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As of November 2008 the process as documented here is being used by the IWG to bring outstanding candidates, proposals and contributions into official JASIG status.
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Sponsored Project

Official JASIG project governed by an elected steering committee and supported by a community of users and developers

Incubation Process

The JA-SIG Incubation Process is holistically the activities and mechanism whereby open source software projects are proposed, incubated, evaluated, progressed, and become full-fledged JA-SIG sponsored projects.  The incubation process may also be applied to new software contributions related to existing sponsored projects.  Software that relates to an existing project is transferred to the existing project steering committee for incubation and governance.

Incubation WG

The Incubation Working Group (Incubation WG) are the people who oversee this process. (Also known as IWG).  The IWG is also responsible for periodic review of Unsponsored Contributions.
~susan.bramhall@yale.edu SusanBramhall to be initial chair of IWG

Candidate Proposal

Proposal submitted to IWG containing basic information specified below.  IWG will determine whether the candidate will proceed to Proposed Project (Preincubation), Incubating Project, Unsponsored Contribution, or to an existing project steering committee for further consideration.  A Candidate Proposal can also be declined by the IWG and

Proposed Project

A proposal for a new project to be developed under the auspices of JASIG.

PreIncubation

Preincubation is the status of a Proposed Project until it is either accepted for Incubation by the IWG or is terminated.

Incubating Project

Software to be incubated, progressing from Candidate Project status through Incubated Project status and ideally emerging as a fully-fledged Sponsored Project. A Project may also have a Preincubation status prior to Candidate status.

Mentor

The Mentor is a particular person assigned by the Incubation Working Group to shepherd a candidate project through incubation

Board

The JA-SIG Board leads JA-SIG, overseeing and supporting the Working Group and the process they execute

Unsponsored Contribution

In some cases, software may be contributed without a sponsoring project. Such a contribution may exist indefinitely without becoming a Sponsored Project. Periodic review of unsponsored contributions is the responsibility of the Incubation WG.  Software related to a Sponsored Project also may end up in as an Unsponsored Contribution when the Project steering committee decides it is not a viable component.

Sandbox

An area in svn and wiki space where project related experimental work is developed. The IWG does not provide oversight or governance to the sandbox area.

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  1. Receive jira request for incubation / sponsorship for JA-SIG projects, component or contribution.
    1. Jira issue should indicate whether request is for
      1. incubation as new project from existing work
      2. incubation as new project from scratch (proposed project, pre-incubation request)
      3. incubation as component of existing project (such as a portlet)
      4. unsponsored contribution
    2. Initial Jira status is Pending Review .
  2. Review and track status of requests
    1. New project requesting incubation
      1. IWG accept into incubation Jira status change s to Incubating Project follow steps in the incubation process.
      2. Eventually the project is offically sponsored Jira issue closed with status Sponsored Project
      3. The proposal is declined and Jira issue closed with status Incubation Terminated.
    2. New pre-incubation project
      1. IWG accept into preincubation Jira status changes to Accepted for Pre-Incubation
      2. IWG review quarterly to make sure progress and activity continue
      3. Eventually the project may apply to be offically sponsored. IWG will vote to accept for incubation and change Jira issue status to Incubating Project . Proceed to New project request.
      4. If work stops or project is not viable the candidate project may be stopped and Jira issue closed with status Preincubation is terminated. Alternatively, there may be artifacts to remain as unsponsored contributions?
    3. If related to existing project
      1. Pass immediately to steering committee which becomes responsible for incubation, adoption etc. Jira issue is resolved (but not closed) with status Transferred to Steering Committee . Steering committee may use jira to continue incubation of component such as portlet.
      2. Steering committee may pass the request back to IWG at any time if component is no longer relevent or appropriate to project. Jira status change s to Pending Review.
      3. IWG decides to retire or decline component. Jira issue closed with status Proposal D eclined or Incubation Terminated .
    4. Request for unsponsored contribution
      1. IWG decides to make component available as unsponsored contribution: Jira issue resolved (but kept open) with status Unsponsored Contribution and IWG performs annual verification of contact.
      2. IWG desides contribution is not appropriate for Jasig. Jira issue closed with status Proposal D eclined .
      3. IWG determines a contribution no longer has a contact person or users willing to act as contact. Jira issue closed with status Retired Contribution .

Process

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