Great to hear that ECharts is coming to ASF! ECharts is a great chart library with good documentation and well community support. In Apache Eagle, we use ECharts a lot for monitoring dashboards and data visualization.
Welcome and Good luck! Hao Chen On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 11:33 AM, Tan,Zhongyi <tanzhon...@baidu.com> wrote: > Hi， wusheng & skywalking team， > > Glad to hear that your project is already using echarts. > If meet any problem or have any feature request, please let us know. > Thanks > > > I will update the proposal to add your project there. > > > > 在 2018/1/7 下午6:18， "吴晟 Sheng Wu" <wu.sh...@foxmail.com> 写入: > > >Hi, ECharts community team. > > > > > >Glad your guys bringing the project to Apache. SkyWalking 's next release > >will use some ECharts charts for our APM visualization. (already in > >developing branch) > > > > > >So if you like, you can put `Apache SkyWalking (Incubating)` in your > >"Relationships with Other Apache Products" section. > > > > > >This is a good and useful project. Welcome and gook luck. > > > > > >------------------ > >Sheng Wu > >Apache SkyWalking creator and PPMC member > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------ Original ------------------ > >From: "Tan,Zhongyi";<tanzhon...@baidu.com>; > >Date: Fri, Jan 5, 2018 06:00 PM > >To: "general@incubator.apache.org"<general@incubator.apache.org>; > > > >Subject: [PROPOSAL] ECharts - proposal for Apache Incubation > > > > > > > >Hi, Dear Apache Incubator Community, > > > >Please accept the follow proposal for presentation and discussion: > > > >https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/EChartsProposal > > > >ECharts is a charting and data visualization library written in > >JavaScript . > >It has been an open source project on github since 2013， and is one of > >the > >most popular repositories in topic of data visualization category in > >github. > > > >Best regards. > > > > > > > > > >Below is the proposal also. > > > > > > > >= ECharts Proposal = > > > >=== Abstract === > > > >ECharts is a charting and data visualization library written in > >JavaScript. > > > > > >=== Proposal === > > > >ECharts provides a powerful, interactive charting and data visualization > >library > >and framework for web browser, mobile App and backend usage. > > > > > >=== Background === > > > >A primary goal of data visualization is to communicate information > >clearly and > >efficiently via statistical graphics, plots and other graphics. > > > >Numerical data may be presented in dots, lines, or bars, to visually > >communicate > >a quantitative message. Effective visualization helps users to analyze > >data . > >It makes complex data more readable, understandable.[1] > > > >Now data visualization concerns mainly about presentation and propagation > >in web, > >ECharts uses JavaScript as its basic programing language. It brings great > >compatibility across multiple platforms, not only in web browsers, but > >also > >in mobile Apps via embedded web engine or in backend environment via the > >techniques > >of headless browser. > > > > > >=== Rationale === > > > >ECharts encapsulates the underlying data transformation, control flow, > >visual > >encoding and rendering, receiving the visualization requirements with > >declarative language, > >and produces interactive charts and components. We will highlight the > >features below to > >illustrate the power that ECharts already has, and our concerns and our > >visions: > > > > * User Diversity: > >ECharts expects that its users are not only web developers, but also > >people with lesser programing skills. So ECharts enables users to > >describe data and settings with declarative language, which lowers > >the barrier but without losing the power, and benefit to transfer > >and store. > > > > * Configurable Interactions: > >ECharts has provided plenty of interactions and aims at providing more. > >Both human interactions and the interactions with upper program are > >supported and can be configurable. > > > > * Large Data: > >Although the browser environment and JavaScript bring some performance > >limits in visualizing large data or performing animations, ECharts have > >been adopting various optimization techniques to rise the upper limit > >of the amount of data that it can process, and keep improving the > >fluency of interactions and animations. > > > > * Cross-Platform: > >The underlying render engine of ECharts can be switched between > >HTMLCanvas, SVG, or VML, which provides good compatibility and brings > >opportunities to optimize performance according to different platform > >and usage scenarios. Besides, ECharts can also works in backend > >environment via headless techniques. > > > >ECharts can be created using headless browsers to pregenerate reports on > >more powerful machines for better performance on resource-limited devices > > > > *Extension and Customization: > >ECharts provides extension mechanisms to make new types of chart and > >components, > >adopt other layout algorithms, or even adopt other render techniques. > >Various developers have contributed different types of extensions based > >on ECharts.[2] > > > > > >=== Current Status === > > > >ECharts has been an open source project on GitHub[3] since 2013. > >Currently it has more than 20k stars, more than 50k monthly downloads[4] > >in NPM, and is one of the most popular repositories in topic of data > >visualization category in GitHub.[5] And it has been used in many > >products of Baidu and other companies such as Alibaba, Tencent, Netease, > >XinHua News Agency,National Bureau of Statistics of China, Sina, > >State Grid Corporation of China, Lenovo, Ctrip etc. > > > > > >=== Meritocracy === > >The ECharts project already operates on meritocratic principles. > >It was originally created by Lin Zhifeng in 2013,adding developers > >worldwide and has accepted multiple major patches from a diverse set > >of contributors. > > > >We will follow ASF meritocratic principles to encourage more > >developers to contribute in this project. We know that only active and > >committed developers from a diverse set of backgrounds can make ECharts > >a successful project. We are also improving the project documentation > >and code to help new developers to get started quickly. > > > > > >=== Community === > > > >ECharts has been building an active community for the last four years. > >Currently, the community includes over 50 contributors . > >The core developers of our project are listed below. > > > >=== Core Developers === > > > > * Su Shuang (https://github.com/100pah sushuang0...@gmail.com ) > > * Shen Yi (https://github.com/pissang shenyi....@gmail.com ) > > * Zhang Wenli (https://github.com/Ovilia m...@zhangwenli.com ) > > * Li Deqing (https://github.com/deqingli annong...@gmail.com) > > * Dong Rui (https://github.com/erik168 error...@gmail.com) > > > > > > > >=== Alignment === > > > >ECharts is popular in data visualization and charting on web projects. > >And ASF has many famous web projects and big data related projects. > >We believe that ASF is a perfect choice to help ECharts project to > >attract more developers and have more cooperation with existing projects. > > > >=== Known Risks === > >==== Orphaned products ==== > >Given the current level of investment in ECharts and the stakeholders > >using it - the risk of the project being abandoned is minimal. > >Baidu, for example, is in active development to use ECharts in many of > >its services and many large corporations including Alibaba, Tencent, > >Huawei, Sina, Lenovo use it in their production applications. > > > >==== Inexperience with Open Source ==== > >ECharts has been an active open source project for more than 4 years. > >During that time, the project has attracted 50+ contributors. > > > >==== Homogenous Developers ==== > >The most of core developers are from Baidu, but after ECharts was open > >sourced, > >ECharts received a lot of bug fixes and enhancements from other > >developers not working at Baidu. > >And the founder of ECharts,Lin Zhifeng still contributes a lot after he > >left Baidu. > > > > > >=== Reliance on Salaried Developers === > >Although some of the developers are salaried, the project is personally > >initiated from > >the beginning. The core developers have been dedicated to this project > >for four years > >and have kept the project independent with developers around the world > >involved. > > > > > >=== Relationships with Other Apache Products === > > > >We have not found an existing charting project in Apache yet. And there > >is potential > >cooperation with some existing Apache projects big data related. > > > > > >=== A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand === > > > >Our interests and motivations are based on the factors mentioned in the > >Rationale > >section rather than the publicity. Furthermore, the brand of ECharts has > >been successful > >in the past years on their own and we would be happy to keep on this > >path. We are honored > > at getting the opportunity to join the ASF, with the understanding to > >ensure its brand > >policies are respected.Also we expect that Apache brand will help to > >attract more contributors. > > > >=== Documentation === > > > >[1] Data Visualization: > >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_visualization > > > >[2] ECharts Extensions: > >https://github.com/ecomfe/ECharts#resources > > > >[3] ECharts Information: > >https://github.com/ecomfe/ECharts > >https://ecomfe.github.io/echarts-doc/public/en/index.html > > > >[4] ECharts in NPM: > >https://www.npmjs.com/package/echarts > > > >[5] GitHub Data Visualization Topic: > >https://github.com/topics/data-visualization > > > > > >=== Initial Source === > > > >ECharts has been developed since 2013. It currently has an active > >developer and user community > >with a codebase in JavaScript.We currently use Github to maintain our > >source code and > >track issues at https://github.com/ecomfe/ECharts. > >We need to move our respository to Apache infrastructure. > > > > > >=== Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan === > >ECharts source code is available under BSD-3 license and owned by Baidu. > >We will work with the committers to get ICLAs signed. > >We will provide a Software Grant Agreement from an authorized signer > >per https://www.apache.org/licenses/software-grant-template.pdf > > > > > >=== External Dependencies === > > > >All The dependencies are released under Apache compatible licenses, > >including BSD and MIT. > > > > > >=== Required Resources === > > > >==== Mailing List: ==== > >There are currently no mailing lists. > >The usual mailing lists are expected to be set up when entering > >incubation: > > > > * priv...@echarts.incubator.apache.org > > * d...@echarts.incubator.apache.org > > * comm...@echarts.incubator.apache.org > > > >==== Git Repositories: ==== > >Upon entering incubation: https://github.com/apache/incubator-echarts > >After incubation, we want to move the existing repo from > >github/ecomfe/echarts to Apache infrastructure. > > > >==== Issue Tracking: ==== > >ECharts currently uses GitHub to track issues. there are more than 7k > >issues. > >Would like to continue to do so while we discuss migration possibilities > >with the ASF Infra committee. > > > >==== URL: ==== > >Currently the website url is > >https://ecomfe.github.io/echarts-doc/public/en/index.html. > > It will be moved to http://echarts.incubator.apache.org/ to follow > >incubator conventions. > > > > > >=== Initial Committers === > > * Lin Zhifeng (https://github.com/kener kener.linf...@gmail.com) > > * Su Shuang (https://github.com/100pah sushuang0...@gmail.com) > > * Shen Yi (https://github.com/pissang shenyi....@gmail.com) > > * Zhang Wenli (https://github.com/Ovilia m...@zhangwenli.com) > > * Li Deqing (https://github.com/deqingli annong...@gmail.com) > > * Wang Junting > > * Dong Rui (https://github.com/erik168 error...@gmail.com) > > * Huang Houjin (https://github.com/chriswong w...@foxmail.com) > > > >=== Sponsors: === > > > >==== Champion: ==== > > * Kevin A. McGrail > > > >==== Mentors: ==== > > * Daniel Gruno > > * John D. Ament > > > >==== Sponsoring Entity ==== > >We are requesting the Incubator to sponsor this project. > > > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > >For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
