Thanks Noah. I think the discussion has calmed down and hopefully we could start Vote thread tomorrow.
- Henry On Wednesday, June 5, 2013, Noah Slater wrote: > I sent a note to the CouchDB list to see if anyone else wants > to volunteer as a mentor. > > > On 31 May 2013 21:35, Henry Saputra <henry.sapu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Added Noah Slater (nslater at apache dot org) as mentor and initial > > committer to the proposal. > > > > - Henry > > > > > > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Henry Saputra <henry.sapu...@gmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > Dear ASF members, > > > > > > We would like to propose MetaModel for the incubator. > > > > > > Matt Franklin will be the Champion for this project and the proposal > > draft > > > is available at: > > > > > > https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/MetaModelProposal > > > > > > Looking forward to all of your suggestions and feedback. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Henry Saputra > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > = MetaModel – uniform data access across datastores = > > > > > > Proposal for Apache Incubator > > > > > > == Abstract == > > > > > > MetaModel is a data access framework, providing a common interface for > > > exploration and querying of different types of datastores. > > > > > > == Proposal == > > > > > > MetaModel provides a uniform meta-model for exploring and querying the > > > structure of datastores, covering but not limited to relational > > databases, > > > various data file formats, NoSQL databases, Salesforce.com, SugarCRM > and > > > more. The scope of the project is to stay domain-agnostic, so the > > > meta-model will be concerned with schemas, tables, columns, rows, > > > relationships etc. > > > > > > On top of this meta-model a rich querying API is provided which > resembles > > > SQL, but built using compiler-checked Java language constructs. For > > > datastores that do not have a native SQL-compatible query engine, the > > > MetaModel project also includes an abstract Java-based query engine > > > implementation which individual datastore-modules can adapt to fit the > > > concrete datastore. > > > > > > === Background === > > > > > > The MetaModel project was initially developed by eobject.dk to service > > > the DataCleaner application (http://datacleaner.org). The main > > > requirement was to perform data querying and modification operations > on a > > > wide range of quite different datastores. Furthermore a programmatic > > query > > > model was needed in order to allow different components to influence > the > > > query plan. > > > > > > In 2009, Human Inference acquired the eobjects projects including > > > MetaModel. Since then MetaModel has been put to extensive use in the > > Human > > > Inference products. The open source nature of the project was > reinforced, > > > leading to a significant growth in the community. > > > > > > MetaModel has successfully been used in a number of other open source > > > projects as well as mission critical commercial software from Human > > > Inference. Currently MetaModel is hosted at > > http://metamodel.eobjects.org. > > > > > > === Rationale === > > > > > > Different types of datastores have different characteristics, which > > always > > > lead to the interfaces for these being different from one another. > > > Standards like JDBC and the SQL language attempt to standardize data > > > access, but for some datastore types like flat files, spreadsheets, > NoSQL > > > databases and more, such standards are not even implementable. > > > > > > Specialization in interfaces obviously has merit for optimized usage, > but > > > for integration tools, batch applications and or generic data > > modification > > > tools, this myriad of specialized interfaces is a big pain. > Furthermore, > > > being able to query every datastore with a basic set of SQL-like > features > > > can be a great productivity boost for a wide range of applications. > > > > > > === Initial goals === > > > > > > MetaModel is already a sta> http://eobjects.org/svn/MetaModelbut will > be moved to an Apache > > repository. > > > > > > === Issue tracking === > > > > > > JIRA MetaModel (METAMODEL) > > > > > > === Other resources === > > > > > > We would like to have wiki page located at: > > > http://wiki.apache.org/MetaModel > > > > > > In later development phase a set of database servers (specifically > > > MongoDB, CouchDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server (Express), Firebird) > > > should be made available for integration testing. > > > Currently this is done internally at Human Inference. > > > > > > === Initial committers === > > > > > > Kasper Sørensen (i.am.kasper.sorensen [at] gmail.com), Project > Founder, > > > works at Human Inference > > > > > > Ankit Kumar (ak.ankitkumar [at] gmail.com), works at Human Inference > > > > > > Sameer Arora (sameer11sep [at] gmail.com) > > > > > > Henry Saputra (hsaputra [at] apache.org) > > > > > > Juan José van der Linden (delostilos [at] gmail.com), works for Quipu > > > > > > Arvind Prabhakar (arvind at apache dot org) > > > > > > Matt Franklin (mfranklin at apache dot org) > > > > > > > > > == Sponsors == > > > > > > === Champion === > > > > > > Matt Franklin (mfranklin at apache dot org) > > > > > > === Nominated mentors === > > > > > > Henry Saputra (hsaputra at apache dot org) > > > > > > Arvind Prabhakar (arvind at apache dot org) > > > > > > Matt Franklin (mfranklin at apache dot org) > > > > > > === Sponsoring entity === > > > > > > The Apache Incubator. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > NS >
