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Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 11:57:33 -0700
From: Vinayak Borkar <vborky@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] VXQuery
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Paul,

Thank you for your interest in the VXQuery engine. We are looking for 
mentors for the project. Would you be willing to be a mentor?

Thanks,
Vinayak

Paul Fremantle wrote:
> Synapse would also be interested in using the XQuery implementation!
> 
> Thanks
> Paul
> 
> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 7:22 PM, Vinayak Borkar <vborky@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> We wish to present a proposal to create a new project in the incubator
>> called VXQuery. Please find below, the plain-text version of the proposal.
>> Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Vinayak
>>
>> VXQueryProposal
>> Abstract
>>
>> Apache VXQuery is a language processor that implements the XML Query
>> Language v1.0 standardized by the W3C.
>> Proposal
>>
>> VXQuery (Versatile XQuery) will be a standards compliant XML Query processor
>> implemented in Java. We believe that there exists a strong (and growing)
>> need to process semi-structured data in many applications. The W3C
>> standardized v1.0 of the XML Query Language in early 2007. Since then, a few
>> processors have surfaced (both commercial and open source). VXQuery will
>> implement this standard.
>>
>> VXQuery plans to be the glue that brings together imperative programming in
>> Java and declarative programming in XQuery. The project would enable
>> developers to use XQuery to navigate and transform application objects
>> declaratively in Java applications with minimal overhead.
>>
>> In the VXQuery project we plan to build an implementation that allows users
>> to run declarative XQueries on arbitrary object models. Existing XQuery
>> engines execute queries by translating the user data into some form of XML
>> Object model. With VXQuery, we take the opposing view - Translate the query
>> to work natively on the user's object model.
>>
>> In addition, VXQuery works on top of different XML representations including
>> DOM, Stax, and a space optimized model motivated by Xalan's DTM (Document
>> Table Model).
>>
>> VXQuery will also provide a library that allows application developers to
>> express declarative queries without the need to learn a new syntax. We
>> believe that this will speed up the adoption process.
>> Current Status
>>
>> This is a new project.
>> Meritocracy
>>
>> The initial developers are very familiar with meritocratic open source
>> development at Apache. Apache was chosen specifically because the initial
>> developers want to encourage this style of development for the project.
>> Community
>>
>> VXQuery seeks to develop developer and user communities during incubation.
>> Core Developers
>>
>> The core members of the project are diverse. Vinayak Borkar is an
>> independent consultant. Till Westmann works for a company that would be a
>> potential consumer of VXQuery. During incubation the developers base will be
>> broadened.
>> Alignment
>>
>> XQuery is gaining more traction as a XML management technology and there
>> already are several Apache projects ([WWW] XMLBeans, [WWW] Camel, [WWW]
>> Tuscany) that use or need a XQuery implementation. As no such implementation
>> is available as an Apache project these projects have to rely on external
>> engines. VXQuery can fill this gap and complement the XML support of the
>> Apache Software Foundation.
>> Known Risks
>> Orphaned products
>>
>> VXQuery is new development.
>> Inexperience with Open Source
>>
>> The initial developers include long-time open source developers. Vinayak
>> Borkar is an active contributor to the Zorba project at the FLWOR
>> foundation.
>> Relationships with Other Apache Products
>>
>> XMLBeans is a representation of XML that would be natively supported in
>> VXQuery. Therefore VXQuery can be used as an efficient and Apache-licensed
>> implementation for the [WWW] selectPath and execQuery methods found in
>> XMLBeans.
>>
>> Similarly, [WWW] Tuscany's SDO implementation can be natively supported and
>> VXQuery can be used to provide an [WWW] XQuery implementation for Tuscany.
>>
>> VXQuery can also be used as an XQuery implementation for [WWW] Camel.
>>
>> Further, VXQuery uses the Xerces XML parser and schema validator.
>> A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand
>>
>> We believe in the processes, systems, and framework Apache has put in place.
>> Apache is also known to foster a great community around their projects and
>> provide exposure. While these points are important, they are not the main
>> motivation for choosing Apache to host VXQuery.
>> Documentation
>>
>> Not publicly available
>> Initial Source
>>
>> Not publicly available
>> External Dependencies
>>
>> [WWW] JavaCC (BSD license), [WWW] Davos SDO implementation (Apache 2.0
>> license), [WWW] Woodstox XML parser (Apache 2.0 license), [WWW] XStream
>> project (BSD license)
>> Required Resources
>> Developer and user mailing lists
>>
>> [MAILTO] vxquery-dev@incubator.apache.org [MAILTO]
>> vxquery-users@incubator.apache.org [MAILTO]
>> vxquery-commits@incubator.apache.org
>> A subversion repository
>>
>> [WWW] https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/vxquery
>> A JIRA issue tracker
>>
>> VXQuery (VXQUERY)
>> Initial Committers
>>
>>    *
>>
>>      Vinayak Borkar <vborky at yahoo dot com>
>>    *
>>
>>      Till Westmann <till at westmann dot org>
>>    *
>>
>>      Cezar Andrei <cezar at apache dot org> [Have CLA]
>>    *
>>
>>      Michael Carey <mjcarey at ics dot uci dot edu>
>>
>> Sponsors
>>
>>    *
>>
>>      XMLBeans PMC
>>
>> Champion
>>
>>    *
>>
>>      Cezar Andrei
>>
>> Nominated Mentors
>>
>>    *
>>
>>      Looking for mentors
>>
>>
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