Re: [PROPOSAL] Shindig, an OpenSocial Container
Okay, am about to submit a VOTE email with the revised proposal. There are a couple major changes on the proposal. The biggest is the initial contributors and codebase. Google asked to be involved and offered to submit the initial implementation, which is a whole lot better than the one I pulled out of Ning so I think it is a great change. Additionally, folks from Hi5 and MySpace have been added to the proposal. -Brian On Nov 27, 2007, at 11:40 PM, Otis Gospodnetic wrote: +1 -- my simpy.com might become a client soon. :) Otis -- Sematext -- http://sematext.com/ -- Lucene - Solr - Nutch - Original Message From: Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Friday, November 9, 2007 1:03:49 PM Subject: [PROPOSAL] Shindig, an OpenSocial Container Shindig Proposal -- = Abstract = Shindig will develop the container and backend server components for hosting OpenSocial applications. = Proposal = Shindig will develop a JavaScript container and implementations of the backend APIs and proxy required for hosting OpenSocial applications. = Background = OpenSocial provides a common set of APIs for social applications across multiple websites. With standard JavaScript and HTML, developers can create social applications that use a social network's friends and update feeds. A social application, in this context, is an application run by a third party provider and embedded in a web page, or web application, which consumes services provided by the container and by the application host. This is very similar to Portal/Portlet technology, but is based on client-side compositing, rather than server. More information can be found about OpenSocial at http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/ == Rationale == Shindig is an implementation of an emerging set of APIs for client- side composited web applications. The Apache Software Foundation has proven to have developed a strong system and set of mores for building community-centric, open standards based systems with a wide variety of participants. A robust, community-developed implementation of these APIs will encourage compatibility between service providers, ensure an excellent implementation is available to everyone, and enable faster and easier application development for users. The Apache Software Foundation has proven it is the best place for this type of open development. = Current Status = This is a new project. = Meritocracy = The initial developers are very familiar with meritocratic open source development, both at Apache and elsewhere. Apache was chosen specifically because the initial developers want to encourage this style of development for the project. === Community === Shindig seeks to develop developer and user communities during incubation. = Core Developers = The initial core developers are all Ning employees. We hope to expand this very quickly. = Alignment = The developers of Shindig want to work with the Apache Software Foundation specifically because Apache has proven to provide a strong foundation and set of practices for developing standards-based infrastructure and server components. = Known Risks = == Orphaned products == Shindig is new development of an emerging set of APIs. == Inexperience with Open Source == The initial developers include long-time open source developers, including Apache Members. == Homogenous Developers == The initial group of developers is quite homogenous. Remedying this is a large part of why we want to bring the project to Apache. == Reliance on Salaried Developers == The initial group of developers are employed by a potential consumer of the project. Remedying this is a large part of why we want to bring the project to Apache. == Relationships with Other Apache Products == None in particular, except that Apache HTTPD is the best place to run PHP, which the server-side components Ning intends to donate have been implemented in. == A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand == We believe in the processes, systems, and framework Apache has put in place. The brand is nice, but is not why we wish to come to Apache. = Documentation = Google's OpenSocial Documentation: http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/ Ning's OpenSocial Documentation: http://tinyurl.com/3y5ckx = Initial Source = Ning, Inc. intends to donate code based on their implementation of OpenSocial. The backend systems will be replaced with more generic equivalents in order to not bind the implementation to specifics of the Ning platform. This code will be extracted from Ning's internal development, and has not been expanded on past the extraction. It will be provided primarily as a starting place for a much more robust, community- developed implementation. = External Dependencies = The initial codebase relies on a library created by Google, Inc., and licensed under the Apache Software License, Version 2.0. = Required Resources = Developer and user mailing
Re: [PROPOSAL] Shindig, an OpenSocial Container
+1 -- my simpy.com might become a client soon. :) Otis -- Sematext -- http://sematext.com/ -- Lucene - Solr - Nutch - Original Message From: Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Friday, November 9, 2007 1:03:49 PM Subject: [PROPOSAL] Shindig, an OpenSocial Container Shindig Proposal -- = Abstract = Shindig will develop the container and backend server components for hosting OpenSocial applications. = Proposal = Shindig will develop a JavaScript container and implementations of the backend APIs and proxy required for hosting OpenSocial applications. = Background = OpenSocial provides a common set of APIs for social applications across multiple websites. With standard JavaScript and HTML, developers can create social applications that use a social network's friends and update feeds. A social application, in this context, is an application run by a third party provider and embedded in a web page, or web application, which consumes services provided by the container and by the application host. This is very similar to Portal/Portlet technology, but is based on client-side compositing, rather than server. More information can be found about OpenSocial at http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/ == Rationale == Shindig is an implementation of an emerging set of APIs for client-side composited web applications. The Apache Software Foundation has proven to have developed a strong system and set of mores for building community-centric, open standards based systems with a wide variety of participants. A robust, community-developed implementation of these APIs will encourage compatibility between service providers, ensure an excellent implementation is available to everyone, and enable faster and easier application development for users. The Apache Software Foundation has proven it is the best place for this type of open development. = Current Status = This is a new project. = Meritocracy = The initial developers are very familiar with meritocratic open source development, both at Apache and elsewhere. Apache was chosen specifically because the initial developers want to encourage this style of development for the project. === Community === Shindig seeks to develop developer and user communities during incubation. = Core Developers = The initial core developers are all Ning employees. We hope to expand this very quickly. = Alignment = The developers of Shindig want to work with the Apache Software Foundation specifically because Apache has proven to provide a strong foundation and set of practices for developing standards-based infrastructure and server components. = Known Risks = == Orphaned products == Shindig is new development of an emerging set of APIs. == Inexperience with Open Source == The initial developers include long-time open source developers, including Apache Members. == Homogenous Developers == The initial group of developers is quite homogenous. Remedying this is a large part of why we want to bring the project to Apache. == Reliance on Salaried Developers == The initial group of developers are employed by a potential consumer of the project. Remedying this is a large part of why we want to bring the project to Apache. == Relationships with Other Apache Products == None in particular, except that Apache HTTPD is the best place to run PHP, which the server-side components Ning intends to donate have been implemented in. == A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand == We believe in the processes, systems, and framework Apache has put in place. The brand is nice, but is not why we wish to come to Apache. = Documentation = Google's OpenSocial Documentation: http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/ Ning's OpenSocial Documentation: http://tinyurl.com/3y5ckx = Initial Source = Ning, Inc. intends to donate code based on their implementation of OpenSocial. The backend systems will be replaced with more generic equivalents in order to not bind the implementation to specifics of the Ning platform. This code will be extracted from Ning's internal development, and has not been expanded on past the extraction. It will be provided primarily as a starting place for a much more robust, community- developed implementation. = External Dependencies = The initial codebase relies on a library created by Google, Inc., and licensed under the Apache Software License, Version 2.0. = Required Resources = Developer and user mailing lists A subversion repository A JIRA issue tracker = Initial Committers = Thomas Baker[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tim Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thomas Dudziak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Martin Traverso [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Sponsors = == Champion == Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Nominated Mentors == Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thomas Dudziak [EMAIL PROTECTED
Re: [PROPOSAL] Shindig, an OpenSocial Container
+1 On Nov 9, 2007, at 1:03 PM, Brian McCallister wrote: Shindig Proposal -- = Abstract = Shindig will develop the container and backend server components for hosting OpenSocial applications. = Proposal = Shindig will develop a JavaScript container and implementations of the backend APIs and proxy required for hosting OpenSocial applications. = Background = OpenSocial provides a common set of APIs for social applications across multiple websites. With standard JavaScript and HTML, developers can create social applications that use a social network's friends and update feeds. A social application, in this context, is an application run by a third party provider and embedded in a web page, or web application, which consumes services provided by the container and by the application host. This is very similar to Portal/Portlet technology, but is based on client-side compositing, rather than server. More information can be found about OpenSocial at http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/ == Rationale == Shindig is an implementation of an emerging set of APIs for client- side composited web applications. The Apache Software Foundation has proven to have developed a strong system and set of mores for building community-centric, open standards based systems with a wide variety of participants. A robust, community-developed implementation of these APIs will encourage compatibility between service providers, ensure an excellent implementation is available to everyone, and enable faster and easier application development for users. The Apache Software Foundation has proven it is the best place for this type of open development. = Current Status = This is a new project. = Meritocracy = The initial developers are very familiar with meritocratic open source development, both at Apache and elsewhere. Apache was chosen specifically because the initial developers want to encourage this style of development for the project. === Community === Shindig seeks to develop developer and user communities during incubation. = Core Developers = The initial core developers are all Ning employees. We hope to expand this very quickly. = Alignment = The developers of Shindig want to work with the Apache Software Foundation specifically because Apache has proven to provide a strong foundation and set of practices for developing standards-based infrastructure and server components. = Known Risks = == Orphaned products == Shindig is new development of an emerging set of APIs. == Inexperience with Open Source == The initial developers include long-time open source developers, including Apache Members. == Homogenous Developers == The initial group of developers is quite homogenous. Remedying this is a large part of why we want to bring the project to Apache. == Reliance on Salaried Developers == The initial group of developers are employed by a potential consumer of the project. Remedying this is a large part of why we want to bring the project to Apache. == Relationships with Other Apache Products == None in particular, except that Apache HTTPD is the best place to run PHP, which the server-side components Ning intends to donate have been implemented in. == A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand == We believe in the processes, systems, and framework Apache has put in place. The brand is nice, but is not why we wish to come to Apache. = Documentation = Google's OpenSocial Documentation: http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/ Ning's OpenSocial Documentation: http://tinyurl.com/3y5ckx = Initial Source = Ning, Inc. intends to donate code based on their implementation of OpenSocial. The backend systems will be replaced with more generic equivalents in order to not bind the implementation to specifics of the Ning platform. This code will be extracted from Ning's internal development, and has not been expanded on past the extraction. It will be provided primarily as a starting place for a much more robust, community- developed implementation. = External Dependencies = The initial codebase relies on a library created by Google, Inc., and licensed under the Apache Software License, Version 2.0. = Required Resources = Developer and user mailing lists A subversion repository A JIRA issue tracker = Initial Committers = Thomas Baker[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tim Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thomas Dudziak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Martin Traverso [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Sponsors = == Champion == Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Nominated Mentors == Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thomas Dudziak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Santiago Gala [EMAIL PROTECTED] Upayavira [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Sponsoring Entity == The Apache Incubator. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL
Re: [PROPOSAL] Shindig, an OpenSocial Container
+1 I have no explanation why the social networks are experiencing such growth these days, but it is certainly another fun area for developers :-) Andrus Brian McCallister wrote: Shindig Proposal -- = Abstract = Shindig will develop the container and backend server components for hosting OpenSocial applications. = Proposal = Shindig will develop a JavaScript container and implementations of the backend APIs and proxy required for hosting OpenSocial applications. = Background = OpenSocial provides a common set of APIs for social applications across multiple websites. With standard JavaScript and HTML, developers can create social applications that use a social network's friends and update feeds. A social application, in this context, is an application run by a third party provider and embedded in a web page, or web application, which consumes services provided by the container and by the application host. This is very similar to Portal/Portlet technology, but is based on client-side compositing, rather than server. More information can be found about OpenSocial at http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/ == Rationale == Shindig is an implementation of an emerging set of APIs for client- side composited web applications. The Apache Software Foundation has proven to have developed a strong system and set of mores for building community-centric, open standards based systems with a wide variety of participants. A robust, community-developed implementation of these APIs will encourage compatibility between service providers, ensure an excellent implementation is available to everyone, and enable faster and easier application development for users. The Apache Software Foundation has proven it is the best place for this type of open development. = Current Status = This is a new project. = Meritocracy = The initial developers are very familiar with meritocratic open source development, both at Apache and elsewhere. Apache was chosen specifically because the initial developers want to encourage this style of development for the project. === Community === Shindig seeks to develop developer and user communities during incubation. = Core Developers = The initial core developers are all Ning employees. We hope to expand this very quickly. = Alignment = The developers of Shindig want to work with the Apache Software Foundation specifically because Apache has proven to provide a strong foundation and set of practices for developing standards-based infrastructure and server components. = Known Risks = == Orphaned products == Shindig is new development of an emerging set of APIs. == Inexperience with Open Source == The initial developers include long-time open source developers, including Apache Members. == Homogenous Developers == The initial group of developers is quite homogenous. Remedying this is a large part of why we want to bring the project to Apache. == Reliance on Salaried Developers == The initial group of developers are employed by a potential consumer of the project. Remedying this is a large part of why we want to bring the project to Apache. == Relationships with Other Apache Products == None in particular, except that Apache HTTPD is the best place to run PHP, which the server-side components Ning intends to donate have been implemented in. == A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand == We believe in the processes, systems, and framework Apache has put in place. The brand is nice, but is not why we wish to come to Apache. = Documentation = Google's OpenSocial Documentation: http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/ Ning's OpenSocial Documentation: http://tinyurl.com/3y5ckx = Initial Source = Ning, Inc. intends to donate code based on their implementation of OpenSocial. The backend systems will be replaced with more generic equivalents in order to not bind the implementation to specifics of the Ning platform. This code will be extracted from Ning's internal development, and has not been expanded on past the extraction. It will be provided primarily as a starting place for a much more robust, community- developed implementation. = External Dependencies = The initial codebase relies on a library created by Google, Inc., and licensed under the Apache Software License, Version 2.0. = Required Resources = Developer and user mailing lists A subversion repository A JIRA issue tracker = Initial Committers = Thomas Baker[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tim Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thomas Dudziak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Martin Traverso [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Sponsors = == Champion == Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Nominated Mentors == Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thomas Dudziak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Santiago Gala [EMAIL PROTECTED] Upayavira [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Sponsoring Entity == The Apache Incubator. -
Re: [PROPOSAL] Shindig, an OpenSocial Container
+1 --kevan On Nov 9, 2007 1:03 PM, Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shindig Proposal
Re: [PROPOSAL] Shindig, an OpenSocial Container
On Nov 11, 2007 7:00 PM, Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 9, 2007, at 1:34 PM, Sylvain Wallez wrote: Brian McCallister wrote: Shindig Proposal +1 ... sounds like a great idea and very useful for Apache's social software apps (Roller and JSPWiki). - Dave - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PROPOSAL] Shindig, an OpenSocial Container
On 11/9/07, Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shindig Proposal... +1 -Bertrand - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PROPOSAL] Shindig, an OpenSocial Container
Interesting project, there's not so many business specific containers around, following its development is going to be fun. Also could you add the proposal in the incubator wiki [1] with the others? Just for reference/versioning purpose. Thanks! Matthieu On Nov 9, 2007 10:03 AM, Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shindig Proposal -- = Abstract = Shindig will develop the container and backend server components for hosting OpenSocial applications. = Proposal = Shindig will develop a JavaScript container and implementations of the backend APIs and proxy required for hosting OpenSocial applications. = Background = OpenSocial provides a common set of APIs for social applications across multiple websites. With standard JavaScript and HTML, developers can create social applications that use a social network's friends and update feeds. A social application, in this context, is an application run by a third party provider and embedded in a web page, or web application, which consumes services provided by the container and by the application host. This is very similar to Portal/Portlet technology, but is based on client-side compositing, rather than server. More information can be found about OpenSocial at http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/ == Rationale == Shindig is an implementation of an emerging set of APIs for client-side composited web applications. The Apache Software Foundation has proven to have developed a strong system and set of mores for building community-centric, open standards based systems with a wide variety of participants. A robust, community-developed implementation of these APIs will encourage compatibility between service providers, ensure an excellent implementation is available to everyone, and enable faster and easier application development for users. The Apache Software Foundation has proven it is the best place for this type of open development. = Current Status = This is a new project. = Meritocracy = The initial developers are very familiar with meritocratic open source development, both at Apache and elsewhere. Apache was chosen specifically because the initial developers want to encourage this style of development for the project. === Community === Shindig seeks to develop developer and user communities during incubation. = Core Developers = The initial core developers are all Ning employees. We hope to expand this very quickly. = Alignment = The developers of Shindig want to work with the Apache Software Foundation specifically because Apache has proven to provide a strong foundation and set of practices for developing standards-based infrastructure and server components. = Known Risks = == Orphaned products == Shindig is new development of an emerging set of APIs. == Inexperience with Open Source == The initial developers include long-time open source developers, including Apache Members. == Homogenous Developers == The initial group of developers is quite homogenous. Remedying this is a large part of why we want to bring the project to Apache. == Reliance on Salaried Developers == The initial group of developers are employed by a potential consumer of the project. Remedying this is a large part of why we want to bring the project to Apache. == Relationships with Other Apache Products == None in particular, except that Apache HTTPD is the best place to run PHP, which the server-side components Ning intends to donate have been implemented in. == A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand == We believe in the processes, systems, and framework Apache has put in place. The brand is nice, but is not why we wish to come to Apache. = Documentation = Google's OpenSocial Documentation: http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/ Ning's OpenSocial Documentation: http://tinyurl.com/3y5ckx = Initial Source = Ning, Inc. intends to donate code based on their implementation of OpenSocial. The backend systems will be replaced with more generic equivalents in order to not bind the implementation to specifics of the Ning platform. This code will be extracted from Ning's internal development, and has not been expanded on past the extraction. It will be provided primarily as a starting place for a much more robust, community- developed implementation. = External Dependencies = The initial codebase relies on a library created by Google, Inc., and licensed under the Apache Software License, Version 2.0. = Required Resources = Developer and user mailing lists A subversion repository A JIRA issue tracker = Initial Committers = Thomas Baker[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tim Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thomas Dudziak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Martin Traverso [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Sponsors = == Champion == Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Nominated Mentors
Re: [PROPOSAL] Shindig, an OpenSocial Container
+1 On 09/11/2007, Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shindig Proposal -- = Abstract = Shindig will develop the container and backend server components for hosting OpenSocial applications. = Proposal = Shindig will develop a JavaScript container and implementations of the backend APIs and proxy required for hosting OpenSocial applications. = Background = OpenSocial provides a common set of APIs for social applications across multiple websites. With standard JavaScript and HTML, developers can create social applications that use a social network's friends and update feeds. A social application, in this context, is an application run by a third party provider and embedded in a web page, or web application, which consumes services provided by the container and by the application host. This is very similar to Portal/Portlet technology, but is based on client-side compositing, rather than server. More information can be found about OpenSocial at http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/ == Rationale == Shindig is an implementation of an emerging set of APIs for client-side composited web applications. The Apache Software Foundation has proven to have developed a strong system and set of mores for building community-centric, open standards based systems with a wide variety of participants. A robust, community-developed implementation of these APIs will encourage compatibility between service providers, ensure an excellent implementation is available to everyone, and enable faster and easier application development for users. The Apache Software Foundation has proven it is the best place for this type of open development. = Current Status = This is a new project. = Meritocracy = The initial developers are very familiar with meritocratic open source development, both at Apache and elsewhere. Apache was chosen specifically because the initial developers want to encourage this style of development for the project. === Community === Shindig seeks to develop developer and user communities during incubation. = Core Developers = The initial core developers are all Ning employees. We hope to expand this very quickly. = Alignment = The developers of Shindig want to work with the Apache Software Foundation specifically because Apache has proven to provide a strong foundation and set of practices for developing standards-based infrastructure and server components. = Known Risks = == Orphaned products == Shindig is new development of an emerging set of APIs. == Inexperience with Open Source == The initial developers include long-time open source developers, including Apache Members. == Homogenous Developers == The initial group of developers is quite homogenous. Remedying this is a large part of why we want to bring the project to Apache. == Reliance on Salaried Developers == The initial group of developers are employed by a potential consumer of the project. Remedying this is a large part of why we want to bring the project to Apache. == Relationships with Other Apache Products == None in particular, except that Apache HTTPD is the best place to run PHP, which the server-side components Ning intends to donate have been implemented in. == A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand == We believe in the processes, systems, and framework Apache has put in place. The brand is nice, but is not why we wish to come to Apache. = Documentation = Google's OpenSocial Documentation: http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/ Ning's OpenSocial Documentation: http://tinyurl.com/3y5ckx = Initial Source = Ning, Inc. intends to donate code based on their implementation of OpenSocial. The backend systems will be replaced with more generic equivalents in order to not bind the implementation to specifics of the Ning platform. This code will be extracted from Ning's internal development, and has not been expanded on past the extraction. It will be provided primarily as a starting place for a much more robust, community- developed implementation. = External Dependencies = The initial codebase relies on a library created by Google, Inc., and licensed under the Apache Software License, Version 2.0. = Required Resources = Developer and user mailing lists A subversion repository A JIRA issue tracker = Initial Committers = Thomas Baker[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tim Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thomas Dudziak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Martin Traverso [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Sponsors = == Champion == Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Nominated Mentors == Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thomas Dudziak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Santiago Gala [EMAIL PROTECTED] Upayavira [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Sponsoring Entity == The Apache Incubator.
Re: [PROPOSAL] Shindig, an OpenSocial Container
Wow, really happy at the positive response. I'm on my way to ATL in the morning, and am halfway healthy again, so will try to pull out some code during hackathon. -Brian On Nov 9, 2007, at 10:03 AM, Brian McCallister wrote: Shindig Proposal -- = Abstract = Shindig will develop the container and backend server components for hosting OpenSocial applications. = Proposal = Shindig will develop a JavaScript container and implementations of the backend APIs and proxy required for hosting OpenSocial applications. = Background = OpenSocial provides a common set of APIs for social applications across multiple websites. With standard JavaScript and HTML, developers can create social applications that use a social network's friends and update feeds. A social application, in this context, is an application run by a third party provider and embedded in a web page, or web application, which consumes services provided by the container and by the application host. This is very similar to Portal/Portlet technology, but is based on client-side compositing, rather than server. More information can be found about OpenSocial at http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/ == Rationale == Shindig is an implementation of an emerging set of APIs for client- side composited web applications. The Apache Software Foundation has proven to have developed a strong system and set of mores for building community-centric, open standards based systems with a wide variety of participants. A robust, community-developed implementation of these APIs will encourage compatibility between service providers, ensure an excellent implementation is available to everyone, and enable faster and easier application development for users. The Apache Software Foundation has proven it is the best place for this type of open development. = Current Status = This is a new project. = Meritocracy = The initial developers are very familiar with meritocratic open source development, both at Apache and elsewhere. Apache was chosen specifically because the initial developers want to encourage this style of development for the project. === Community === Shindig seeks to develop developer and user communities during incubation. = Core Developers = The initial core developers are all Ning employees. We hope to expand this very quickly. = Alignment = The developers of Shindig want to work with the Apache Software Foundation specifically because Apache has proven to provide a strong foundation and set of practices for developing standards-based infrastructure and server components. = Known Risks = == Orphaned products == Shindig is new development of an emerging set of APIs. == Inexperience with Open Source == The initial developers include long-time open source developers, including Apache Members. == Homogenous Developers == The initial group of developers is quite homogenous. Remedying this is a large part of why we want to bring the project to Apache. == Reliance on Salaried Developers == The initial group of developers are employed by a potential consumer of the project. Remedying this is a large part of why we want to bring the project to Apache. == Relationships with Other Apache Products == None in particular, except that Apache HTTPD is the best place to run PHP, which the server-side components Ning intends to donate have been implemented in. == A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand == We believe in the processes, systems, and framework Apache has put in place. The brand is nice, but is not why we wish to come to Apache. = Documentation = Google's OpenSocial Documentation: http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/ Ning's OpenSocial Documentation: http://tinyurl.com/3y5ckx = Initial Source = Ning, Inc. intends to donate code based on their implementation of OpenSocial. The backend systems will be replaced with more generic equivalents in order to not bind the implementation to specifics of the Ning platform. This code will be extracted from Ning's internal development, and has not been expanded on past the extraction. It will be provided primarily as a starting place for a much more robust, community- developed implementation. = External Dependencies = The initial codebase relies on a library created by Google, Inc., and licensed under the Apache Software License, Version 2.0. = Required Resources = Developer and user mailing lists A subversion repository A JIRA issue tracker = Initial Committers = Thomas Baker[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tim Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thomas Dudziak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Martin Traverso [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Sponsors = == Champion == Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Nominated Mentors == Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thomas Dudziak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Santiago Gala [EMAIL PROTECTED] Upayavira [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Sponsoring Entity == The
Re: [PROPOSAL] Shindig, an OpenSocial Container
On Nov 9, 2007, at 1:34 PM, Sylvain Wallez wrote: Brian McCallister wrote: Shindig Proposal A big +1, and I'd happily be a mentor. Thank you! We'll take you up on that :-) -Brian Sylvain -- Sylvain Wallez - http://bluxte.net - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[PROPOSAL] Shindig, an OpenSocial Container
Shindig Proposal -- = Abstract = Shindig will develop the container and backend server components for hosting OpenSocial applications. = Proposal = Shindig will develop a JavaScript container and implementations of the backend APIs and proxy required for hosting OpenSocial applications. = Background = OpenSocial provides a common set of APIs for social applications across multiple websites. With standard JavaScript and HTML, developers can create social applications that use a social network's friends and update feeds. A social application, in this context, is an application run by a third party provider and embedded in a web page, or web application, which consumes services provided by the container and by the application host. This is very similar to Portal/Portlet technology, but is based on client-side compositing, rather than server. More information can be found about OpenSocial at http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/ == Rationale == Shindig is an implementation of an emerging set of APIs for client-side composited web applications. The Apache Software Foundation has proven to have developed a strong system and set of mores for building community-centric, open standards based systems with a wide variety of participants. A robust, community-developed implementation of these APIs will encourage compatibility between service providers, ensure an excellent implementation is available to everyone, and enable faster and easier application development for users. The Apache Software Foundation has proven it is the best place for this type of open development. = Current Status = This is a new project. = Meritocracy = The initial developers are very familiar with meritocratic open source development, both at Apache and elsewhere. Apache was chosen specifically because the initial developers want to encourage this style of development for the project. === Community === Shindig seeks to develop developer and user communities during incubation. = Core Developers = The initial core developers are all Ning employees. We hope to expand this very quickly. = Alignment = The developers of Shindig want to work with the Apache Software Foundation specifically because Apache has proven to provide a strong foundation and set of practices for developing standards-based infrastructure and server components. = Known Risks = == Orphaned products == Shindig is new development of an emerging set of APIs. == Inexperience with Open Source == The initial developers include long-time open source developers, including Apache Members. == Homogenous Developers == The initial group of developers is quite homogenous. Remedying this is a large part of why we want to bring the project to Apache. == Reliance on Salaried Developers == The initial group of developers are employed by a potential consumer of the project. Remedying this is a large part of why we want to bring the project to Apache. == Relationships with Other Apache Products == None in particular, except that Apache HTTPD is the best place to run PHP, which the server-side components Ning intends to donate have been implemented in. == A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand == We believe in the processes, systems, and framework Apache has put in place. The brand is nice, but is not why we wish to come to Apache. = Documentation = Google's OpenSocial Documentation: http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/ Ning's OpenSocial Documentation: http://tinyurl.com/3y5ckx = Initial Source = Ning, Inc. intends to donate code based on their implementation of OpenSocial. The backend systems will be replaced with more generic equivalents in order to not bind the implementation to specifics of the Ning platform. This code will be extracted from Ning's internal development, and has not been expanded on past the extraction. It will be provided primarily as a starting place for a much more robust, community- developed implementation. = External Dependencies = The initial codebase relies on a library created by Google, Inc., and licensed under the Apache Software License, Version 2.0. = Required Resources = Developer and user mailing lists A subversion repository A JIRA issue tracker = Initial Committers = Thomas Baker[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tim Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thomas Dudziak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Martin Traverso [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Sponsors = == Champion == Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Nominated Mentors == Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thomas Dudziak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Santiago Gala [EMAIL PROTECTED] Upayavira [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Sponsoring Entity == The Apache Incubator. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PROPOSAL] Shindig, an OpenSocial Container
that sounds very interesting ! +1 On Nov 9, 2007 7:03 PM, Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shindig Proposal -- = Abstract = Shindig will develop the container and backend server components for hosting OpenSocial applications. = Proposal = Shindig will develop a JavaScript container and implementations of the backend APIs and proxy required for hosting OpenSocial applications. = Background = OpenSocial provides a common set of APIs for social applications across multiple websites. With standard JavaScript and HTML, developers can create social applications that use a social network's friends and update feeds. A social application, in this context, is an application run by a third party provider and embedded in a web page, or web application, which consumes services provided by the container and by the application host. This is very similar to Portal/Portlet technology, but is based on client-side compositing, rather than server. More information can be found about OpenSocial at http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/ == Rationale == Shindig is an implementation of an emerging set of APIs for client-side composited web applications. The Apache Software Foundation has proven to have developed a strong system and set of mores for building community-centric, open standards based systems with a wide variety of participants. A robust, community-developed implementation of these APIs will encourage compatibility between service providers, ensure an excellent implementation is available to everyone, and enable faster and easier application development for users. The Apache Software Foundation has proven it is the best place for this type of open development. = Current Status = This is a new project. = Meritocracy = The initial developers are very familiar with meritocratic open source development, both at Apache and elsewhere. Apache was chosen specifically because the initial developers want to encourage this style of development for the project. === Community === Shindig seeks to develop developer and user communities during incubation. = Core Developers = The initial core developers are all Ning employees. We hope to expand this very quickly. = Alignment = The developers of Shindig want to work with the Apache Software Foundation specifically because Apache has proven to provide a strong foundation and set of practices for developing standards-based infrastructure and server components. = Known Risks = == Orphaned products == Shindig is new development of an emerging set of APIs. == Inexperience with Open Source == The initial developers include long-time open source developers, including Apache Members. == Homogenous Developers == The initial group of developers is quite homogenous. Remedying this is a large part of why we want to bring the project to Apache. == Reliance on Salaried Developers == The initial group of developers are employed by a potential consumer of the project. Remedying this is a large part of why we want to bring the project to Apache. == Relationships with Other Apache Products == None in particular, except that Apache HTTPD is the best place to run PHP, which the server-side components Ning intends to donate have been implemented in. == A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand == We believe in the processes, systems, and framework Apache has put in place. The brand is nice, but is not why we wish to come to Apache. = Documentation = Google's OpenSocial Documentation: http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/ Ning's OpenSocial Documentation: http://tinyurl.com/3y5ckx = Initial Source = Ning, Inc. intends to donate code based on their implementation of OpenSocial. The backend systems will be replaced with more generic equivalents in order to not bind the implementation to specifics of the Ning platform. This code will be extracted from Ning's internal development, and has not been expanded on past the extraction. It will be provided primarily as a starting place for a much more robust, community- developed implementation. = External Dependencies = The initial codebase relies on a library created by Google, Inc., and licensed under the Apache Software License, Version 2.0. = Required Resources = Developer and user mailing lists A subversion repository A JIRA issue tracker = Initial Committers = Thomas Baker[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tim Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thomas Dudziak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Martin Traverso [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Sponsors = == Champion == Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Nominated Mentors == Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thomas Dudziak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Santiago Gala [EMAIL PROTECTED] Upayavira [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Sponsoring Entity == The
Re: [PROPOSAL] Shindig, an OpenSocial Container
It's a very interesting proposal. +1 (non-binding). Raymond - Original Message - From: Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 10:03 AM Subject: [PROPOSAL] Shindig, an OpenSocial Container Shindig Proposal -- = Abstract = Shindig will develop the container and backend server components for hosting OpenSocial applications. = Proposal = Shindig will develop a JavaScript container and implementations of the backend APIs and proxy required for hosting OpenSocial applications. = Background = OpenSocial provides a common set of APIs for social applications across multiple websites. With standard JavaScript and HTML, developers can create social applications that use a social network's friends and update feeds. A social application, in this context, is an application run by a third party provider and embedded in a web page, or web application, which consumes services provided by the container and by the application host. This is very similar to Portal/Portlet technology, but is based on client-side compositing, rather than server. More information can be found about OpenSocial at http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/ == Rationale == Shindig is an implementation of an emerging set of APIs for client-side composited web applications. The Apache Software Foundation has proven to have developed a strong system and set of mores for building community-centric, open standards based systems with a wide variety of participants. A robust, community-developed implementation of these APIs will encourage compatibility between service providers, ensure an excellent implementation is available to everyone, and enable faster and easier application development for users. The Apache Software Foundation has proven it is the best place for this type of open development. = Current Status = This is a new project. = Meritocracy = The initial developers are very familiar with meritocratic open source development, both at Apache and elsewhere. Apache was chosen specifically because the initial developers want to encourage this style of development for the project. === Community === Shindig seeks to develop developer and user communities during incubation. = Core Developers = The initial core developers are all Ning employees. We hope to expand this very quickly. = Alignment = The developers of Shindig want to work with the Apache Software Foundation specifically because Apache has proven to provide a strong foundation and set of practices for developing standards-based infrastructure and server components. = Known Risks = == Orphaned products == Shindig is new development of an emerging set of APIs. == Inexperience with Open Source == The initial developers include long-time open source developers, including Apache Members. == Homogenous Developers == The initial group of developers is quite homogenous. Remedying this is a large part of why we want to bring the project to Apache. == Reliance on Salaried Developers == The initial group of developers are employed by a potential consumer of the project. Remedying this is a large part of why we want to bring the project to Apache. == Relationships with Other Apache Products == None in particular, except that Apache HTTPD is the best place to run PHP, which the server-side components Ning intends to donate have been implemented in. == A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand == We believe in the processes, systems, and framework Apache has put in place. The brand is nice, but is not why we wish to come to Apache. = Documentation = Google's OpenSocial Documentation: http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/ Ning's OpenSocial Documentation: http://tinyurl.com/3y5ckx = Initial Source = Ning, Inc. intends to donate code based on their implementation of OpenSocial. The backend systems will be replaced with more generic equivalents in order to not bind the implementation to specifics of the Ning platform. This code will be extracted from Ning's internal development, and has not been expanded on past the extraction. It will be provided primarily as a starting place for a much more robust, community- developed implementation. = External Dependencies = The initial codebase relies on a library created by Google, Inc., and licensed under the Apache Software License, Version 2.0. = Required Resources = Developer and user mailing lists A subversion repository A JIRA issue tracker = Initial Committers = Thomas Baker[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tim Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thomas Dudziak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Martin Traverso [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Sponsors = == Champion == Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Nominated Mentors == Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thomas Dudziak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Santiago Gala [EMAIL PROTECTED] Upayavira [EMAIL
Re: [PROPOSAL] Shindig, an OpenSocial Container
On Nov 9, 2007 1:03 PM, Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shindig Proposal Sweetness, +1. Yoav - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PROPOSAL] Shindig, an OpenSocial Container
Sounds like a nice addition with a lot of interest. Love the name btw. +1 Martijn On 11/9/07, Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shindig Proposal -- = Abstract = Shindig will develop the container and backend server components for hosting OpenSocial applications. = Proposal = Shindig will develop a JavaScript container and implementations of the backend APIs and proxy required for hosting OpenSocial applications. = Background = OpenSocial provides a common set of APIs for social applications across multiple websites. With standard JavaScript and HTML, developers can create social applications that use a social network's friends and update feeds. A social application, in this context, is an application run by a third party provider and embedded in a web page, or web application, which consumes services provided by the container and by the application host. This is very similar to Portal/Portlet technology, but is based on client-side compositing, rather than server. More information can be found about OpenSocial at http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/ == Rationale == Shindig is an implementation of an emerging set of APIs for client-side composited web applications. The Apache Software Foundation has proven to have developed a strong system and set of mores for building community-centric, open standards based systems with a wide variety of participants. A robust, community-developed implementation of these APIs will encourage compatibility between service providers, ensure an excellent implementation is available to everyone, and enable faster and easier application development for users. The Apache Software Foundation has proven it is the best place for this type of open development. = Current Status = This is a new project. = Meritocracy = The initial developers are very familiar with meritocratic open source development, both at Apache and elsewhere. Apache was chosen specifically because the initial developers want to encourage this style of development for the project. === Community === Shindig seeks to develop developer and user communities during incubation. = Core Developers = The initial core developers are all Ning employees. We hope to expand this very quickly. = Alignment = The developers of Shindig want to work with the Apache Software Foundation specifically because Apache has proven to provide a strong foundation and set of practices for developing standards-based infrastructure and server components. = Known Risks = == Orphaned products == Shindig is new development of an emerging set of APIs. == Inexperience with Open Source == The initial developers include long-time open source developers, including Apache Members. == Homogenous Developers == The initial group of developers is quite homogenous. Remedying this is a large part of why we want to bring the project to Apache. == Reliance on Salaried Developers == The initial group of developers are employed by a potential consumer of the project. Remedying this is a large part of why we want to bring the project to Apache. == Relationships with Other Apache Products == None in particular, except that Apache HTTPD is the best place to run PHP, which the server-side components Ning intends to donate have been implemented in. == A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand == We believe in the processes, systems, and framework Apache has put in place. The brand is nice, but is not why we wish to come to Apache. = Documentation = Google's OpenSocial Documentation: http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/ Ning's OpenSocial Documentation: http://tinyurl.com/3y5ckx = Initial Source = Ning, Inc. intends to donate code based on their implementation of OpenSocial. The backend systems will be replaced with more generic equivalents in order to not bind the implementation to specifics of the Ning platform. This code will be extracted from Ning's internal development, and has not been expanded on past the extraction. It will be provided primarily as a starting place for a much more robust, community- developed implementation. = External Dependencies = The initial codebase relies on a library created by Google, Inc., and licensed under the Apache Software License, Version 2.0. = Required Resources = Developer and user mailing lists A subversion repository A JIRA issue tracker = Initial Committers = Thomas Baker[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tim Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thomas Dudziak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Martin Traverso [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Sponsors = == Champion == Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Nominated Mentors == Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thomas Dudziak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Santiago Gala [EMAIL PROTECTED] Upayavira [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PROPOSAL] Shindig, an OpenSocial Container
+1 from me On Nov 9, 2007 1:03 PM, Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shindig Proposal -- = Abstract = Shindig will develop the container and backend server components for hosting OpenSocial applications. = Proposal = Shindig will develop a JavaScript container and implementations of the backend APIs and proxy required for hosting OpenSocial applications. = Background = OpenSocial provides a common set of APIs for social applications across multiple websites. With standard JavaScript and HTML, developers can create social applications that use a social network's friends and update feeds. A social application, in this context, is an application run by a third party provider and embedded in a web page, or web application, which consumes services provided by the container and by the application host. This is very similar to Portal/Portlet technology, but is based on client-side compositing, rather than server. More information can be found about OpenSocial at http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/ == Rationale == Shindig is an implementation of an emerging set of APIs for client-side composited web applications. The Apache Software Foundation has proven to have developed a strong system and set of mores for building community-centric, open standards based systems with a wide variety of participants. A robust, community-developed implementation of these APIs will encourage compatibility between service providers, ensure an excellent implementation is available to everyone, and enable faster and easier application development for users. The Apache Software Foundation has proven it is the best place for this type of open development. = Current Status = This is a new project. = Meritocracy = The initial developers are very familiar with meritocratic open source development, both at Apache and elsewhere. Apache was chosen specifically because the initial developers want to encourage this style of development for the project. === Community === Shindig seeks to develop developer and user communities during incubation. = Core Developers = The initial core developers are all Ning employees. We hope to expand this very quickly. = Alignment = The developers of Shindig want to work with the Apache Software Foundation specifically because Apache has proven to provide a strong foundation and set of practices for developing standards-based infrastructure and server components. = Known Risks = == Orphaned products == Shindig is new development of an emerging set of APIs. == Inexperience with Open Source == The initial developers include long-time open source developers, including Apache Members. == Homogenous Developers == The initial group of developers is quite homogenous. Remedying this is a large part of why we want to bring the project to Apache. == Reliance on Salaried Developers == The initial group of developers are employed by a potential consumer of the project. Remedying this is a large part of why we want to bring the project to Apache. == Relationships with Other Apache Products == None in particular, except that Apache HTTPD is the best place to run PHP, which the server-side components Ning intends to donate have been implemented in. == A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand == We believe in the processes, systems, and framework Apache has put in place. The brand is nice, but is not why we wish to come to Apache. = Documentation = Google's OpenSocial Documentation: http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/ Ning's OpenSocial Documentation: http://tinyurl.com/3y5ckx = Initial Source = Ning, Inc. intends to donate code based on their implementation of OpenSocial. The backend systems will be replaced with more generic equivalents in order to not bind the implementation to specifics of the Ning platform. This code will be extracted from Ning's internal development, and has not been expanded on past the extraction. It will be provided primarily as a starting place for a much more robust, community- developed implementation. = External Dependencies = The initial codebase relies on a library created by Google, Inc., and licensed under the Apache Software License, Version 2.0. = Required Resources = Developer and user mailing lists A subversion repository A JIRA issue tracker = Initial Committers = Thomas Baker[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tim Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thomas Dudziak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Martin Traverso [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Sponsors = == Champion == Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Nominated Mentors == Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thomas Dudziak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Santiago Gala [EMAIL PROTECTED] Upayavira [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Sponsoring Entity == The Apache Incubator.
Re: [PROPOSAL] Shindig, an OpenSocial Container
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Re: [PROPOSAL] Shindig, an OpenSocial Container
yay! Looks good. On Nov 9, 2007, at 7:03 PM, Brian McCallister wrote: The initial core developers are all Ning employees. We hope to expand this very quickly. Given how new this area is, and how much buzz OpenSocial seems to be gathering atm, you can probably count on quite a bit of interest, especially if there's any kind of press/blogbomb associated. It's proven quite difficult to balance all that out with the average incubation process, which tends to go a bit slower than the buzz desires. It seems like a difficult balancing act. = External Dependencies = The initial codebase relies on a library created by Google, Inc., and licensed under the Apache Software License, Version 2.0. Can we see a code dump of the stuff you'll be donating? cheers! - Leo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PROPOSAL] Shindig, an OpenSocial Container
On Nov 9, 2007, at 11:47 AM, Leo Simons wrote: Can we see a code dump of the stuff you'll be donating? As soon as possible :-) I am home with a nasty fever today so... blech. We should have the ning-specific stuff gutted out by ApacheCon at least! -Brian - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PROPOSAL] Shindig, an OpenSocial Container
Brian McCallister wrote: Shindig Proposal A big +1, and I'd happily be a mentor. Sylvain -- Sylvain Wallez - http://bluxte.net - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PROPOSAL] Shindig, an OpenSocial Container
+1 for the name alone ;-) but it sounds like an interesting project to boot. -- Martin Cooper On Nov 9, 2007 10:03 AM, Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shindig Proposal -- = Abstract = Shindig will develop the container and backend server components for hosting OpenSocial applications. = Proposal = Shindig will develop a JavaScript container and implementations of the backend APIs and proxy required for hosting OpenSocial applications. = Background = OpenSocial provides a common set of APIs for social applications across multiple websites. With standard JavaScript and HTML, developers can create social applications that use a social network's friends and update feeds. A social application, in this context, is an application run by a third party provider and embedded in a web page, or web application, which consumes services provided by the container and by the application host. This is very similar to Portal/Portlet technology, but is based on client-side compositing, rather than server. More information can be found about OpenSocial at http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/ == Rationale == Shindig is an implementation of an emerging set of APIs for client-side composited web applications. The Apache Software Foundation has proven to have developed a strong system and set of mores for building community-centric, open standards based systems with a wide variety of participants. A robust, community-developed implementation of these APIs will encourage compatibility between service providers, ensure an excellent implementation is available to everyone, and enable faster and easier application development for users. The Apache Software Foundation has proven it is the best place for this type of open development. = Current Status = This is a new project. = Meritocracy = The initial developers are very familiar with meritocratic open source development, both at Apache and elsewhere. Apache was chosen specifically because the initial developers want to encourage this style of development for the project. === Community === Shindig seeks to develop developer and user communities during incubation. = Core Developers = The initial core developers are all Ning employees. We hope to expand this very quickly. = Alignment = The developers of Shindig want to work with the Apache Software Foundation specifically because Apache has proven to provide a strong foundation and set of practices for developing standards-based infrastructure and server components. = Known Risks = == Orphaned products == Shindig is new development of an emerging set of APIs. == Inexperience with Open Source == The initial developers include long-time open source developers, including Apache Members. == Homogenous Developers == The initial group of developers is quite homogenous. Remedying this is a large part of why we want to bring the project to Apache. == Reliance on Salaried Developers == The initial group of developers are employed by a potential consumer of the project. Remedying this is a large part of why we want to bring the project to Apache. == Relationships with Other Apache Products == None in particular, except that Apache HTTPD is the best place to run PHP, which the server-side components Ning intends to donate have been implemented in. == A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand == We believe in the processes, systems, and framework Apache has put in place. The brand is nice, but is not why we wish to come to Apache. = Documentation = Google's OpenSocial Documentation: http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/ Ning's OpenSocial Documentation: http://tinyurl.com/3y5ckx = Initial Source = Ning, Inc. intends to donate code based on their implementation of OpenSocial. The backend systems will be replaced with more generic equivalents in order to not bind the implementation to specifics of the Ning platform. This code will be extracted from Ning's internal development, and has not been expanded on past the extraction. It will be provided primarily as a starting place for a much more robust, community- developed implementation. = External Dependencies = The initial codebase relies on a library created by Google, Inc., and licensed under the Apache Software License, Version 2.0. = Required Resources = Developer and user mailing lists A subversion repository A JIRA issue tracker = Initial Committers = Thomas Baker[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tim Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thomas Dudziak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Martin Traverso [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Sponsors = == Champion == Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Nominated Mentors == Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thomas Dudziak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Santiago Gala [EMAIL PROTECTED] Upayavira
Re: [PROPOSAL] Shindig, an OpenSocial Container
+1. I look forward to seeing it develop. Upayavira On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 10:03 -0800, Brian McCallister wrote: Shindig Proposal -- = Abstract = Shindig will develop the container and backend server components for hosting OpenSocial applications. = Proposal = Shindig will develop a JavaScript container and implementations of the backend APIs and proxy required for hosting OpenSocial applications. = Background = OpenSocial provides a common set of APIs for social applications across multiple websites. With standard JavaScript and HTML, developers can create social applications that use a social network's friends and update feeds. A social application, in this context, is an application run by a third party provider and embedded in a web page, or web application, which consumes services provided by the container and by the application host. This is very similar to Portal/Portlet technology, but is based on client-side compositing, rather than server. More information can be found about OpenSocial at http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/ == Rationale == Shindig is an implementation of an emerging set of APIs for client-side composited web applications. The Apache Software Foundation has proven to have developed a strong system and set of mores for building community-centric, open standards based systems with a wide variety of participants. A robust, community-developed implementation of these APIs will encourage compatibility between service providers, ensure an excellent implementation is available to everyone, and enable faster and easier application development for users. The Apache Software Foundation has proven it is the best place for this type of open development. = Current Status = This is a new project. = Meritocracy = The initial developers are very familiar with meritocratic open source development, both at Apache and elsewhere. Apache was chosen specifically because the initial developers want to encourage this style of development for the project. === Community === Shindig seeks to develop developer and user communities during incubation. = Core Developers = The initial core developers are all Ning employees. We hope to expand this very quickly. = Alignment = The developers of Shindig want to work with the Apache Software Foundation specifically because Apache has proven to provide a strong foundation and set of practices for developing standards-based infrastructure and server components. = Known Risks = == Orphaned products == Shindig is new development of an emerging set of APIs. == Inexperience with Open Source == The initial developers include long-time open source developers, including Apache Members. == Homogenous Developers == The initial group of developers is quite homogenous. Remedying this is a large part of why we want to bring the project to Apache. == Reliance on Salaried Developers == The initial group of developers are employed by a potential consumer of the project. Remedying this is a large part of why we want to bring the project to Apache. == Relationships with Other Apache Products == None in particular, except that Apache HTTPD is the best place to run PHP, which the server-side components Ning intends to donate have been implemented in. == A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand == We believe in the processes, systems, and framework Apache has put in place. The brand is nice, but is not why we wish to come to Apache. = Documentation = Google's OpenSocial Documentation: http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/ Ning's OpenSocial Documentation: http://tinyurl.com/3y5ckx = Initial Source = Ning, Inc. intends to donate code based on their implementation of OpenSocial. The backend systems will be replaced with more generic equivalents in order to not bind the implementation to specifics of the Ning platform. This code will be extracted from Ning's internal development, and has not been expanded on past the extraction. It will be provided primarily as a starting place for a much more robust, community- developed implementation. = External Dependencies = The initial codebase relies on a library created by Google, Inc., and licensed under the Apache Software License, Version 2.0. = Required Resources = Developer and user mailing lists A subversion repository A JIRA issue tracker = Initial Committers = Thomas Baker[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tim Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thomas Dudziak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Martin Traverso [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Sponsors = == Champion == Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Nominated Mentors == Brian McCallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thomas Dudziak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Santiago Gala [EMAIL PROTECTED]
