+1 (binding) On Jan 12, 2018 14:13, "Kevin A. McGrail" <kmcgr...@apache.org> wrote:
> Hi All, > > I would like to start a VOTE & I vote +1 to bring the ECharts project in > as an Apache incubator podling. > > The ASF voting rules are described: > > https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html > > A vote for accepting a new Apache Incubator podling is a majority vote for > which only Incubator PMC member votes are binding. > > This vote will run for at least 72 hours. Please VOTE as follows > [ ] +1 Accept ECharts into the Apache Incubator > [ ] +0 Abstain. > [ ] -1 Do not accept ECharts into the Apache Incubator because ... > > The proposal is listed below, but you can also access it on the wiki: > https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/EChartsProposal > > Regards, > KAM > > > 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 > > There are several existing Apache projects that using ECharts already, > including: > > Apache Eagle > Apache Griffin (Incubating) > Apache Kylin > > Apache SkyWalking (Incubating) > > 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/echar > ts-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 > > Kevin A. McGrail > Dave Fisher > John D. Ament > > Sponsoring Entity > We are requesting the Incubator to sponsor this project. > > -- > Kevin A. McGrail > Asst. Treasurer & VP Fundraising, Apache Software Foundation > Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project >
