FOSS4G 2023 Community Sprint

Community Sprint
Also this year, after the conference, there will be the OSGeo community sprint.

Participation is free of charge and anyone involved or interested in getting involved in OSGeo community projects is welcome.

You can choose to contribute to one or more projects. The sky is the limit. There’s always plenty to do – and it’s not all about programming. Translation, documentation, feedback, discussions, and testing are very important for projects! Conference registration is not a prerequisite for participation in the community sprint.

When
The community sprint will be held on 01-02 of July.
 * 8:00 - 21:00

Where
The community sprint will be hosted at the Innovation and Training Park Prizren.
 * Location on OSM

Registered Attendees
The community sprint is free of charge but we kindly ask you to write down your name for better planning.

Attending

 * Vicky Vergara

Goals

 * Work on incubation tasks

OpenGIS Harmonization
The OGC GeoAPI Implementation Specification requires exclusive use of the org.opengis Java package. OSGeo experimented in cross-project collaboration using “geoapi-pending” interfaces defined in the org.opengis Java package. This activity removes use org.opengis from OSGeo projects, and provides scripts to help the wider Java community adapt to the change.

Visit OSGeo opengis-harmonization initiative activity background, including sponsorship opportunities. See GeoTools wiki for technical details on is challenge.

Attending

 * Jody Garnett
 * Andrea Aime

Goals

 * 1) Introduce an org.geotools.api packages as a drop-in replacement for org.opengis packages
 * 2) Pull methods down into existing GeoTools interface and extends relationship
 * 3) Produce linux or ant script to migrate client code (to be provided with update instructions)
 * 4) Stretch goal: Remove interfaces that have no implementations

GeoNode
Working in contribute to the accessibility of different languages to the official documentation and software

Attending

 * Ariel Anthieni
 * Walter Shilman

Goals

 * Review set translation process in transifex
 * Think of a proposal to improve the metadata module
 * Generate translation proccess form sotfware

Attending

 * Stefan

Event Organization
The FOSS4G 2023 Team is the proud organiser of the community sprint. For any question you can contact Raymond Nijssen, the person in charge of the community sprint.