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Subject: Re: [VOTE] Accept Unomi into the Apache Incubator
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On Wednesday, September 23, 2015, Jean-Baptiste Onofr=C3=A9 <jb@nanthrax.ne=
t>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> following the discussion about Unomi, I would like to call a vote for
> accepting Unomi as a new incubator project.
>
> The proposal text is included below, and available on the wiki:
> http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/UnomiProposal
>
> The discussion thread about Unomi is available here:
>
> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/201509.mbox/%3=
C36A4090C-7444-4A20-8C85-3C7B990D9502%40jahia.com%3E
>
> The vote is open for 72 hours:
>
> [ ] +1 accept Unomi in the Incubator
> [ ] =C2=B10
> [ ] -1 (please give reason)
>
> Thanks,
> Regards
> JB
> --
>
> =3D Apache Unomi incubation proposal =3D
> =3D=3D Abstract =3D=3D
> Unomi is a reference implementation of the OASIS Context Server
> specification currently being worked on by the OASIS Context Server
> Technical Committee. It provides a high-performance user profile and even=
t
> tracking server.
>
> =3D=3D Proposal =3D=3D
> The server is a data management platform that provides real-time user
> profile and event storage as well as a rule engine and fully featured
> REST+JSON interfaces which make integration with very different systems
> easier.
>
> One of the main objectives of this implementation is to be modular and
> flexible enough to relatively easily build integration into systems such =
as
> CMS, WCM, CRM or even ERP. Built using Apache Karaf and ElasticSearch, it
> is designed to also be easily clusterable to address high-traffic scenari=
os
> where lots of profile data will need to be updated at a high frequency.
>
> =3D=3D Background =3D=3D
> Unomi was built from scratch to serve as a reference implementation for
> the OASIS Context Server proposal. It has been developed by Jahia Softwar=
e.
>
> It initially served as a test-bed while working on the specifics of the
> new proposal, to make sure that the concepts being discussed and decided
> would make sense in an actual implementation. At the same time, Jahia, on=
e
> of the companies involved in the standardization work, needed a basis to
> build their new Marketing Factory product, so it made a lot of sense to
> start this way. Thanks to a lot of work done in the standard, the
> implementation was produced relatively quickly and this made it possible =
to
> build a commercial product on top of this implementation that will be
> released in Winter 2015. This implies that the core of the commercial
> product being proposed here will undergo a full set of QA tests, includin=
g
> and scalability tests.
>
> Another important objective was to provide a platform that deals with use=
r
> data in an =E2=80=9Cethical=E2=80=9D way, in order to make the usage of p=
ersonal data more
> transparent and to improve privacy. Through the work in the standard and
> this open source implementation, it is the hope of the original designers
> that it will be easier for all users of this technology to fully understa=
nd
> how the data is being used and what type of control is exercised over it.=
 A
> transparent usage of customer data could become, in the near future, a ke=
y
> tool to keep customer loyalty. Companies would then be able to leverage
> digital marketing frameworks capabilities such as Unomi, but, as a fair -
> and quite possibly legally mandatory - counterpart, should allow end user=
s
> to understand the data being used, as well as the way it is used, in orde=
r
> to give them more control over which data to share or to anonymise.
>
> The purpose is to bring Jahia Marketing Factory codebase into the Apache
> Software Foundation (ASF) in order to build a vibrant, diverse and
> self-governed open source community around the technology. Jahia will
> continue to market and sell Jahia Marketing Factory based on Unomi. Unomi
> and Jahia Marketing Factory will be managed separately. This proposal
> covers the Unomi source code (mainly written in Java), Unomi documentatio=
n
> and other materials currently available on GitHub. Unomi is our primary
> choice for a name of the project.
>
> =3D=3D Rationale =3D=3D
> Building highly scalable, performant and flexible personalization
> architectures requires major efforts. The complexities of requirements,
> integrations and use cases is directly related to the number of users, an=
d
> Apache projects usually get a lot of visibility and usage. Therefore it w=
as
> a goal from the start to share this project with the ASF, as it is believ=
ed
> this is the best way to achieve the true potential of this codebase, to
> make it highly visible and continually improve on its design and
> implementation to make it the best tool for the job for a wide variety of
> use cases.
>
> The project, as it sits a bit higher than usual BigData frameworks, could
> be used a front-end to a lot of existing Apache project that could be
> integrated to help deliver more power into the platform. For example Unom=
i
> doesn=E2=80=99t currently include machine learning but it could very well=
 be
> expanded to include a module that would use Apache Mahout. In the same wa=
y,
> for the persistence layer, an already existing Service Provider Interface
> could be used to provide other backends such as HDFS, Cassandra, Solr or
> any other.
>
> =3D=3D Initial Goals =3D=3D
> Our initial goals are to bring Unomi into the ASF, transition internal
> engineering processes into the open, and foster a collaborative developme=
nt
> model according to the "Apache Way." Jahia plans to develop new
> functionality in an open, community-driven way. To get there, the existin=
g
> internal build, test and release processes will be refactored to support
> open development.
>
> =3D=3D Current Status =3D=3D
> Currently, the project code base is licensed under the Apache License and
> is available on Github (https://github.com/Jahia/unomi).
>
> The Jahia Marketing Factory, as soon as it is released, plans on building
> a robust end user community of paying and non-paying customers, and
> hopefully this will trickle down to the community on the Apache Unomi
> project once it is established.
>
> Documentation is currently being worked on, but as it is the
> implementation of a public standard, most of the conceptual and API
> documentation will be covered by the specification. Any specifics of the
> implementation will of course be documented in the incubator project
>
> =3D=3D Meritocracy =3D=3D
> Our proposed list of initial committers include the current Marketing
> Factory R&D team, Jahia Engineers. This group will form a base for the
> broader community we will invite to collaborate on the codebase. We inten=
d
> to radically expand the initial developer and user community by running t=
he
> project in accordance with the "Apache Way". Users and new contributors
> will be treated with respect and welcomed. By participating in the
> community and providing quality patches/support that move the project
> forward, they will earn merit. They also will be encouraged to provide
> non-code contributions (documentation, events, community management, etc.=
)
> and will gain merit for doing so. Those with a proven support and quality
> track record will be encouraged to become committers.
>
> =3D=3D Community =3D=3D
> If Unomi is accepted for incubation, the primary initial goal will be
> transitioning the core community towards embracing the Apache Way of
> project governance. We would solicit major existing contributors to becom=
e
> committers on the project from the start.
>
> =3D=3D Core Developers =3D=3D
> While a few core developers are skilled in working in openly governed
> Apache communities. Most of the core developers are currently NOT
> affiliated with the ASF and would require new ICLAs before committing to
> the project.
>
> =3D=3D Alignment =3D=3D
> The following existing ASF projects can be considered when reviewing Unom=
i
> proposal:
>
> * Apache Karaf : Apache Karaf is a small OSGi based runtime which provide=
s
> a lightweight container onto which various components and applications ca=
n
> be deployed. Unomi is actually built on top of Karaf, taking full benefit
> of its modularity and powerful features  as an OSGi runtime. More
> subprojects could of the Karaf project could be integrated such as Karaf
> Cave, Cellar or more interestingly Decanter which could offer real-time
> insight into the Unomi runtime.
> * Apache Mahout : The Apache Mahout=E2=84=A2 project's goal is to build a=
n
> environment for quickly creating scalable performant machine learning
> applications. Unomi could integrate with Mahout to use it to perform
> recommendations or other types of machine learning based on what events a=
re
> being fed to it.
> * Apache Hadoop=E2=93=87 is a distributed storage and processing framewor=
k for
> very large datasets focusing primarily on batch processing for analytic
> purposes. Unomi could serve as a data set for Hadoop, and batch processin=
g
> could be done on top of this data.
> * Apache CXF : Apache CXF is an open source services framework. CXF helps
> you build and develop services using frontend programming APIs like JAX-W=
S
> and JAX-RS. These services can speak a variety of protocols such as SOAP,
> XML/HTTP, RESTful HTTP, or CORBA and work over a variety of transports su=
ch
> as HTTP, JMS or JBI. Unomi actually uses CXF to expose it=E2=80=99s servi=
ces as
> pure HTTP REST+JSON services. But this could be expanded further than wha=
t
> the specs supports to support other bindings supported by CXF out of the
> box. Incubator Apache Pistachio (
> http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/PistachioProposal) : Pistachio is a
> fault-tolerant low latency distributed storage system which enables simpl=
e
> embedding the computation to the storage layer to achieve best data
> locality. It evolves from Yahoo=E2=80=99s global user profile storage sys=
tem. Unomi
> could possibly also use Pistachio as a backend system (if compatible). Th=
is
> might provide an interesting alternative to ElasticSearch for some users.
> * Apache Geode : Geode is a data management platform that provides
> real-time, consistent access to data-intensive applications throughout
> widely distributed cloud architectures. Geode pools memory (along with CP=
U,
> network and optionally local disk) across multiple processes to manage
> application objects and behavior. It uses dynamic replication and data
> partitioning techniques for high availability, improved performance,
> scalability, and fault tolerance. Geode is both a distributed data
> container and an in-memory data management system providing reliable
> asynchronous event notifications and guaranteed message delivery. Unomi
> could leverage the power of Geode to help it with the processing of the
> incoming data from user events.
> * Apache Ignite : Apache Ignite In-Memory Data Fabric is a
> high-performance, integrated and distributed in-memory platform for
> computing and transacting on large-scale data sets in real-time, orders o=
f
> magnitude faster than possible with traditional disk-based or flash
> technologies. Unomi could leverage this project to perform any input
> processing.
>
> =3D=3D Known Risks =3D=3D
> Development has been sponsored mostly by a single company (or its
> predecessors) thus far and coordinated mainly by the core Jahia Unomi tea=
m.
>
> For the project to fully transition to the Apache Way governance model,
> development must shift towards the meritocracy-centric model of growing a
> community of contributors balanced with the needs for extreme stability a=
nd
> core implementation coherency.
>
> The tools and development practices in place for the Jahia Marketing
> Factory product are compatible with the ASF infrastructure and thus we do
> not anticipate any on-boarding pains. Migration from the current GitHub
> repository is also expected to be straightforward.
>
> =3D=3D Orphaned products =3D=3D
> Jahia is fully committed to Jahia Marketing Factory and the product will
> continue to be based on the Unomi project. Moreover, Jahia has a vested
> interest in making Unomi succeed by driving its close integration with
> sister ASF projects. We expect this to further reduces the risk of
> orphaning the product. Unomi is the core server at the heart of the Jahia
> Marketing Factory product, and at the time of this proposal both the
> commercial offering server and Unomi source code are 100% the same. It is
> expected over time that Jahia will develop additional modules on top of
> Unomi that may not be open sourced but other companies may of course do t=
he
> same thing.
>
> =3D=3D Inexperience with Open Source =3D=3D
> Jahia has been developing and using open source software since its
> inception in 2001. Jahias CTO and Chief Software Architects are Apache
> Committers and other employees have contributed to various ASF projects
> over the years. Additionally, several ASF veterans agreed to mentor the
> project and are listed in this proposal. The project will rely on their
> guidance and collective wisdom to quickly transition the entire team of
> initial committers towards practicing the Apache Way.
>
> =3D=3D Homogeneous Developers =3D=3D
> While most of the initial committers are employed by Jahia, we have
> already seen a healthy level of interest from our existing customers and
> partners. We intend to convert that interest directly into participation
> and will be investing in activities to recruit additional committers from
> other companies.
>
> =3D=3D Reliance on Salaried Developers =3D=3D
> Most of the contributors are paid to work in web marketing/web content
> management space. While they might wander from their current employers,
> they are unlikely to venture far from their core expertises and thus will
> continue to be engaged with the project regardless of their current
> employers.
>
> =3D=3D Relationships with Other Apache Products =3D=3D
> As mentioned in the Alignment section, Unomi may consider various degrees
> of integration and code exchange with Apache Karaf, Apache Mahout, Apache
> Pistachio (incubating), and many others. We look forward to collaborating
> with these communities as well as other communities under the Apache
> umbrella.
>
> =3D=3D An Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand =3D=3D
> While we intend to leverage the Apache =E2=80=98branding=E2=80=99 when ta=
lking to other
> projects as testament of our project=E2=80=99s =E2=80=98neutrality=E2=80=
=99, we have no plans for
> making use of Apache brand in press releases nor posting billboards
> advertising acceptance of Unomi into Apache Incubator.
>
> =3D=3D Interaction with the OASIS standard =3D=3D
> In order to properly implement the standard and possibly use the feedback
> from the implementation as a way to improve the specifications, currently
> the co-chair of the technical committee is also the proposer on the Apach=
e
> proposal. This relationship makes it easy for communication between the t=
wo
> works, and will hopefully grow as the community grows around both the
> standard and the implementation. This is quite similar to the situation
> with the Apache Chemistry project, that is an open source implementation =
of
> the CMIS specification that is also an OASIS standard.
>
> =3D=3D Documentation =3D=3D
> See documentation for the current state of the project documentation
> available as part of the GitHub repository at
> https://github.com/Jahia/unomi
>
> =3D=3D Initial Source =3D=3D
> Jahia is releasing the source code for Unomi under the ASF license at
> https://github.com/Jahia/unomi . We encourage ASF community members
> interested in this proposal to download the source code, review and try o=
ut
> the software.
>
> =3D=3D Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan =3D=3D
> As soon as Unomi is approved to join Apache Incubator, the source code
> will be transitioned via the Software Grant Agreement onto ASF
> infrastructure and in turn made available under the Apache License, versi=
on
> 2.0. We know of no legal encumberments that would inhibit the transfer of
> source code to the ASF.
>
> =3D=3D External Dependencies =3D=3D
> Embedded dependencies (relocated):
>
> * None
>
> Runtime dependencies:
>
> * apache-karaf
> * pax-web
> * apache-cxf
> * slf4j
> * org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient-osgi
> * org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore-osgi
> * org.apache.servicemix.bundles.jakarta-regexp
> * pax-cdi
> * javax.servlet-api
> * jackson
> * org.osgi.core
> * commons-lang3
> * commons-collections
> * org.mvel:mvel2
> * commons-beanutils
> * commons-ognl
> * commons-email
> * commons-logging
> * commons-codec
> * commons-io
> * geronimo-jcdi
> * geronimo-atinject
> * geronimo-annotations
> * string-template (BSD)
> * javax.json
> * net.sf.uadetector
> * net.sf.quality-check
> * com.maxmind.geoip2:geoip2 (Commons Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0
> Unported, http://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoip2/geolite2/#License)
> * elasticsearch
> * spatial4j (optional)
> * org.ow2.asm:asm
> * groovy (optional)
> * com.vividsolutions:jts (lgpl, optional)
> * net.java.dev.jna (optional)
> * org.fusesource:sigar (optional)
>
> Module or optional dependencies:
>
> * None
>
> Build only dependencies:
>
> * None
>
> Test only dependencies:
>
> * org.ops4j.pax.exam:pax-exam-container-karaf
> * org.ops4j.pax.exam:pax-exam-junit4
> * org.ops4j.pax.exam:pax-exam
> * org.ops4j.pax.url:pax-url-aether
> * javax.inject
> * junit
> * com.carrotsearch:junit-benchmarks
> * com.h2database:h2
> * gatling
> * scala library
>
> Cryptography N/A
>
> =3D=3D Required Resources =3D=3D
> =3D=3D=3D Mailing lists =3D=3D=3D
> * private@unomi.incubator.apache.org (moderated subscriptions)
> * commits@unomi.incubator.apache.org
> * dev@unomi.incubator.apache.org
> * issues@unomi.incubator.apache.org
> * user@unomi.incubator.apache.org
>
> =3D=3D=3D Git Repository =3D=3D=3D
> * https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-unomi.git
>
> =3D=3D=3D Issue Tracking =3D=3D=3D
> * JIRA Project Unomi (UNOMI)
>
> =3D=3D=3D Other Resources =3D=3D=3D
> Means of setting up regular builds for Unomi on builds.apache.org
>
> =3D=3D Initial Committers =3D=3D
> * Serge Huber
> * Thomas Draier
> * Sergiy Shyrkov
> * Kevan Jahanshahi
> * C=C3=A9dric Mailleux
> * R=C3=A9gis Mora
> * Quentin Lamerand
> * Chris Laprun
> * David Griffon
> * Jean-Baptiste Onofr=C3=A9
>
> =3D=3D Affiliations =3D=3D
> * Jahia Solutions: everyone else on this proposal
> * NASA JPL: Chris Mattmann
> * Talend : Jean-Baptiste Onofr=C3=A9
> * Pivotal : Roman Shaposhnik
>
> =3D=3D Sponsors =3D=3D
> =3D=3D Champion =3D=3D
> * Jean-Baptiste Onofr=C3=A9 - Apache Member, Talend
>
> =3D=3D Mentors =3D=3D
> The initial mentors are listed below:
>
> * Bertrand Delacretaz - Apache Member, Adobe
> * Roman Shaposhnik - Apache Member, Pivotal
> * Chris Mattmann - Apache Member, NASA JPL
>
> =3D=3D Sponsoring Entity =3D=3D
> We would like to propose Apache incubator to sponsor this project.
>
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