2012-11-21 < > https://whimsy.apache.org/board/minutes/Kafka.html#2012-11-21> > > > On Nov 14, 2021, at 7:50 AM, Nicolas ADMENT <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Bart, > > > > The mission statement looks good! I would eventually just add the notion > > that it can be easily customized with plugins. > > > > *Hop is a complete and customizable platform that covers the entire > project > > life cycle.* > > > > Cheers, > > Nicolas > > > > Le dim. 14 nov. 2021 à 08:44, Bart Maertens <[email protected]> a > > écrit : > > > >> Hi All, > >> > >> Any thoughts on this as an updated mission statement? > >> > >> Hop (Hop Orchestration Platform) aims to let people of various skill > levels > >> be productive in even the most complex data engineering and data > >> orchestration projects. > >> Hop aims to be a complete platform that spans the entire project life > >> cycle, from visual development over testing and deployment to auditing > and > >> analysis. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Bart > >> > >> On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 9:06 PM Julian Hyde <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >>>> The next step will be an internal vote to let the community decide if > >>> they > >>>> think Apache Hop (Incubating) is ready to graduate as a Top Level > >>> Project. > >>> > >>> If I recall correctly, the vote is typically on the text of the > >> graduation > >>> proposal. Included in that text are the initial PMC and chair (done) > but > >>> also the mission statement of the project. Formally, we need to agree > the > >>> values <Name> and <Mission statement> to substitute into the template. > >>> > >>> Bart’s previous message to the IPMC had the variables <Name> = “Hop” > and > >>> <Mission statement> = "short for the Hop Orchestration Platform. > Written > >>> completely in Java it aims to provide a wide range of data > orchestration > >>> tools, including a visual development environment, servers, metadata > >>> analysis, auditing services and so on. As a platform, Hop also wants to > >> be > >>> a reusable library so that it can be easily reused by other software.” > >>> substituted into the template > >>> > >>> Establish the Apache <Name> Project > >>> > >>> WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best > >>> interests of the Foundation and consistent with the > >>> Foundation's purpose to establish a Project Management > >>> Committee charged with the creation and maintenance of > >>> open-source software, for distribution at no charge to the > >>> public, related to <a clear mission statement> > >>> > >>> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management > >>> Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache <Name> Project", be > >>> and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; > >>> and be it further > >>> > >>> RESOLVED,that the Apache <Name> Project be and hereby is > >>> responsible for the creation and maintenance of software > >>> related to <same mission statement>. > >>> > >>> RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache <Name>" be > >>> and hereby is created, the person holding such office to serve > >>> at the direction of the Board of Directors as the chair of the > >>> Apache <Name> Project, and to have primary responsibility for > >>> management of the projects within the scope of responsibility > >>> of the Apache <Name> Project; and be it further > >>> > >>> RESOLVED, that the persons listed immediately below be and > >>> hereby are appointed to serve as the initial members of the > >>> Apache <Name> Project: > >>> > >>> << here, list out each PMC member, in the format of > >>> * First Last <apache email> > >>>>> > >>> > >>> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that <Elected VP> be > >>> appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache <Name>, to > >>> serve in accordance with and subject to the direction of the > >>> Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the Foundation until > >>> death, resignation, retirement, removal or disqualification, > >>> or until a successor is appointed; and be it further > >>> > >>> RESOLVED, that the initial Apache <Name> PMC be and hereby is > >>> tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to > >>> encourage open development and increased participation in the > >>> Apache <Name> Project; and be it further > >>> > >>> RESOLVED, that the Apache <Name> Project be and hereby is tasked > >>> with the migration and rationalization of the Apache Incubator > >>> <Name> podling; and be it further > >>> > >>> RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache > >>> Incubator <Name> podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator > >>> Project are hereafter discharged. > >>> > >>> In my opinion the current mission statement is too long and should be > >>> tightened up. > >>> > >>> Julian > >>> > >>> > >> > > -- Neo4j Chief Solutions Architect *✉ *[email protected]
