+1 2009/10/25 Matthieu Riou <matthieu.r...@gmail.com>: > On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 2:29 AM, Rafal Rusin <rafal.ru...@gmail.com> wrote: >> http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/HISEProposal >> >> Proposal was presented on Apache Incubator: >> http://markmail.org/thread/sbq4e73iaa76e4ny >> http://markmail.org/thread/zt2aqqpicshd23sy >> >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> Abstract >> >> HISE will be an implementation of WS-Human-Task Specification. It will >> stand for Human Interactions Service Engine. >> Proposal >> >> HISE is to provide a deployable component ready to interpret human >> interactions defined in xml files, as specified in WS-Human-Task 1.0 >> Spec, as well as expose taskOperations Web Service for tasks >> management. >> >> Note that this proposal covers only services implementation, not >> including any web consoles. So it will contact with external world >> using Web Services. >> Background >> >> WSHT project is beeing developed at TouK. It is currently used in >> other projects by wiring up Spring beans provided by WSHT. >> >> In current version, there is implemented about 20% of spec, which >> includes task creation, assigning, retrieval. Persistence is >> implemented. Currently, there are no task escalations and >> notifications. >> >> WSHT project is beeing donated to Apache Incubator to become HISE >> project at Apache. >> >> Rationale >> >> There's a need for an engine which will interpret high level people >> interactions definitions. There's no need to reimplement human >> interactions in various projects from scratch (handling notifications, >> escalations, tasks lifecycles, tasks reassigning). So such project >> will follow DRY rule in SOA world. >> >> There was some discussion before, which pointed that this kind of >> project would be desired at Apache >> (http://markmail.org/thread/es3h3yprjrttxhlu). >> >> There was also Agila project in Apache Incubator, which was meant to >> implement Human Workflow solution, but it's abandoned (probably >> because of too broad scope - it included BPEL engine implmentation and >> web console for management, details are here: >> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/agila/trunk). >> >> So in HISE there's aim to shorten this scope and implement only >> services for WS Human Tasks spec. This would consist of 2 >> distributions (war and jbi) which would expose web services for tasks >> management. There was some interest on ServiceMix mailing list too, so >> jbi distribution would be desired >> (http://markmail.org/thread/svyxd6xrm2tbwnsz). >> >> Initial Goals >> >> Currently, there's only POJO based possibility for connecting with >> WSHT services. The goal is to add Web Services based distributions. >> Those will include WAR and JBI distribution. >> >> Second thing is to implement remaining WS-Human-Task spec. It will >> include adding scheduler, implementing time notifications and adding >> tasks escalations. >> >> Third thing is to migrate Hibernate JPA to OpenJPA for licensing reasons. >> >> Future plans (after 1.0 release) include OSGi bundle distribution to >> increase wide adoption of HISE. >> >> Current Status >> >> Meritocracy >> >> WSHT project originally was developed at TouK company by a set of >> committers. All of those committers did a contribution to this >> project, so they have required merit. >> >> TouK currently has one committer in Apache ODE project, which is >> expected to share knowledge about meritocracy inside community. >> >> Community >> >> WSHT has currently a small community consisting of developers inside >> TouK company. This is due to short life of this product. It was >> recently exposed to public and there's a plan to expand community at >> Apache Incubator. >> >> Core Developers >> >> The core developers of WSHT are from TouK company. One of the >> committers is already an Apache ODE committer. All developers from >> initial committer's list are experienced in open source development, >> since they all built this project to current usable status. >> >> There's a plan to increase diversity of developers among various >> companies. This is planned to be done at Apache Incubator in the >> meritocratic way. >> >> Alignment >> >> The current code base is targetted for use inside Spring by creating >> specific beans. But the goal is to add WAR and JBI distributions, >> which will increase possibility to adopt HISE in J2EE and JBI SOA >> worlds. Potential projects benefiting from HISE are Apache ODE (by >> combining BPEL processes with human interactions), Apache ServiceMix >> (by using service for human interactions in ESB), Apache CXF and >> Apache Axis (by using human interactions services from other deployed >> Web Services). >> >> It's also expected to migrate from Hibernate JPA to OpenJPA for >> underlying storage. >> >> Known Risks >> >> Orphaned products >> >> Initial contributors are vendors of this product. So there's no risk >> or warnings for abandoning this project. >> >> Moreover there's already an interest from external communities to join >> this project for development when it enters Apache Incubator. >> >> Inexperience with Open Source >> >> WSHT was started as a closed source project. >> >> Core developers are already experienced with other open source >> projects including Apache OfBiz, Apache ServiceMix, Apache ODE. One of >> the initial committers is a committer in Apache ODE project and is >> expected to share knowledge of open source development process among >> others. >> >> WSHT current code base also depends on various open source projects >> like Apache CXF, Apache Geronimo and it was developed by core >> developers. >> >> Homogenous Developers >> >> WSHT includes committers from only one company (TouK). >> >> Current committers know each other from TouK, so they are not really >> homogenous. This is expected to change during incubation. >> >> Reliance on Salaried Developers >> >> All of the developers at TouK are salaried developers. This is >> expected to change during incubation phase. >> >> Relationships with Other Apache Products >> >> OpenJPA will be used by HISE for it's internal storage. Apache CXF >> will be used to expose Web Services to external world. Apache >> ServiceMix will be used to expose and test WSHT services as JBI >> service. >> >> Maven2 is used for building. >> >> There's no competition among other Apache projects for this project. >> >> An Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand >> >> WSHT is donated to Apache because of ability to gather communities >> among other projects (Apache ServiceMix and Apache ODE) and external >> communities both developers and users. This donation of WSHT project >> is for increasing contacts and visibility in open source world and to >> develop a satisfying implementation for WS-Human-Task spec. >> >> This spec currently has closed source implementations usually bricked >> up with larger products. HISE is expected to provide an open source >> solution for WS-Human-Task spec, which may be adopted in those >> projects too to follow DRY rule among various companies. >> >> Documentation >> >> Informations about WSHT project can be found at >> >> http://top.touk.pl/confluence/display/top/WSHT+-+WS+Human+Tasks+Implementation >> >> Initial Source >> >> WSHT is the only code base for HISE. >> >> WSHT project has been developed since April 2009 at TouK. >> >> It was used to vend inside larger products. It was developed from the >> beginning under Apache 2.0 License with aim to become open source >> project. >> >> Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan >> >> WSHT code base from TouK company (it's developed from the beginning >> under Apache 2.0 License). >> >> External Dependencies >> >> The dependencies with Apache compatible licenses: >> >> * >> >> H2 embedded database (modified MPL 1.1 >> http://www.h2database.com/html/license.html) >> * jaxb (Apache 2.0 and W3C license) >> * aspectj (Eclipse Public License) >> * >> >> jMock Project License (http://www.jmock.org/license.html) >> * saaj API and Impl (CDDL v. 1.0) >> * Other dependencies are licensed under MIT, BSD, Common Public >> License, Eclipse Public License, and Apache 2.0 Licenses >> >> Not compatible with Apache license (and expected to be removed in >> binary distros during incubation): >> >> * Hibernate (LGPL) >> * Jboss Archive Browsing (LGPL) >> >> Cryptography >> >> - >> >> Required Resources >> >> Mailing lists >> >> hise-private, hise-dev >> >> Subversion Directory >> >> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/hise >> >> Issue Tracking >> >> JIRA HISE (HISE) >> >> Other Resources >> >> - >> >> Initial Committers >> >> * >> >> Jakub Kurlenda <j...@touk.pl> >> * >> >> Mateusz Lipczyński <m...@touk.pl> >> * >> >> Michał Zalewski <m...@touk.pl> >> * >> >> Rafał Rusin <r...@apache.org> >> * >> >> Ula Trzaskowska <u...@touk.pl> >> * >> >> Warren Crossing <w...@touk.pl> >> * >> >> Witek Wołejszo <w...@touk.pl> >> >> Affiliations >> >> * >> >> Jakub Kurlenda <j...@touk.pl> (TouK company) >> * >> >> Mateusz Lipczyński <m...@touk.pl> (TouK company) >> * >> >> Michał Zalewski <m...@touk.pl> (TouK company) >> * >> >> Rafał Rusin <r...@apache.org> (TouK company) >> * >> >> Ula Trzaskowska <u...@touk.pl> (TouK company) >> * >> >> Warren Crossing <w...@touk.pl> (TouK company) >> * >> >> Witek Wołejszo <w...@touk.pl> (TouK company) >> >> Sponsors >> >> Champion >> >> Matthieu Riou <mr...@apache.org> >> >> Nominated Mentors >> >> * >> >> Paul Fremantle <p...@apache.org> >> * >> >> Glen Daniels <g...@thoughtcraft.com> >> >> Sponsoring Entity >> >> Apache ODE PMC >> >> >> ---------------------------------- >> >> Regards, >> Rafal Rusin >> >> http://touk.pl >> http://people.apache.org/~rr/ >> >
-- Rafał Rusin http://www.touk.pl http://top.touk.pl http://people.apache.org/~rr/
