Ditto. If there are other folks who would be interested in participating in something like this, now would be a good time to raise your voice!
--- A. Soroka The University of Virginia Library > On Jan 21, 2017, at 10:20 AM, Andrew Valencik <and...@affin.io> wrote: > > I think the "mandatory" documentation contribution is a great idea (and > very reasonable). I'd be happy to partake! > On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 11:13 AM Rafa Haro <rh...@apache.org> wrote: > >> I wouldn't mind to be involved in that but it would be almost "mandatory" >> to contribute some Developer Documentation as outcome of those meetings >> :-). @Rupert we specially need you here :-) >> >> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 4:09 PM A. Soroka <aj...@virginia.edu> wrote: >> >>>> I agree that the barrier to contribution is very high. I recall having >>> issues with the documentation initially and the only >>>> available book on Stanbol was not sufficient. >>>> >>>> If there was renewed interest in bringing on other developers I would >> be >>> interested in investing the time to learn to codebase. >>> >>> I second this! >>> >>> Perhaps (I know it's very difficult to organize synchronous time for a >>> globally-distributed group but perhaps) we could try to organize a boot >>> camp meeting on-line? In other words, those people who (like Andrew and >>> myself) would be willing to contribute as part of a larger effort could >> get >>> some virtual time with one or more committers/PMC members to take an >>> in-depth tour of the system from the developer point of view and hear >> about >>> the outstanding architectural issues, maybe start to figure out points of >>> contribution. >>> >>> I realize this would make a lot of demands on the committers involved, >> but >>> it might be a way to inject some fuel into the effort. >>> >>> Just an idea... >>> >>> --- >>> A. Soroka >>> The University of Virginia Library >>> >>>> On Jan 18, 2017, at 9:54 AM, Andrew Valencik <and...@affin.io> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello! >>>> >>>> We use Stanbol in production to annotate text with entities as part of >>> some >>>> of our data products. >>>> We do this via the REST API. >>>> Originally we were using the content hub to store all the documents but >>> saw >>>> higher than expected failures. >>>> The entity engines seem a bit more resilient to varying content types / >>>> encoding. >>>> >>>> I agree that the barrier to contribution is very high. >>>> I recall having issues with the documentation initially and the only >>>> available book on Stanbol was not sufficient. >>>> >>>> If there was renewed interest in bringing on other developers I would >> be >>>> interested in investing the time to learn to codebase. >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 5:53 AM Raffaele Palmieri < >>>> raffaele.palmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear community, >>>>> we are using 0.12 version with content hub. I find Stanbol very >>> flexible to >>>>> enhance content, specially those unstructured ones. >>>>> For that regards connections with other projects, we have done some >>>>> thoughts about the use with Apache Marmotta with nosql backends for >> big >>>>> data scenarios. Also with Apache Manifold to implement enrichment of >>>>> existent document repositories, that's a common request. >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Raffaele. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 2017-01-16 22:41 GMT+01:00 Antero Duarte <a.fduar...@gmail.com>: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi there, >>>>>> Stanbol is very useful for me! Greatest and easiest tool for us to do >>> NLP >>>>>> and linked data. Has there been any discussion to move towards a >> nosql >>>>>> storage solution, or is solr still the best thing for us? Also, what >>>>> about >>>>>> upgrading solr? How much work would be involved in that? Anyway, >> great >>>>>> tool, really hope this doesn't die!!! >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Antero >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, 16 Jan 2017, 4:43 p.m. Bertrand Delacretaz, < >>>>>> bdelacre...@apache.org> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 2:28 PM, Rafa Haro <rh...@apache.org> >> wrote: >>>>>>>> ...I participated >>>>>>>> also in the development of the Java client, so I could take the >>>>>>>> responsibility of bringing that one as well... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> FWIW, I won't be involved in decisions about this as I left the >>>>>>> Stanbol PMC a while ago - I'm just commenting from a community point >>>>>>> of view, as an experienced Apache member. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> A while ago Stanbol was "larger" and more focused on its core, but >> as >>>>>>> its community becomes smaller (IIUC) it's probably good to bring >>>>>>> everyone here, as much as possible, even it it means a slightly less >>>>>>> focused codebase. This can also help recruiting more active >> committers >>>>>>> and PMC members by involving them directly here. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> That might make Stanbol more sustainable, as a community of people >> who >>>>>>> need similar functionality. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -Bertrand >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Andrew Valencik >>>> >>>> Data Scientist >>>> >>>> Affinio <http://www.affinio.com> | Twitter < >> http://twitter.com/valencik> >>> | >>>> LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-valencik-472b2aa4> >>>> >>>> Discover your personal brand for free with Discovery by Affinio >>>> < >>> >> http://t.sidekickopen36.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs2zGp1-W3Ljs1C5vfVNRVQJSG056dPwzdmbQgC02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.affinio.com%2F&si=5220160139427840&pi=8070b80d-4591-486c-891e-f9743f8a6c3f >>>> >>> >>> >> > -- > > Andrew Valencik > > Data Scientist > > Affinio <http://www.affinio.com> | Twitter <http://twitter.com/valencik> | > LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-valencik-472b2aa4> > > Discover your personal brand for free with Discovery by Affinio > <http://t.sidekickopen36.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs2zGp1-W3Ljs1C5vfVNRVQJSG056dPwzdmbQgC02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.affinio.com%2F&si=5220160139427840&pi=8070b80d-4591-486c-891e-f9743f8a6c3f>