+1 On 12.11.2010 Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: > +1...binding. > > Cheers, > Chris > > > On 11/12/10 9:01 AM, "Sander W G van der Waal" > <sander.vanderw...@oucs.ox.ac.uk> wrote: > > +1 (non-binding) > > Sander > > > From: Bertrand Delacretaz [mailto:bdelacre...@apache.org] > > Sent: 10 November 2010 15:11 > > To: Incubator General > > Subject: [VOTE] Accept Stanbol for incubation > > > > Hi, > > > > I think we're ready to vote on the > > http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/StanbolProposal now, copy included > > below. > > > > This is TPFKAF - The Project Formerly Known As FOO. > > > > Please cast your votes: > > > > [ ] +1 Accept Stanbol for incubation > > [ ] +0 Don't care > > [ ] -1 Reject for the following reason: > > > > The vote is open for at least 72 hours. > > > > Thanks! > > -Bertrand > > > > > > = Apache Stanbol incubation proposal = > > > > == Abstract == > > Apache Stanbol is a modular software stack and reusable set of > > components for semantic content management. > > > > == Proposal == > > Stanbol components are meant to be accessed over RESTful interfaces to > > provide semantic services for content management. The current code is > > written in Java and based on the OSGi modularization framework, but > > other server-side languages might be used as well. > > > > Applications include extending existing content management systems > > with (internal or external) semantic services, and creating new types > > of content management systems with semantics at their core. > > > > The architecture of the current (alpha-level) code consists of four layers: > > * Persistence: services that store (or cache) semantic information > > > > and make it searchable > > > > * Lifting: services that add semantic information to "non-semantic" > > > > pieces of content > > > > * Knowledge models and reasoning: services that enhance the semantic > > > > information > > > > * Interaction: intelligent user interface management and generation > > > > == Background == > > Stanbol comes out of the IKS project (Interactive Knowledge Stack, > > http://iks-project.eu/), a research project funded by the European > > Community (EC) which aims to create a semantic content management > > software stack. > > > > One of the goals of IKS is for its software to survive the 4-year > > funding period of the EC, which ends in 2012. > > > > Developing its code in the open at the Apache Software Foundation, and > > growing a community before IKS funding runs out, is the best way to > > ensure the sustainability of the Stanbol software. > > > > For more background information, some articles and tutorials on FISE, > > which was the first usable IKS module, can be found in the "FISE > > links" section of http://wiki.iks-project.eu/index.php/FISE > > > > == Rationale == > > Content Management Systems (CMS) can benefit from semantic add-ons in > > a number of ways, including more intelligent linking, automatic or > > semi-automatic tagging of content, enhanced user interactions based on > > intelligent and dynamically adaptable user scenario modeling, etc. > > > > However, many CMS vendors and developers are not aware of or skilled > > enough in semantic technologies to make effective use of them. > > Research in semantic technologies often happens in academic circles > > which might not make their findings available in a way that's easily > > consumable by today's CMS vendors and developers. > > > > Some big companies are using semantic technologies behind the scenes > > to provide powerful services, but that technology is usually not > > accessible to smaller vendors. > > > > Stanbol aims to bridge these gaps by providing CMS vendors and > > developers with easy to integrate semantic components that add value > > to their offerings. > > > > At the same time, more experimental advanced semantic applications > > will be built on the Stanbol stack, with the medium-term goal of > > enabling pure semantic-based content management and other > > applications. > > > > == Initial Goals == > > > > * Import the existing IKS code. > > * Clean up as needed to take advantage of Apache infrastructure > > > > (Hudson continuous builds, etc.) > > > > * Replace up any dependencies that do not fulfill Apache licensing > > > > criteria. > > > > * Create the Stanbol website and migrate IKS website/wiki information > > > > to it as needed. > > > > * Make a first release and publicize it to start growing the community. > > > > == Current Status == > > === Meritocracy === > > As IKS is an EC research project with funding, it does not formally > > operate as a meritocracy. > > > > However, due to the open source way of working adopted by the > > consortium, an informal meritocracy has emerged within IKS. > > > > We estimate that adapting to the ASF's meritocratic way of working > > will be easy for the initial set of Stanbol committers, as the > > differences to the current way of working are not dramatic. > > > > === Community === > > The IKS project plan includes an important effort to build a community > > around the software that it produces. Several community workshops have > > already taken place, attended by more than 40 European CMS developers > > and vendors. > > > > See http://wiki.iks-project.eu/index.php/Workshops for more info. > > > > A community is emerging around IKS, and moving to the Apache project > > governance model should help grow it - also by reassuring community > > members that the software will continue to be available and > > maintainable once the IKS EC funding runs out. > > > > === Core Developers === > > The IKS consortium consists of seven academic research groups and six > > "industrial partners", companies active in the CMS space. > > > > See http://iks-project.eu/team/team for the list. > > > > The current IKS software has been written by a group of about a dozen > > developers from this consortium, with few external contributions until > > now. Members of the Clerezza community have contributed some key > > pieces, and ties between both communities are strong. > > > > === Alignment === > > As many Apache projects have something to do with content management, > > obvious synergies exist, which should allow us to grow the community > > from inside the ASF as well as from the outside. > > > > == Known Risks == > > > > === Orphaned Products === > > The IKS code as it stands now might be orphaned when the EC funding of > > IKS runs out at the end of 2012. > > > > That's why we want to move to Apache now, to have a bit more than two > > years to make Stanbol independent of its EC funding. > > > > === Inexperience with Open Source === > > The IKS team includes a number of very experienced Open Source > > developers, along with people doing their first open source > > contributions. > > > > Since the IKS consortium started writing code early this year, we have > > had ample opportunity to bring everybody up to speed as to how open > > source works, and we're confident that the initial committers will > > quickly adapt to the ASF's way of working. > > > > === Homogeneous Developers === > > The current developers are spread amongst the IKS consortium partners, > > with no dominant company or organization. > > > > === Reliance on Salaried Developers === > > Until the end of 2012, the work of IKS consortium members is funded by > > the consortium, so there is a "common boss" problem, and we can assume > > that most or all of that work is salaried. > > > > Moving software development to the ASF, and especially growing a > > community to include committers from outside the IKS consortium, > > should help reduce or eliminate this risk. Even IKS partners using the > > software in their products will help reduce the "common boss" problem, > > as both the IKS and the partner company will have a need for Stanbol > > software. > > > > === Relationships with Other Apache Products === > > The IKS software is written as a set of OSGi components and runs on > > Apache Felix, using the launcher from Apache Sling. > > > > It also uses several key components from the Apache Clerezza > > incubating project, along with a number of other Apache libraries. > > Several Clerezza committers have been contributing in IKS workshops, > > without being part of the IKS consortium. > > > > Clerezza in turn uses Jena, which is also joining the Apache Incubator. > > > > Lucene/Solr will be used for indexing and search. > > > > We also expect to use software from or collaborate with Mahout, Tikka, > > Jackrabbit, UIMA and Chemistry. > > > > === An Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand === > > The brand is not what makes the difference for the IKS team, the > > motivation is the opportunity to build and grow a community. > > > > == Documentation == > > Existing components are documented at http://wiki.iks-project.eu/ and > > http://code.google.com/p/iks-project/w/list but that information is > > still incomplete due to the alpha status of most of that software. > > > > == Initial Source == > > http://code.google.com/p/iks-project/ > > > > == External Dependencies == > > Appendix A contains the list of Maven groupIds of dependencies of the > > various Stanbol modules. > > > > Most of those are compatible with ASF requirements > > (http://apache.org/legal/resolved.html) but an extensive check is > > needed, to remove/change any non-compatible ones. > > > > == Required Resources == > > > > === Mailing Lists === > > > > * stanbol-private (moderated subscriptions) > > * stanbol-dev > > * stanbol-commits > > > > === Subversion Directory === > > > > * [[http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/stanbol]] > > > > === Issue Tracking === > > > > * JIRA (STANBOL) > > > > === Other Resources === > > We will probably request a wiki once the podling is setup, and access > > to a Hudson continuous build server. > > > > == Initial Committers and affiliations == > > The following people are members of the IKS consortium, see > > http://iks-project.eu/team/team for a description of their > > > > organizations: > > * Aldo Gangemi (aldo DOT gangemi AT cnr DOT it) - CNR > > * Andreas Filler (andreas DOT filler AT hs-furtwangen DOT de) - > > > > Hochschule Furtwangen > > > > * Andreas Gruber (andreas DOT gruber AT salzburgresearch DOT at) - > > > > Salzburg Research > > > > * Benjamin Nagel (bnagel AT hotmail DOT de) - University of Paderborn > > * Bertrand Delacretaz (bdelacretaz AT apache DOT org) - Adobe > > * Enrico Daga (enrico DOT daga AT cnr DOT it) - CNR > > * Fabian Christ (christ DOT fabian AT googlemail DOT com) - > > > > University of Paderborn (s-lab) > > > > * Henri Bergius (henri DOT bergius AT iki DOT fi) - Nemein - original > > > > co-author of Midgard > > > > * Jean-Michel Pittet (jmp AT adobe DOT com) - Adobe > > * Joerg Steffen (steffen AT dfki DOT de) - DFKI > > * Massimo Romanelli (romanell AT dfki DOT de) - DFKI - W3C MMI > > > > Working Group, USDL Incubator Group > > > > * Olivier Grisel (ogrisel AT nuxeo DOT com) - Nuxeo - committer on > > > > Nuxeo, contributor to Mahout, http://github.com/ogrisel and > > http://bitbucket.org/ogrisel > > > > * Ozgur Kilic (ozgur AT srdc DOT com DOT tr) - SRDC > > * Rupert Westenthaler (rupert DOT westenthaler AT gmail DOT com) - > > > > Salzburg Research > > > > * Sebastian Germesin (sebastian DOT germesin AT dfki DOT de) - DFKI > > * Stefane Fermigier (sf AT fermigier DOT com) - Nuxeo SA > > * Szabolcs Grunwald (szaby DOT gruenwald AT salzburgresearch DOT at) > > > > - Salzburg Research > > > > * Tilman Becker (becker AT dfki DOT de) - DFKI > > * Valentina Presutti (valentina DOT presutti AT cnr DOT it) - CNR > > * Walter Kasper (kasper AT dfki DOT de) - DFKI - OpenLogos project > > > > lead, http://openlogos-mt.sourceforge.net/ > > > > * Wernher Behrendt (wernher DOT behrendt AT gmail DOT com) - Salzburg > > > > Research > > > > * Wolfgang Maass (wolfgang DOT maass AT unisg DOT de) - University of > > > > St. Gallen > > > > The following initial committers are not members of the IKS consortium: > > * Andreas Kuckartz (a DOT kuckartz AT ping DOT de) > > * Ard Schrijvers (ard AT apache DOT org) > > * Tommaso Teofili (tommaso AT apache DOT org) > > > > == Sponsors == > > > > === Champion === > > > > * Bertrand Delacretaz (bdelacretaz AT apache DOT org) > > > > === Nominated Mentors === > > > > * Ted Dunning (tdunning AT apache DOT org) > > * Ross Gardler (rgardler AT apache DOT org) > > * Upayavira (upayavira AT apache DOT org) > > * Isabel Drost (isabel AT apache DOT org) > > > > === Sponsoring Entity === > > Apache Incubator. > > > > == Appendix A: list of dependencies == > > Here's the list of Maven groupIds of the current Stanbol dependencies, > > omitting org.apache.* and commons-* groupIds but including transitive > > dependencies. > > > > {{{ > > asm > > com.aetrion.flickr > > com.beetstra.jutf7 > > com.drewnoakes > > com.googlecode.json-simple > > com.hp.hpl.jena > > com.ibm.icu > > com.sun.jersey > > com.sun.xml.bind > > dom4j > > edu.smu.tspell > > eu.iksproject > > hermit > > info.aduna.commons > > it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.chars > > javax.activation > > javax.mail > > javax.servlet > > javax.ws.rs > > javax.xml > > javax.xml.bind > > javax.xml.stream > > jetty > > jtidy > > junit > > local.jrdf > > log4j > > mysql > > net.fortuna.ical4j > > net.fortuna.mstor > > net.sf.jacob-project > > net.sf.kxml > > net.sourceforge > > net.sourceforge.juniversalchardet > > org.antlr > > org.bibsonomy > > org.bouncycastle > > org.clojars.thnetos > > org.codehaus.castor > > org.codehaus.jackson > > org.codehaus.jettison > > org.codehaus.woodstox > > org.freemarker > > org.hsqldb > > org.htmlparser > > org.jaudiotagger > > org.jdom > > org.json > > org.mockito > > org.mortbay.jetty > > org.nsdl.mptstore > > org.openrdf.sesame > > org.ops4j.base > > org.ops4j.pax.exam > > org.ops4j.pax.runner > > org.osgi > > org.samba.jcifs > > org.scala-lang > > org.semanticdesktop.aperture > > org.semanticdesktop.nepomuk > > org.semanticweb.owlapi > > org.semweb4j > > org.slf4j > > org.textmining > > org.wymiwyg > > owl-link > > owlapi > > ronaldhttpclient > > stax > > trove > > xerces > > xmlpull > > }}} > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. > Senior Computer Scientist > NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA > Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 > Email: chris.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov > WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department > University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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