Re: [VOTE] Accept PDFBox for incubation
On Friday 01 February 2008 22:18, Jukka Zitting wrote: > Please vote on accepting the PDFBox project for incubation. [x] +1 Accept PDFBox as a new podling Cheers -- Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer I live here; http://tinyurl.com/2qq9er I work here; http://tinyurl.com/2ymelc I relax here; http://tinyurl.com/2cgsug - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [VOTE] Accept PDFBox for incubation
Hi, On Feb 7, 2008 3:27 PM, Emmanuel Lecharny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jukka Zitting wrote: > > +1 Emmanuel Lecharny (non-binding) > > > May be I missed a step... I have been Ack'd on jan, 20 as an incubator > PMC member. Any heads up ? Ah, sorry about that. I was looking at committee-info.txt. BR, Jukka Zitting - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [VOTE] Accept PDFBox for incubation
Jukka Zitting wrote: Hi, +1 Emmanuel Lecharny (non-binding) May be I missed a step... I have been Ack'd on jan, 20 as an incubator PMC member. Any heads up ? Thanks ! -- -- cordialement, regards, Emmanuel Lécharny www.iktek.com directory.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [VOTE] Accept PDFBox for incubation
Hi, On Feb 6, 2008 6:35 PM, Alexey Petrenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BTW, Harmony has native font library. Probably it's worth to cooperate > these efforts. Good point, thanks! Let's see what synergies we can come up with. BR, Jukka Zitting - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [VOTE] Accept PDFBox for incubation
Hi, On Feb 1, 2008 4:18 PM, Jukka Zitting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please vote on accepting the PDFBox project for incubation. > [...] > The vote is open for the next 72 hours and only votes from the > Incubator PMC are binding. The vote passes with the following 8 binding and 8 non-binding +1 votes: +1 Jukka Zitting +1 Paul Fremantle +1 Jeremias Maerki (non-binding) +1 Matthias Wessendorf (non-binding) +1 Thilo Goetz (non-binding) +1 Niall Pemberton +1 Bertrand Delacretaz +1 Cristian Geisert (non-binding) +1 Martijn Dashorst +1 Emmanuel Lecharny (non-binding) +1 J Aaron Farr +1 Graig L Russell +1 Grant Ingersoll (non-binding) +1 Robert Burrell Donkin +1 Vincent Siveton (non-binding) +1 Alexey Petrenko (non-binding) Thanks for all the votes! I'll proceed to get the project infrastructure set up. See you on [EMAIL PROTECTED] PS. Jeremias, please ask to be included in the Incubator PMC now that you're a mentor. BR, Jukka Zitting - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [VOTE] Accept PDFBox for incubation
+1. BTW, Harmony has native font library. Probably it's worth to cooperate these efforts. SY, Alexey 2008/2/1, Jukka Zitting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Incubator PMC, > > Please vote on accepting the PDFBox project for incubation. The full > PDFBox proposal is available at the end of this message and as a wiki > page at http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/PDFBoxProposal. We ask the > Incubator PMC to sponsor the PDFBox podling, with myself, Jeremias > Maerki, and Niall Pemberton as the mentors. > > The vote is open for the next 72 hours and only votes from the > Incubator PMC are binding. > > [ ] +1 Accept PDFBox as a new podling > [ ] -1 Do not accept the new podling (provide reason, please) > > Here's my +1 > > BR, > > Jukka Zitting > > > > = PDFBox = > > === Abstract === > > PDFBox is an open source Java PDF library for working with PDF documents. > > === Proposal === > > The PDFBox library allows creation of new PDF documents, manipulation > of existing documents and the ability to extract content from > documents. PDFBox also includes several command line utilities. Future > development plans include extending PDFBox with advanced data > extraction and high level PDF creation functionality. > > In addition to PDFBox, this proposal also covers the !FontBox and > !JempBox companion libraries. !FontBox is a Java font library used to > obtain low level information from font files. !JempBox is a Java > library that implements Adobe's XMP specification. All these > components would be incubated as a single Apache PDFBox podling > project. > > === Background === > > The PDFBox project started in 2002 and was originally written by Ben > Litchfield in 2002 and currently lives on SourceForge. The initial > purpose of PDFBox was to extract text content to be indexed by the > Lucene search engine. In addition to text extraction the library also > supports a low level API for PDF creation and manipulation. In the > past, several developers have helped develop specific features in > PDFBox but none have continued once their specific needs where met. > > In 2006 discussions began with the FOP team to collaborate on a single > PDF library within the Apache organization. New projects have > expressed interest in advancing the functionality of PDFBox. > > Recently, Tika also expressed interest in advancing the content > extraction capabilities of PDFBox. > > The !FontBox and !JempBox libraries have no dependencies to PDFBox, > but their primary purpose is to support PDFBox and the development > community is largely overlapping. It makes sense to include all three > libraries in a single project. > > === Rationale === > > The PDF document format is a common format found on internet and > across industries as a way of sharing documents. Several Apache > projects utilize PDF technologies but there is not a single > independent PDF library within the Apache organization. > > The Apache XML Graphics project (FOP/Batik) has a write-only PDF > library and is in need of PDF parsing functionality. Many features > overlap those of PDFBox. This is currently a duplication of effort, > bringing PDFBox into Apache and combining our efforts will result in a > more robust PDF library that will be able to support many more use > cases for working with PDF technologies. > > !FontBox, FOP and Batik all contain font loading/handling code that > could likely be merged into a single common library either within the > PDFBox podling or outside it. > > === Initial Goals === > > The initial goals are: > > * Advanced text extraction techniques > * Increase community involvement > * Cooperation with existing Apache projects such as XML Graphics > * Increasing support for PDF document features > * Adding a high level API for document creation > * Adding a streaming API for document creation > * PDF/A creation and validation functionality > * Review licensing of both bundled and external dependencies > * Manage export control notices for cryptographic features > * Figure out how to handle font handling code across !FontBox, FOP, and > Batik > * Replace !JempBox with Adobe's XMP library > > == Current Status == > > === Meritocracy === > > Not all initial committers are familiar with the meritocracy > principles of Apache. It is expected that the committers that are not > will learn the meritocracy rules and they will be followed through the > life of the project. > > === Community === > > PDFBox has existed for several years on SourceForge and has an active > community and continues to grow each day. There are hundreds of > existing projects that utilize the current version of PDFBox. > > === Core Developers === > > Ben Litchfield is the main developer on this project although it is > expected that developers from a variety of existing Apache projects > will become part of the team. > > === Alignment === > > The ability to search PDF documents is a basic requirement for any > enterprise search solution. PDFBox
Re: [VOTE] Accept PDFBox for incubation
Definitely +1 Vincent 2008/2/1, Jukka Zitting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Incubator PMC, > > Please vote on accepting the PDFBox project for incubation. The full > PDFBox proposal is available at the end of this message and as a wiki > page at http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/PDFBoxProposal. We ask the > Incubator PMC to sponsor the PDFBox podling, with myself, Jeremias > Maerki, and Niall Pemberton as the mentors. > > The vote is open for the next 72 hours and only votes from the > Incubator PMC are binding. > > [ ] +1 Accept PDFBox as a new podling > [ ] -1 Do not accept the new podling (provide reason, please) > > Here's my +1 > > BR, > > Jukka Zitting > > > > = PDFBox = > > === Abstract === > > PDFBox is an open source Java PDF library for working with PDF documents. > > === Proposal === > > The PDFBox library allows creation of new PDF documents, manipulation > of existing documents and the ability to extract content from > documents. PDFBox also includes several command line utilities. Future > development plans include extending PDFBox with advanced data > extraction and high level PDF creation functionality. > > In addition to PDFBox, this proposal also covers the !FontBox and > !JempBox companion libraries. !FontBox is a Java font library used to > obtain low level information from font files. !JempBox is a Java > library that implements Adobe's XMP specification. All these > components would be incubated as a single Apache PDFBox podling > project. > > === Background === > > The PDFBox project started in 2002 and was originally written by Ben > Litchfield in 2002 and currently lives on SourceForge. The initial > purpose of PDFBox was to extract text content to be indexed by the > Lucene search engine. In addition to text extraction the library also > supports a low level API for PDF creation and manipulation. In the > past, several developers have helped develop specific features in > PDFBox but none have continued once their specific needs where met. > > In 2006 discussions began with the FOP team to collaborate on a single > PDF library within the Apache organization. New projects have > expressed interest in advancing the functionality of PDFBox. > > Recently, Tika also expressed interest in advancing the content > extraction capabilities of PDFBox. > > The !FontBox and !JempBox libraries have no dependencies to PDFBox, > but their primary purpose is to support PDFBox and the development > community is largely overlapping. It makes sense to include all three > libraries in a single project. > > === Rationale === > > The PDF document format is a common format found on internet and > across industries as a way of sharing documents. Several Apache > projects utilize PDF technologies but there is not a single > independent PDF library within the Apache organization. > > The Apache XML Graphics project (FOP/Batik) has a write-only PDF > library and is in need of PDF parsing functionality. Many features > overlap those of PDFBox. This is currently a duplication of effort, > bringing PDFBox into Apache and combining our efforts will result in a > more robust PDF library that will be able to support many more use > cases for working with PDF technologies. > > !FontBox, FOP and Batik all contain font loading/handling code that > could likely be merged into a single common library either within the > PDFBox podling or outside it. > > === Initial Goals === > > The initial goals are: > > * Advanced text extraction techniques > * Increase community involvement > * Cooperation with existing Apache projects such as XML Graphics > * Increasing support for PDF document features > * Adding a high level API for document creation > * Adding a streaming API for document creation > * PDF/A creation and validation functionality > * Review licensing of both bundled and external dependencies > * Manage export control notices for cryptographic features > * Figure out how to handle font handling code across !FontBox, FOP, and > Batik > * Replace !JempBox with Adobe's XMP library > > == Current Status == > > === Meritocracy === > > Not all initial committers are familiar with the meritocracy > principles of Apache. It is expected that the committers that are not > will learn the meritocracy rules and they will be followed through the > life of the project. > > === Community === > > PDFBox has existed for several years on SourceForge and has an active > community and continues to grow each day. There are hundreds of > existing projects that utilize the current version of PDFBox. > > === Core Developers === > > Ben Litchfield is the main developer on this project although it is > expected that developers from a variety of existing Apache projects > will become part of the team. > > === Alignment === > > The ability to search PDF documents is a basic requirement for any > enterprise search solution. PDFBox provides the basic content that is > needed for content indexing. This functio
Re: [VOTE] Accept PDFBox for incubation
On Feb 1, 2008 2:18 PM, Jukka Zitting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The vote is open for the next 72 hours and only votes from the > Incubator PMC are binding. > > [X] +1 Accept PDFBox as a new podling > [ ] -1 Do not accept the new podling (provide reason, please) - robert - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [VOTE] Accept PDFBox for incubation
+1 On Feb 1, 2008, at 9:18 AM, Jukka Zitting wrote: Incubator PMC, Please vote on accepting the PDFBox project for incubation. The full PDFBox proposal is available at the end of this message and as a wiki page at http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/PDFBoxProposal. We ask the Incubator PMC to sponsor the PDFBox podling, with myself, Jeremias Maerki, and Niall Pemberton as the mentors. The vote is open for the next 72 hours and only votes from the Incubator PMC are binding. [ ] +1 Accept PDFBox as a new podling [ ] -1 Do not accept the new podling (provide reason, please) Here's my +1 BR, Jukka Zitting = PDFBox = === Abstract === PDFBox is an open source Java PDF library for working with PDF documents. === Proposal === The PDFBox library allows creation of new PDF documents, manipulation of existing documents and the ability to extract content from documents. PDFBox also includes several command line utilities. Future development plans include extending PDFBox with advanced data extraction and high level PDF creation functionality. In addition to PDFBox, this proposal also covers the !FontBox and !JempBox companion libraries. !FontBox is a Java font library used to obtain low level information from font files. !JempBox is a Java library that implements Adobe's XMP specification. All these components would be incubated as a single Apache PDFBox podling project. === Background === The PDFBox project started in 2002 and was originally written by Ben Litchfield in 2002 and currently lives on SourceForge. The initial purpose of PDFBox was to extract text content to be indexed by the Lucene search engine. In addition to text extraction the library also supports a low level API for PDF creation and manipulation. In the past, several developers have helped develop specific features in PDFBox but none have continued once their specific needs where met. In 2006 discussions began with the FOP team to collaborate on a single PDF library within the Apache organization. New projects have expressed interest in advancing the functionality of PDFBox. Recently, Tika also expressed interest in advancing the content extraction capabilities of PDFBox. The !FontBox and !JempBox libraries have no dependencies to PDFBox, but their primary purpose is to support PDFBox and the development community is largely overlapping. It makes sense to include all three libraries in a single project. === Rationale === The PDF document format is a common format found on internet and across industries as a way of sharing documents. Several Apache projects utilize PDF technologies but there is not a single independent PDF library within the Apache organization. The Apache XML Graphics project (FOP/Batik) has a write-only PDF library and is in need of PDF parsing functionality. Many features overlap those of PDFBox. This is currently a duplication of effort, bringing PDFBox into Apache and combining our efforts will result in a more robust PDF library that will be able to support many more use cases for working with PDF technologies. !FontBox, FOP and Batik all contain font loading/handling code that could likely be merged into a single common library either within the PDFBox podling or outside it. === Initial Goals === The initial goals are: * Advanced text extraction techniques * Increase community involvement * Cooperation with existing Apache projects such as XML Graphics * Increasing support for PDF document features * Adding a high level API for document creation * Adding a streaming API for document creation * PDF/A creation and validation functionality * Review licensing of both bundled and external dependencies * Manage export control notices for cryptographic features * Figure out how to handle font handling code across !FontBox, FOP, and Batik * Replace !JempBox with Adobe's XMP library == Current Status == === Meritocracy === Not all initial committers are familiar with the meritocracy principles of Apache. It is expected that the committers that are not will learn the meritocracy rules and they will be followed through the life of the project. === Community === PDFBox has existed for several years on SourceForge and has an active community and continues to grow each day. There are hundreds of existing projects that utilize the current version of PDFBox. === Core Developers === Ben Litchfield is the main developer on this project although it is expected that developers from a variety of existing Apache projects will become part of the team. === Alignment === The ability to search PDF documents is a basic requirement for any enterprise search solution. PDFBox provides the basic content that is needed for content indexing. This functionality aligns with the those of Lucene, Nutch, Tika and UIMA and all users of these projects will benefit from continued development of PDFBox. PDFBox shares similar font loading and handling needs as FOP and Batik, and the code in the !F
Re: [VOTE] Accept PDFBox for incubation
+1 Craig On Feb 1, 2008, at 6:18 AM, Jukka Zitting wrote: Please vote on accepting the PDFBox project for incubation. The full PDFBox proposal is available at the end of this message and as a wiki page at http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/PDFBoxProposal. We ask the Incubator PMC to sponsor the PDFBox podling, with myself, Jeremias Maerki, and Niall Pemberton as the mentors. The vote is open for the next 72 hours and only votes from the Incubator PMC are binding. [ ] +1 Accept PDFBox as a new podling [ ] -1 Do not accept the new podling (provide reason, please) Craig Russell Architect, Sun Java Enterprise System http://java.sun.com/products/jdo 408 276-5638 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] P.S. A good JDO? O, Gasp! smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
Re: [VOTE] Accept PDFBox for incubation
"Jukka Zitting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Incubator PMC, > > Please vote on accepting the PDFBox project for incubation. The full > PDFBox proposal is available at the end of this message and as a wiki > page at http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/PDFBoxProposal. We ask the > Incubator PMC to sponsor the PDFBox podling, with myself, Jeremias > Maerki, and Niall Pemberton as the mentors. > > The vote is open for the next 72 hours and only votes from the > Incubator PMC are binding. > > [ ] +1 Accept PDFBox as a new podling > [ ] -1 Do not accept the new podling (provide reason, please) [X] +1 Accept PDFBox as a new podling -- J Aaron Farr jadetower.com[US] +1 724-964-4515 馮傑仁 cubiclemuses.com [HK] +852 8123-7905 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [VOTE] Accept PDFBox for incubation
[X] +1 Accept PDFBox as a new podling A must have ! -- -- cordialement, regards, Emmanuel Lécharny www.iktek.com directory.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [VOTE] Accept PDFBox for incubation
+1 On 2/1/08, Jukka Zitting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Incubator PMC, > > Please vote on accepting the PDFBox project for incubation. The full > PDFBox proposal is available at the end of this message and as a wiki > page at http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/PDFBoxProposal. We ask the > Incubator PMC to sponsor the PDFBox podling, with myself, Jeremias > Maerki, and Niall Pemberton as the mentors. > > The vote is open for the next 72 hours and only votes from the > Incubator PMC are binding. > > [ ] +1 Accept PDFBox as a new podling > [ ] -1 Do not accept the new podling (provide reason, please) > > Here's my +1 > > BR, > > Jukka Zitting > > > > = PDFBox = > > === Abstract === > > PDFBox is an open source Java PDF library for working with PDF documents. > > === Proposal === > > The PDFBox library allows creation of new PDF documents, manipulation > of existing documents and the ability to extract content from > documents. PDFBox also includes several command line utilities. Future > development plans include extending PDFBox with advanced data > extraction and high level PDF creation functionality. > > In addition to PDFBox, this proposal also covers the !FontBox and > !JempBox companion libraries. !FontBox is a Java font library used to > obtain low level information from font files. !JempBox is a Java > library that implements Adobe's XMP specification. All these > components would be incubated as a single Apache PDFBox podling > project. > > === Background === > > The PDFBox project started in 2002 and was originally written by Ben > Litchfield in 2002 and currently lives on SourceForge. The initial > purpose of PDFBox was to extract text content to be indexed by the > Lucene search engine. In addition to text extraction the library also > supports a low level API for PDF creation and manipulation. In the > past, several developers have helped develop specific features in > PDFBox but none have continued once their specific needs where met. > > In 2006 discussions began with the FOP team to collaborate on a single > PDF library within the Apache organization. New projects have > expressed interest in advancing the functionality of PDFBox. > > Recently, Tika also expressed interest in advancing the content > extraction capabilities of PDFBox. > > The !FontBox and !JempBox libraries have no dependencies to PDFBox, > but their primary purpose is to support PDFBox and the development > community is largely overlapping. It makes sense to include all three > libraries in a single project. > > === Rationale === > > The PDF document format is a common format found on internet and > across industries as a way of sharing documents. Several Apache > projects utilize PDF technologies but there is not a single > independent PDF library within the Apache organization. > > The Apache XML Graphics project (FOP/Batik) has a write-only PDF > library and is in need of PDF parsing functionality. Many features > overlap those of PDFBox. This is currently a duplication of effort, > bringing PDFBox into Apache and combining our efforts will result in a > more robust PDF library that will be able to support many more use > cases for working with PDF technologies. > > !FontBox, FOP and Batik all contain font loading/handling code that > could likely be merged into a single common library either within the > PDFBox podling or outside it. > > === Initial Goals === > > The initial goals are: > > * Advanced text extraction techniques > * Increase community involvement > * Cooperation with existing Apache projects such as XML Graphics > * Increasing support for PDF document features > * Adding a high level API for document creation > * Adding a streaming API for document creation > * PDF/A creation and validation functionality > * Review licensing of both bundled and external dependencies > * Manage export control notices for cryptographic features > * Figure out how to handle font handling code across !FontBox, FOP, and > Batik > * Replace !JempBox with Adobe's XMP library > > == Current Status == > > === Meritocracy === > > Not all initial committers are familiar with the meritocracy > principles of Apache. It is expected that the committers that are not > will learn the meritocracy rules and they will be followed through the > life of the project. > > === Community === > > PDFBox has existed for several years on SourceForge and has an active > community and continues to grow each day. There are hundreds of > existing projects that utilize the current version of PDFBox. > > === Core Developers === > > Ben Litchfield is the main developer on this project although it is > expected that developers from a variety of existing Apache projects > will become part of the team. > > === Alignment === > > The ability to search PDF documents is a basic requirement for any > enterprise search solution. PDFBox provides the basic content that is > needed for content indexing. This functionality align
Re: [VOTE] Accept PDFBox for incubation
Jukka Zitting schrieb: Incubator PMC, Please vote on accepting the PDFBox project for incubation. The full PDFBox proposal is available at the end of this message and as a wiki +1 Christian - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [VOTE] Accept PDFBox for incubation
On Feb 1, 2008 3:18 PM, Jukka Zitting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please vote on accepting the PDFBox project for incubation +1, I'm glad to see this coming here! -Bertrand - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [VOTE] Accept PDFBox for incubation
+1 Niall On Feb 1, 2008 2:18 PM, Jukka Zitting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Incubator PMC, > > Please vote on accepting the PDFBox project for incubation. The full > PDFBox proposal is available at the end of this message and as a wiki > page at http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/PDFBoxProposal. We ask the > Incubator PMC to sponsor the PDFBox podling, with myself, Jeremias > Maerki, and Niall Pemberton as the mentors. > > The vote is open for the next 72 hours and only votes from the > Incubator PMC are binding. > > [ ] +1 Accept PDFBox as a new podling > [ ] -1 Do not accept the new podling (provide reason, please) > > Here's my +1 > > BR, > > Jukka Zitting > > > > = PDFBox = > > === Abstract === > > PDFBox is an open source Java PDF library for working with PDF documents. > > === Proposal === > > The PDFBox library allows creation of new PDF documents, manipulation > of existing documents and the ability to extract content from > documents. PDFBox also includes several command line utilities. Future > development plans include extending PDFBox with advanced data > extraction and high level PDF creation functionality. > > In addition to PDFBox, this proposal also covers the !FontBox and > !JempBox companion libraries. !FontBox is a Java font library used to > obtain low level information from font files. !JempBox is a Java > library that implements Adobe's XMP specification. All these > components would be incubated as a single Apache PDFBox podling > project. > > === Background === > > The PDFBox project started in 2002 and was originally written by Ben > Litchfield in 2002 and currently lives on SourceForge. The initial > purpose of PDFBox was to extract text content to be indexed by the > Lucene search engine. In addition to text extraction the library also > supports a low level API for PDF creation and manipulation. In the > past, several developers have helped develop specific features in > PDFBox but none have continued once their specific needs where met. > > In 2006 discussions began with the FOP team to collaborate on a single > PDF library within the Apache organization. New projects have > expressed interest in advancing the functionality of PDFBox. > > Recently, Tika also expressed interest in advancing the content > extraction capabilities of PDFBox. > > The !FontBox and !JempBox libraries have no dependencies to PDFBox, > but their primary purpose is to support PDFBox and the development > community is largely overlapping. It makes sense to include all three > libraries in a single project. > > === Rationale === > > The PDF document format is a common format found on internet and > across industries as a way of sharing documents. Several Apache > projects utilize PDF technologies but there is not a single > independent PDF library within the Apache organization. > > The Apache XML Graphics project (FOP/Batik) has a write-only PDF > library and is in need of PDF parsing functionality. Many features > overlap those of PDFBox. This is currently a duplication of effort, > bringing PDFBox into Apache and combining our efforts will result in a > more robust PDF library that will be able to support many more use > cases for working with PDF technologies. > > !FontBox, FOP and Batik all contain font loading/handling code that > could likely be merged into a single common library either within the > PDFBox podling or outside it. > > === Initial Goals === > > The initial goals are: > > * Advanced text extraction techniques > * Increase community involvement > * Cooperation with existing Apache projects such as XML Graphics > * Increasing support for PDF document features > * Adding a high level API for document creation > * Adding a streaming API for document creation > * PDF/A creation and validation functionality > * Review licensing of both bundled and external dependencies > * Manage export control notices for cryptographic features > * Figure out how to handle font handling code across !FontBox, FOP, and > Batik > * Replace !JempBox with Adobe's XMP library > > == Current Status == > > === Meritocracy === > > Not all initial committers are familiar with the meritocracy > principles of Apache. It is expected that the committers that are not > will learn the meritocracy rules and they will be followed through the > life of the project. > > === Community === > > PDFBox has existed for several years on SourceForge and has an active > community and continues to grow each day. There are hundreds of > existing projects that utilize the current version of PDFBox. > > === Core Developers === > > Ben Litchfield is the main developer on this project although it is > expected that developers from a variety of existing Apache projects > will become part of the team. > > === Alignment === > > The ability to search PDF documents is a basic requirement for any > enterprise search solution. PDFBox provides the basic content that is > needed for content indexing. This
Re: [VOTE] Accept PDFBox for incubation
Jukka Zitting wrote: Incubator PMC, Please vote on accepting the PDFBox project for incubation. The full PDFBox proposal is available at the end of this message and as a wiki page at http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/PDFBoxProposal. We ask the Incubator PMC to sponsor the PDFBox podling, with myself, Jeremias Maerki, and Niall Pemberton as the mentors. The vote is open for the next 72 hours and only votes from the Incubator PMC are binding. [X] +1 Accept PDFBox as a new podling [ ] -1 Do not accept the new podling (provide reason, please) +1 (non-binding). This is a great addition to the growing Apache text/unstructured stack. --Thilo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [VOTE] Accept PDFBox for incubation
+1 On Feb 1, 2008 3:48 PM, Jeremias Maerki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > +1 from me, obviously. > > On 01.02.2008 15:18:51 Jukka Zitting wrote: > > Incubator PMC, > > > > Please vote on accepting the PDFBox project for incubation. The full > > PDFBox proposal is available at the end of this message and as a wiki > > page at http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/PDFBoxProposal. We ask the > > Incubator PMC to sponsor the PDFBox podling, with myself, Jeremias > > Maerki, and Niall Pemberton as the mentors. > > > > The vote is open for the next 72 hours and only votes from the > > Incubator PMC are binding. > > > > [X] +1 Accept PDFBox as a new podling > > [ ] -1 Do not accept the new podling (provide reason, please) > > > > Here's my +1 > > > > BR, > > > > Jukka Zitting > > > > > Jeremias Maerki > > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Matthias Wessendorf further stuff: blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/ sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf mail: matzew-at-apache-dot-org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [VOTE] Accept PDFBox for incubation
+1 from me, obviously. On 01.02.2008 15:18:51 Jukka Zitting wrote: > Incubator PMC, > > Please vote on accepting the PDFBox project for incubation. The full > PDFBox proposal is available at the end of this message and as a wiki > page at http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/PDFBoxProposal. We ask the > Incubator PMC to sponsor the PDFBox podling, with myself, Jeremias > Maerki, and Niall Pemberton as the mentors. > > The vote is open for the next 72 hours and only votes from the > Incubator PMC are binding. > > [X] +1 Accept PDFBox as a new podling > [ ] -1 Do not accept the new podling (provide reason, please) > > Here's my +1 > > BR, > > Jukka Zitting Jeremias Maerki - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [VOTE] Accept PDFBox for incubation
Jukka Seems like a clear proposal with all the right thinking behind it. +1. Paul On Feb 1, 2008 2:18 PM, Jukka Zitting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Incubator PMC, > > Please vote on accepting the PDFBox project for incubation. The full > PDFBox proposal is available at the end of this message and as a wiki > page at http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/PDFBoxProposal. We ask the > Incubator PMC to sponsor the PDFBox podling, with myself, Jeremias > Maerki, and Niall Pemberton as the mentors. > > The vote is open for the next 72 hours and only votes from the > Incubator PMC are binding. > > [ ] +1 Accept PDFBox as a new podling > [ ] -1 Do not accept the new podling (provide reason, please) > > Here's my +1 > > BR, > > Jukka Zitting > > > > = PDFBox = > > === Abstract === > > PDFBox is an open source Java PDF library for working with PDF documents. > > === Proposal === > > The PDFBox library allows creation of new PDF documents, manipulation > of existing documents and the ability to extract content from > documents. PDFBox also includes several command line utilities. Future > development plans include extending PDFBox with advanced data > extraction and high level PDF creation functionality. > > In addition to PDFBox, this proposal also covers the !FontBox and > !JempBox companion libraries. !FontBox is a Java font library used to > obtain low level information from font files. !JempBox is a Java > library that implements Adobe's XMP specification. All these > components would be incubated as a single Apache PDFBox podling > project. > > === Background === > > The PDFBox project started in 2002 and was originally written by Ben > Litchfield in 2002 and currently lives on SourceForge. The initial > purpose of PDFBox was to extract text content to be indexed by the > Lucene search engine. In addition to text extraction the library also > supports a low level API for PDF creation and manipulation. In the > past, several developers have helped develop specific features in > PDFBox but none have continued once their specific needs where met. > > In 2006 discussions began with the FOP team to collaborate on a single > PDF library within the Apache organization. New projects have > expressed interest in advancing the functionality of PDFBox. > > Recently, Tika also expressed interest in advancing the content > extraction capabilities of PDFBox. > > The !FontBox and !JempBox libraries have no dependencies to PDFBox, > but their primary purpose is to support PDFBox and the development > community is largely overlapping. It makes sense to include all three > libraries in a single project. > > === Rationale === > > The PDF document format is a common format found on internet and > across industries as a way of sharing documents. Several Apache > projects utilize PDF technologies but there is not a single > independent PDF library within the Apache organization. > > The Apache XML Graphics project (FOP/Batik) has a write-only PDF > library and is in need of PDF parsing functionality. Many features > overlap those of PDFBox. This is currently a duplication of effort, > bringing PDFBox into Apache and combining our efforts will result in a > more robust PDF library that will be able to support many more use > cases for working with PDF technologies. > > !FontBox, FOP and Batik all contain font loading/handling code that > could likely be merged into a single common library either within the > PDFBox podling or outside it. > > === Initial Goals === > > The initial goals are: > > * Advanced text extraction techniques > * Increase community involvement > * Cooperation with existing Apache projects such as XML Graphics > * Increasing support for PDF document features > * Adding a high level API for document creation > * Adding a streaming API for document creation > * PDF/A creation and validation functionality > * Review licensing of both bundled and external dependencies > * Manage export control notices for cryptographic features > * Figure out how to handle font handling code across !FontBox, FOP, and > Batik > * Replace !JempBox with Adobe's XMP library > > == Current Status == > > === Meritocracy === > > Not all initial committers are familiar with the meritocracy > principles of Apache. It is expected that the committers that are not > will learn the meritocracy rules and they will be followed through the > life of the project. > > === Community === > > PDFBox has existed for several years on SourceForge and has an active > community and continues to grow each day. There are hundreds of > existing projects that utilize the current version of PDFBox. > > === Core Developers === > > Ben Litchfield is the main developer on this project although it is > expected that developers from a variety of existing Apache projects > will become part of the team. > > === Alignment === > > The ability to search PDF documents is a basic requirement for any > enterprise search solution. PDFBo
[VOTE] Accept PDFBox for incubation
Incubator PMC, Please vote on accepting the PDFBox project for incubation. The full PDFBox proposal is available at the end of this message and as a wiki page at http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/PDFBoxProposal. We ask the Incubator PMC to sponsor the PDFBox podling, with myself, Jeremias Maerki, and Niall Pemberton as the mentors. The vote is open for the next 72 hours and only votes from the Incubator PMC are binding. [ ] +1 Accept PDFBox as a new podling [ ] -1 Do not accept the new podling (provide reason, please) Here's my +1 BR, Jukka Zitting = PDFBox = === Abstract === PDFBox is an open source Java PDF library for working with PDF documents. === Proposal === The PDFBox library allows creation of new PDF documents, manipulation of existing documents and the ability to extract content from documents. PDFBox also includes several command line utilities. Future development plans include extending PDFBox with advanced data extraction and high level PDF creation functionality. In addition to PDFBox, this proposal also covers the !FontBox and !JempBox companion libraries. !FontBox is a Java font library used to obtain low level information from font files. !JempBox is a Java library that implements Adobe's XMP specification. All these components would be incubated as a single Apache PDFBox podling project. === Background === The PDFBox project started in 2002 and was originally written by Ben Litchfield in 2002 and currently lives on SourceForge. The initial purpose of PDFBox was to extract text content to be indexed by the Lucene search engine. In addition to text extraction the library also supports a low level API for PDF creation and manipulation. In the past, several developers have helped develop specific features in PDFBox but none have continued once their specific needs where met. In 2006 discussions began with the FOP team to collaborate on a single PDF library within the Apache organization. New projects have expressed interest in advancing the functionality of PDFBox. Recently, Tika also expressed interest in advancing the content extraction capabilities of PDFBox. The !FontBox and !JempBox libraries have no dependencies to PDFBox, but their primary purpose is to support PDFBox and the development community is largely overlapping. It makes sense to include all three libraries in a single project. === Rationale === The PDF document format is a common format found on internet and across industries as a way of sharing documents. Several Apache projects utilize PDF technologies but there is not a single independent PDF library within the Apache organization. The Apache XML Graphics project (FOP/Batik) has a write-only PDF library and is in need of PDF parsing functionality. Many features overlap those of PDFBox. This is currently a duplication of effort, bringing PDFBox into Apache and combining our efforts will result in a more robust PDF library that will be able to support many more use cases for working with PDF technologies. !FontBox, FOP and Batik all contain font loading/handling code that could likely be merged into a single common library either within the PDFBox podling or outside it. === Initial Goals === The initial goals are: * Advanced text extraction techniques * Increase community involvement * Cooperation with existing Apache projects such as XML Graphics * Increasing support for PDF document features * Adding a high level API for document creation * Adding a streaming API for document creation * PDF/A creation and validation functionality * Review licensing of both bundled and external dependencies * Manage export control notices for cryptographic features * Figure out how to handle font handling code across !FontBox, FOP, and Batik * Replace !JempBox with Adobe's XMP library == Current Status == === Meritocracy === Not all initial committers are familiar with the meritocracy principles of Apache. It is expected that the committers that are not will learn the meritocracy rules and they will be followed through the life of the project. === Community === PDFBox has existed for several years on SourceForge and has an active community and continues to grow each day. There are hundreds of existing projects that utilize the current version of PDFBox. === Core Developers === Ben Litchfield is the main developer on this project although it is expected that developers from a variety of existing Apache projects will become part of the team. === Alignment === The ability to search PDF documents is a basic requirement for any enterprise search solution. PDFBox provides the basic content that is needed for content indexing. This functionality aligns with the those of Lucene, Nutch, Tika and UIMA and all users of these projects will benefit from continued development of PDFBox. PDFBox shares similar font loading and handling needs as FOP and Batik, and the code in the !FontBox companion library could well be merged wit
