Tools Spec

Why this document exists

This is an attempt to write a role-centered description of how the different software components that projects are using, described in Project Infrastructure Migration fit together. Single sign-on to a lot of different services could be offered.

There are really two components of this, because OSGeo the Foundation needs one set of tools to communicate between and about itself; there is also an intention to provide hosted services that OSGeo projects and participants need but can't provide themselves, wanting the benefit of a stable home.

Roles

Member

Can be a member of one or more committees or projects
Has group-based access to subversion
May have system access, ssh etc
Sends messages
Can be subscribed to mailing lists associated with projects
Has a location

Project

Has members
Has mailing list facilities
Has home pages
Has its own subdomain of osgeo.org
Has meetings
Has news/talk items to publish
Has a public bug tracker
Has document archiving facilities
Has a collaboration space

Committee

* Has all the properties of a project

Local Chapter

* Has all the properties of a project

Objects

Message

Has a timestamp
Has a lot of different recipients
Is connected to a project
Could have keywords

Meeting

Has participants
Has logs, perhaps has minutes or a summary
Has a time and medium/place

Request

Task or bug
Submitted at a time, by a person
Actionable by a person

Data Set

Members may want to upload and create metadata about data sets as part of a project.
Data sets may have spatial metadata and be indexed and searched for that way

Special Features

Some kind of voting facility - secure for board elections - more automated for processes like logo/motto selection
Survey facility

References

ASF Projects site

The Apache Software Foundation has a project directory at http://projects.apache.org/ built by collecting models from DOAP, 'Description of a Project' files that each project contributes.