On 2 December 2014 at 15:18, Monosoft Mapple <a_gucc...@icloud.com> wrote:
> 🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽 > Wow seems somebody have a very strong picturesque opinion...maybe someone who wants to sell closed source instead of providing opensource. Anyway, if a_guccioo has some serious points I expect we will hear from him in a more serious way, until then I assume the mail to be a mistake. rgds jan i. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Nov 30, 26 Heisei, at 3:55 AM, Dennis E. Hamilton < > dennis.hamil...@acm.org> wrote: > > > > I put together an abstract in the Corinthia Podling Proposal. It is a > bit lengthy and requires review that it captures the essence of what > Corinthia is for without over/under-stepping. > > > > Here is the text also added to < > https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/CorinthiaProposal>, > > > > """ > > Corinthia converts among document file formats via transformation > through an HTML-grounded intermediary. The selection of document file > formats is expandable by addition of import and export plugins. > > > > Editing in Corinthia is via a responsive editor, implemented in > JavaScript and HTML (CSS), that works on the web, in the cloud, and also > adapts across device form factors for practical use on mobile devices, > tablets, and touch-enabled as well as keyboard-oriented interfaces. > Corinthia document viewing and editing is on the intermediate form, limited > to common, widely-supported features. Corinthia is not a comprehensive > substitute for format-specific authoring, editing, and final-form > printing/production software. > > > > To avoid irreversible loss of features from imported documents, > Corinthia encapsulates unsupported feature occurrences in a form that can > be recovered from the intermediate as part of subsequent export to the same > or different format. > > > > Identification and confirmation of inter-convertible features of > different formats for dependable import and export involves development of > extensive test documents in the different formats. There is profiling of > the extent to which standardized formats are supported in practice, with > identification of deviations and implementation-dependent choices that > impact convertibility. > > > > All of the Corinthia test cases, profiling, plugin development, > libraries, and utilities are reusable resources to other projects. All > development of source-code for binaries is in portable C Language for > multi-platform compilation as well as API "wrapping" for delivery to other > programming models, such as for Python, .NET, Java, and Node.js. Document > format file import and export plugins may be adaptable as import-export > extensions used with other document-processing software. > > """ > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: jan i [mailto:j...@apache.org] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2014 03:13 > > To: general@incubator.apache.org > > Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] [DISCUSSION] Corinthia for Incubation. > > > > Hi all. > > > > We, at the project, hope that the lack of discussion is not a negative > sign > > ! > > > > In the meantime, we have been working behind the scenes, and a couple of > > things have happened: > > > > - The proposal is now on the incubator wiki / corinthiaProposal > > <https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/CorinthiaProposal> > > > > - Dennis Hamilton (incubator, aoo committer) joined the initial committer > > list. His expertise in especially document formats will be of great value > > to the project, Dennis is also providing a lot of good feedback on our > open > > issues. > > > > - Daniel Gruno (Humbedooh) has volunteered to be mentor for the project. > We > > look forward to guidance in all the tricky "paper work". > > > > - Talks are being prepared for ACNA. > > > > > > We are more than happy to answer any questions and make requested > changes. > > > > on behalf of the project > > jan i > > > > > > On 24 November 2014 at 22:14, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) < > > ross.gard...@microsoft.com> wrote: > > > >> There are some passing similarities with Forrest here. I'm not > suggesting > >> any changes to the proposal, just flagging that the intermediate format > >> approach described here is the approach Forrest takes. The focus for > >> Forrest was not on document format conversion but there is a lot of > >> experience there in using intermediate formats. > >> > >> Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. > >> A subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: jan i [mailto:j...@apache.org] > >> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 12:37 PM > >> To: jan i > >> Cc: general@incubator.apache.org > >> Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] [DISCUSSION] Corinthia for Incubation. > >> > >> Hi. > >> > >> Sorry, somebody hit me with the big GIT hammer !! I did something with > git > >> that should not be done. > >> > >> The correct text is: > > [ ... ] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
