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- assisting proposed projects in conforming to JA-SIG guidelines
- assigning a Project Mentor, a member of the community assigned to help the Incubated Project reach acceptance
- evaluating progress of the Incubated Project on a regular (quarterly?) basis and recommending escalation to a sponsored project, continued support, or retirement, according to established criteria
- preincubating projects
- recommending unsponsorship of projects
The JA-SIG Incubation Working Group will delegate the oversight of the execution of the processes related to contrib and sandbox to the relevant project Steering Committees.
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This process describes how a candidate project or contribution would progress from submission to full acceptance as a JA-SIG Project.
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Proposal Submitted
A Candidate project submission for Preincubation, Incubation, or Contrib is proposed to the Incubation WG via a proposal sent to incubation@ja-sig.org which contains basic information, and answers the following set of qualifying questions:described below. A Candidate submission for Sandbox is proposed directly to the relevant Project Steering Committee.
Information to be submitted with Proposal
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A proposed name for the project | | | |
The short preface for the mailing lists, if this project is accepted (*-dev, *-user, etc) |
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; Incubating portlets will use the existing portlet mailing lists |
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A proposed Project Lead, with contact information | | | |
A list of the proposed initial committers for the project | | | |
An overview of the aims of the project | | | |
A technology overview | | | |
An overview of any current user base or user community |
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An overview of how the project relates to other parts of JA-SIG | | | |
A summary of why the project would enhance and benefit higher education | | | |
A pointer to any current information (for example, an existing Web page) for the project | | | |
A project |
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sponsor (JA-SIG Board Member, Member of an existing Project Steering Committee, a JA-SIG Institutional Representative) | |
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If known
The proposal would be expected to be less than 3 pages in length.
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