Our board report is due no later than next Wed. Here's a draft that I created as an evolution of our prior quarterly report.
Please comment or suggest added points. Specifically I'd like to update the status about the VSCode extension work, which frankly I have been too busy to keep track of. Is the roadmap still current and relevant? Here's is the draft report: ## Description: The mission of Apache Daffodil is the creation and maintenance of software related to an implementation of the Data Format Description Language (DFDL) used to convert between fixed format data and more readily processed forms such as XML or JSON ## Project Status: Current project status: The project is healthy based on ongoing activity and releases. The DFDL Standard is now ISO/IEC 23415, and is available from ISO and national-standards web-sites worldwide. It also remains an open-standard available from its existing source at the Open Grid Forum. Daffodil 3.7.0 was released on 2024-04-10. Daffodil 3.8.0 is underway and will be released in 3Q2024. The next release of the VSCode extension for Daffodil, which will be v1.4.0 has slipped out of 2Q2024, but is still an active goal. Issues for the board: none. ## Membership Data: Apache Daffodil was founded 2021-02-16 (3 years ago) There are currently 20 committers and 19 PMC members in this project. The Committer-to-PMC ratio is roughly 1:1. Community changes, past quarter: - Peter Katlic was added to the PMC on 2024-03-17 - Peter Katlic was added as committer on 2024-03-17 John Interrante is retiring from his job at GE, and we congratulate him on his lifetime achievement. We expect him to be less active on Daffodil going forward, but he will remain a PMC member on the project and we hope to continue to receive his valued guidance. ## Project Activity: Collaboration on the Drill connector to Daffodil has resumed and is close to an initial release. The features in Daffodil 3.7.0 appear to enable the completion of this work. The level of activity on the project as a whole is robust. ## Community Health: Activity level is acceptable and our metrics reflect that, but overall there is good participation.
