Deegree Report 2008

deegree

 * Contact name: Jens Fitzke
 * Web site: http://deegree.org/

Key Accomplishments

 * The deegree Project Steering Commitee (PSC) was instantiated in January.
 * deegree 2.1 demo packages have been released in January, including OGC reference implementation for WMS 1.1.1 and 1.3.0 and WCS 1.0.0.
 * The coordinate reference system component has been completely redesigned to meet the requirement to be highly configurable.
 * Release management was formally installed and a release manager appointed by the PSC.
 * deegree applied for OSGeo incubation and started the incubation process in May.
 * Third deegree day successfully took place in Bonn in June with about 80 participants (http://deegreeday.deegree.org/archive).
 * Work on the next major version (deegree 3) started.
 * deegree 3 alpha has been released, containing SOS as a first ready-to-run demo.
 * deegree 2.2 stable has been released in December.

Areas for Improvement

 * Extend and improve documentation, create tutorials
 * Increase involvement of the community
 * Increase the number of contributors (code)
 * Reduce the number of pre-releases within one release cycle

Opportunities to Help

 * Test release candidates at an early stage
 * Provide or improve documentation (e.g. QA by native speakers)
 * Contribute to tutorial production process
 * Actively contribute to deegree 3 development
 * Share experiences with deegree

Outlook for 2009

 * Release management to be refined
 * A new build mechanism based on ant/ivy to be established
 * deegree 2.3 to be released, including improved iGeoPortal GUI
 * deegree iGeoDesktop preview to be published
 * Fourth deegree day will be held on May 26th/27th, together with a local OpenStreetMap outreach activity
 * More deegree 3 alpha versions to be released, including demo packages for SOS, WPS, WCS, WFS and WMS
 * OSGeo incubation to be continued