Project Evaluation Criteria

Document Status

IncCom Document Number: X

Version: 1.0

Status: draft

Purpose

The purpose of this document is to outline the criteria to be used for prioritizing projects for acceptance into the incubation process. The project must fully meet, or be capable of meeting by graduation, the Required Criteria. Projects should meet some or all of the Desirable Criteria. The intention is that the more criteria a project meets, the more likely it will be accepted for incubation.

Terms and Definitions

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Criteria

Required

1. the code is under an OSI approved license (data & doc projects need to specify their choice for a type of license).
2. the project is willing to keep code clear of encumbrances (committer agreements, etc). (?? is this still required ??)
3. the project is "geospatial", or directly in support of geospatial applications.

Desirable

1. the project software is already reasonably mature (working quality code).
2. the project already has a substantial user community.
3. the project already has a substantial developer community.
4. the project is aware of, and implements support for, relevant standards (ie. OGC, etc).
5. the project has linkages with existing foundation projects.
6. the project fills a gap in the foundation software stack.
7. the project is prepared to develop in an open and collaborative fashion.
8. the project has contributions and interest from more than just one company/organization.
9. the project is willing to migrate some or all of its infrastructure (code repository, web site, wiki, mailing list, etc) to foundation support infrastructure, and to adopt a website style consistent with the foundation.