Marketing Artefacts

The page defines the Marketing Artefacts required to make effective use of the OSGeo Marketing Pipeline. This list is to be referenced during the OSGeo Incubation process to ensure a project supports OSGeo marketing requirements.

OSGeo Live

Description

A DVD and Virtual Machine containing Open Source GeoSpatial Software, handed out at conferences around the world.

Incubation Criteria

OSGeo supported client and server applications are expected to be packaged on the OSGeo Live DVD.

Libraries are not expected to be bundled into OSGeo Live, unless they are incorporated in other applications.

Responsibility

OSGeo Live Project team to create DVD

Projects teams responsible for packaging their software in accordance with packaging guidelines below

Install script

Description

A script to install an application onto the OSGeo Live DVD, as per: Live_GIS_Build#How_to_add_your_project_or_data_to_the_LiveGIS_Disc.2FVM

Responsibility

Project's team

Test Description

Description

Describe how to test if the application runs on the LiveDVD as per: Live_GIS_Disc_Testing (To be replaced by Quick Start from version 4 of the Live DVD in FOSS4G 2010)

Responsibility

Project's team

Test Results

Description

Results from running test procedures for the OSGeo Live DVD as per: Live_GIS_Disc_Testing

Responsibility

Project's team

OGC Standard Context Diagrams

Description

Probably 4 or 5 context diagrams visually demonstrating the relationship between standards

Hopefully to be introduced to the Live DVD from FOSS4G 2010

Responsibility

OGC

OGC Standard Definition

Description

1 paragraph

Can be largely derived from: http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards (probably targeted as less technical audience)

Covers

• What does the standard cover
• When would you use the standard

Hopefully To be introduced to the Live DVD from FOSS4G 2010

Responsibility

OGC

OGC Standard Overview

Description

1/2 to 1 page overview

Provide a diagram showing the standard in context with other standards

Provide background as to why the standard was developed, including history. What hole does it fill.

Provide examples of where the standard is used

Explain the differences between the different versions of the standard

What is the reference implementation of the standard

See Also: Mention other similar standards

Provide indication about how widely accepted the standard is. How widely has it been deployed, what applications have implemented support, etc.

(Hopefully to be introduced to the Live DVD from FOSS4G 2010)

Responsibility

OGC

Logo

Description

For packaged software:

• A 32x32-pixel XPM icon for use by the Debian menus
• A 48x48-pixel PNG icon for use by freedesktop.org menus
• Background color=transparent (not white)
• Logo is also useful for incorporating into diagrams for presentations OSGeo project descriptions

A future requirement would be to provide the logo in larger formats in order to be cut into presentations and similar

• SVG version of the icon(preferable)
• Large PNG versions of the icon - standard size still To be Determined
• GIF versions of the image (PNG images sometimes don't seem to have their background rendered correctly in MS Powerpoint)

Incubation Criteria

Proposed to be required for all projects

Graphical Image

Description

Each project needs to have a .gif image, usually a screen snapshot from a 1024x768 screen, minus desktop toolbars.

To be used in Project Overview, Powerpoint Presentations, etc.

Incubation Criteria

Proposed to be required for all projects

Responsibility

Project's team

Application Definition

Description

A one paragraph definition of the project, as per: Live_GIS_Build#Definition_document

Incubation Criteria

Proposed to be required for all projects

Responsibility

Project's team

Application Overview

Description

This previously was a one page HTML document without images as per: Live_GIS_Build#Description_document

As of May 2010, we expect to improve this as per following:

• Available as HTML (for OSGeo Live and websites), and as 1 page PDF, (to hand out as a flier at conferences, and as a page in the OSGeo Book of projects)
• The document should include an image as per #Graphical_Image
• A common document structure should be used for all projects, ideas to be included in the structure include:
  • What does the application do?
  • Why should users select this application over similar applications?
  • What standards or formats does the application support?
  • Help users determine how stable the application is? How long has the project been around? Is it deployed by high profile customers (summary only)?
  • Is the application still being maintained? Does the project have a periodic release process? Does the project have processes which address quality?
  • How big is the user and developer community?
  • Where can users find commercial support?

Incubation Criteria

Proposed to be required for all projects

Responsibility

Project's team

Application Quick Start

Description

• Proposed to be introduced for FOSS4G 2010 as part of OSGeo Live DVD 4. It will build upon the existing Test Description.
• Contains detailed steps showing a newbie how to set up and run a simple working instance of the software.
• It should be able to be run in 5 to 15 minutes
• Ideally, it will include screen snapshots, but this is not required yet.
• It may additionally cotain extra steps to cover all core functionality

Incubation Criteria

Proposed OSGeo Incubation Requirement for non libraries from Sept 2010

Responsibility

Project's team

OSGeo-Live Lightening Presentation

Description: This presentation is to be launched at FOSS4G 2010. It will provide a lightening overview of the (approx 40) applications and key OSGeo Libraries on the OSGeo Live DVD/Virtual Machine, with one slide/project. Each slide to take 30 to 60 seconds to present. It will also contain a few overview slides (eg: Explaining the relevant project categories)

Requirements from each project

One slide which contains:

• Image as per #Graphical_Image
• Bullet points explaining at a high level what the application does, how established the project is, and why you would select it
• Text in notes providing a 45 sec script for the presenter to read. A reference to the one page project overview, to provide the presenter with background information. This should be derived from the #Application_Definition

Responsibility

Project's team to provide project's slide

OSGeo Live Project to compile the remainder of the presentation

Incubation Criteria

Proposed OSGeo Incubation Requirement from Sept 2010

Project Specific Presentation

Description

Up to 20 min presentation for each specific project.

Responsibility

Project's team

Incubation Criteria

Not required for OSGeo Incubation

Technology Comparisons

• (Possible future OSGeo Incubation Requirement)

Description

Comparisons between similar projects ease the technology selection process for new users wishing to determine which technology is right for them. These technology comparison summaries provide tables list available features and key selection criteria against applications.

Comparison projects:

• Desktop Comparison
• Web Browser Comparison
• Web Mapping Comparison
• Web Service Comparison
  • See the WMS Shootout. WFS/WCS comparison is still wishware.
• Database Comparison (hopefully will start to be covered at foss4g 2010)
• Web Processing Service Comparison (still wishware)
• Mobile Application Comparison (hopefully introduced through a talk at foss4g2010)

Incubation Criteria

Not required for incubation yet.

Case Studies

Description

Systems architects and project directors reduce project risk by reviewing previous implementations of technologies they are considering. Hence, case studies which describe how Open Source Geospatial has been used in previous project are very valuable. Case Studies from risk adverse organisations (like government) are usually more valuable than those from R&D organisations (like University projects).

Projects should link to case studies. SeeCase Studies and the OSGeo Journal for ideas.

Incubation Criteria

Not required for incubation yet.

Training

Description

Availability of training material for applications.

Training requirements and templates still to be defined.

Incubation Criteria

Not required for incubation yet.