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 Proposal for new sub-project Tobago (of MyFaces)

 18th August 2005, the Tobago Team (contributions by: Udo Schnurpfeil, Volker
 Weber, Philippe Hennes, Arvid Hülsebus, Bernd Bohmann, Detlef Bartetzko)

 (0) Rational

 The goal of Tobago is to provide the community with a well designed set of user
 interface components based on JSF and run on MyFaces.

 Tobago is more than just a tag library. The following statements characterize
 Tobago and make it different from other frameworks:

 The focus of Tobago is to create business applications without the need for HTML
 design. The development of Tobago pages follows more the development of
 conventional user interfaces than the creation of web pages.

 The UI components are abstracted from HTML and any layout information that does
 not belong to the general page structure. The final output format is determined
 by the client/user-agent.

 A theming mechanism makes it easy to change the look and feel and to provide
 special implementations for certain browsers. A fallback solution ensures that
 as much code is reused for new themes as possible.

 A layout manager is used to arrange the components automatically. This means, no
 manual layouting with HTML tables or other constructs is needed.

 A life demo can be found here: http://tobago.atanion.net

 The development of Tobago started in 2002.

 (0.1) Criteria

 Meritocracy

 The Tobago project will be meritocratic. The project will therefore follow the
 guidelines of the Apache Foundation.

 We use defined roles and responsibilities like contributors and commiters.

 We believe in teamwork and in the consens brought by discussions that are done
 on a mailing list. Votings will establish the final 'will' of the community.

 Community

 We believe that Tobago will attract a stable community sufficient in size. All
 MyFaces users/developers are potential Tobago users/developers. Tobago will make
 MyFaces even more attractive.

 Core Developers:

 Tobago was mainly developed by six employees of Atanion while working (if
 applicable) and in spare time. However, at the moment two of them could be
 counted as real experts or core developers and the others have a good knowledge
 of the project.

 All developers will file the Contribution License Agreement. Atanion GmbH will
 file the Corporate Contribution License Agreement.

 Two PMC members from the MyFaces project also want to become Tobago committers:
 Martin Marinschek and Matthias Wessendorf (both PMCs Myfaces).

 Alignment:

 Tobago is a framework built on top of JSF and therefore works well with MyFaces.
 The project makes use of several Apache libraries like Commons, Taglibs and Ant.

 (0.2) Warning signs

 Orphaned products:

 All active developers would like to become Tobago Committers or PMC members and
 plan to remain active in the project.

 Inexperience with open source:

 The current Tobago developers have experience with open source projects. However
 in the past this was restricted by using open source projects and participating
 on there mailing lists. No active development was done.

 Martin Marinschek and Matthias Wessendorf do have a lot of experience with open
 source.

 Homogenous developers:

 From scratch the project will start with six developers of one company and two
 additional developers from other companies. We hope to attract more
 individual developers soon.

 Reliance on salaried developers:

 Tobago was developed in working and spare time and does not rely on salaried
 developers. However Atanion will support the project in the future by dedicating
 'work time' to Tobago.

 No ties to other Apache products:

 Tobago makes excessive use of serveral components of the Jakarta Commons. It is
 developed on the Tomcat JSP/Servlet container. (However it runs also on other
 containers.) Tobago is the ideal addition for MyFaces.

 A fascination with the Apache brand:

 We respect and admire the work done by the Apache Foundation. Various open
 source projects of the foundation have saved us an almost unlimited amount of
 development time or money in case of not using commercial products. We want to
 give something back to the community and become part of it.

 (1) Scope of subprojects

 As mentioned above Tobago is the ideal addition for MyFaces. Therefore we prefer to
 become a subproject of MyFaces.

 (2) Initial source

 The source code can be found under:

   http://www.atanion.net/repos/asf/tobago/trunk/

 The source code is provided under the Apache License, version 2.0.

 A precompiled WAR for the demo can be found at:

   http://www.atanion.com/tobago/tobago-example-demo.war

 (3) ASF resource to be created

 (3.1) Mailling-list

 At the moment the existing mailing lists of the MyFaces project should be
 sufficient to discuss and announce Tobago topics. If not, we need the following
 lists:

   * tobago-dev
   * tobago-user
   * tobago-pmc

 (3.2) Subversion

 A subversion repository with one module 'incubator-tobago'.

 (3.3) Issue tracking

 At the moment the MyFaces JIRA module could be used.

 (4) initial set of committers

 (4.1) Already ASF committers

   * Martin Marinschek, martin.marinschek@gmail.com (PMC MyFaces)
   * Matthias Wessendorf, mwessendorf@gmail.com (PMC MyFaces)

 (4.2) Other committers

   * Udo Schnurpfeil, udo@schnurpfeil.de
   * Volker Weber, asf@weber-oldenburg.de
   * Philippe Hennes, philippe.hennes@philstar.de
   * Arvid Hülsebus, idus@krelon.com
   * Bernd Bohmann, bernd.bohmann@atanion.com
   * Detlef Bartetzko, detlef.bartetzko@atanion.com

 (5) Apache sponsoring individuals

 Tobago is sponsored by MyFaces. Mentors are Martin Marinschek and Matthias
 Wessendorf from the MyFaces project (both PMCs). Champion is potentially
 Manfred Geiler (MyFaces PMC Chair), if an official (and not a member) of
 the ASF can be champion.
	Proposal for new sub-project Tobago (of MyFaces)

	18th August 2005, the Tobago Team (contributions by: Udo Schnurpfeil, Volker
	Weber, Philippe Hennes, Arvid Hülsebus, Bernd Bohmann, Detlef Bartetzko)

	(0) Rational

	The goal of Tobago is to provide the community with a well designed set of user
	interface components based on JSF and run on MyFaces.

	Tobago is more than just a tag library. The following statements characterize
	Tobago and make it different from other frameworks:

	The focus of Tobago is to create business applications without the need for HTML
	design. The development of Tobago pages follows more the development of
	conventional user interfaces than the creation of web pages.

	The UI components are abstracted from HTML and any layout information that does
	not belong to the general page structure. The final output format is determined
	by the client/user-agent.

	A theming mechanism makes it easy to change the look and feel and to provide
	special implementations for certain browsers. A fallback solution ensures that
	as much code is reused for new themes as possible.

	A layout manager is used to arrange the components automatically. This means, no
	manual layouting with HTML tables or other constructs is needed.

	A life demo can be found here: http://tobago.atanion.net

	The development of Tobago started in 2002.

	(0.1) Criteria

	Meritocracy

	The Tobago project will be meritocratic. The project will therefore follow the
	guidelines of the Apache Foundation.

	We use defined roles and responsibilities like contributors and commiters.

	We believe in teamwork and in the consens brought by discussions that are done
	on a mailing list. Votings will establish the final 'will' of the community.

	Community

	We believe that Tobago will attract a stable community sufficient in size. All
	MyFaces users/developers are potential Tobago users/developers. Tobago will make
	MyFaces even more attractive.

	Core Developers:

	Tobago was mainly developed by six employees of Atanion while working (if
	applicable) and in spare time. However, at the moment two of them could be
	counted as real experts or core developers and the others have a good knowledge
	of the project.

	All developers will file the Contribution License Agreement. Atanion GmbH will
	file the Corporate Contribution License Agreement.

	Two PMC members from the MyFaces project also want to become Tobago committers:
	Martin Marinschek and Matthias Wessendorf (both PMCs Myfaces).

	Alignment:

	Tobago is a framework built on top of JSF and therefore works well with MyFaces.
	The project makes use of several Apache libraries like Commons, Taglibs and Ant.

	(0.2) Warning signs

	Orphaned products:

	All active developers would like to become Tobago Committers or PMC members and
	plan to remain active in the project.

	Inexperience with open source:

	The current Tobago developers have experience with open source projects. However
	in the past this was restricted by using open source projects and participating
	on there mailing lists. No active development was done.

	Martin Marinschek and Matthias Wessendorf do have a lot of experience with open
	source.

	Homogenous developers:

	From scratch the project will start with six developers of one company and two
	additional developers from other companies. We hope to attract more
	individual developers soon.

	Reliance on salaried developers:

	Tobago was developed in working and spare time and does not rely on salaried
	developers. However Atanion will support the project in the future by dedicating
	'work time' to Tobago.

	No ties to other Apache products:

	Tobago makes excessive use of serveral components of the Jakarta Commons. It is
	developed on the Tomcat JSP/Servlet container. (However it runs also on other
	containers.) Tobago is the ideal addition for MyFaces.

	A fascination with the Apache brand:

	We respect and admire the work done by the Apache Foundation. Various open
	source projects of the foundation have saved us an almost unlimited amount of
	development time or money in case of not using commercial products. We want to
	give something back to the community and become part of it.

	(1) Scope of subprojects

	As mentioned above Tobago is the ideal addition for MyFaces. Therefore we prefer to
	become a subproject of MyFaces.

	(2) Initial source

	The source code can be found under:

	http://www.atanion.net/repos/asf/tobago/trunk/

	The source code is provided under the Apache License, version 2.0.

	A precompiled WAR for the demo can be found at:

	http://www.atanion.com/tobago/tobago-example-demo.war

	(3) ASF resource to be created

	(3.1) Mailling-list

	At the moment the existing mailing lists of the MyFaces project should be
	sufficient to discuss and announce Tobago topics. If not, we need the following
	lists:

	* tobago-dev
	* tobago-user
	* tobago-pmc

	(3.2) Subversion

	A subversion repository with one module 'incubator-tobago'.

	(3.3) Issue tracking

	At the moment the MyFaces JIRA module could be used.

	(4) initial set of committers

	(4.1) Already ASF committers

	* Martin Marinschek, martin.marinschek@gmail.com (PMC MyFaces)
	* Matthias Wessendorf, mwessendorf@gmail.com (PMC MyFaces)

	(4.2) Other committers

	* Udo Schnurpfeil, udo@schnurpfeil.de
	* Volker Weber, asf@weber-oldenburg.de
	* Philippe Hennes, philippe.hennes@philstar.de
	* Arvid Hülsebus, idus@krelon.com
	* Bernd Bohmann, bernd.bohmann@atanion.com
	* Detlef Bartetzko, detlef.bartetzko@atanion.com

	(5) Apache sponsoring individuals

	Tobago is sponsored by MyFaces. Mentors are Martin Marinschek and Matthias
	Wessendorf from the MyFaces project (both PMCs). Champion is potentially
	Manfred Geiler (MyFaces PMC Chair), if an official (and not a member) of
	the ASF can be champion.