[Building Sakai] [Management] Sakai 2.7 Projects

[John A. Lewis]

I added one other suggestion to the list.

I think the "Sakora" project for LMS/SIS integration via the
nearly-complete IMS LISv2 standard is a good candidate for possible
inclusion for Sakai 2.7.

We are also doing some further work with Sakora right now to extend
Sakora's flexibility to a "Simple SIS Integration" via nightly flat-file
extracts from any SIS, in addition to the IMS LIS SOAP/XML protocols.
This will be much more robust than the CM Synchronizer approach since
Sakora uses JMS to queue up the large workload that can otherwise cause
scalability issues.

Also, rSmart has included Sakora into their most recent release, so that
is a good sign of support and interest for this capability across a
wider range of adopters.

I can represent both Sakora and the Terracotta ideas at the planning
meetings.

John


Michael Korcuska wrote:
> As preparation for the project planning meetings next week, I'd like  
> to identify those projects that would like to be considered for the  
> 2.7 release.   I can think of quite a few possibilities at this time:
>
> * Gradebook 2 (http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/SG2X/Gradebook2 
> )
> * Assignments 2 (http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/ASNN/Home)
> * Terracotta (http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/TERRA/Home)
> * SiteStats (http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/STAT/Home)
> * Oxford's "Portal Hierarchy" (http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/ 
> noD3)
> * OpenSyllabus (http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/OSYL/OpenSyllabus+Home 
> )
> * Profile 2 (http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/PROFILE/ 
> Profile2)
> * Conditional Release (http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/CR/Home 
> )
> * SMS (http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/SMS/Home)
>
> I'd also like to see if there is interest in getting a very simple  
> version of content authoring (page authoring) in 2.7, but no project  
> for this really exists at this time. (http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/SAKDEV/Content+Authoring 
> ).
>
> Are there other projects that people would like to see in 2.7? Please  
> reply to the list and add the project reference to this wiki page:
> http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/MGT/Possible+2.7+projects
>
> Remember that, under the new Product Development process these would  
> be classified as R&D projects.  While we are still working out formal  
> criteria for moving between the stages, to move to the incubation  
> stage is currently quite simple. We essentially require that:
>
> * The project owners declare their interest in having their project  
> included in the release
> * Documentation for the project is brought up to date on the Sakai wiki
> * The project teams commits to creating a plan/schedule for completing  
> the project (this doesn't need to be completed to enter incubation,  
> but a project won't leave incubation without such a plan)
> * At least some members of the community express interest in seeing  
> this as part of the standard Sakai release (eventually, even if not  
> for 2.7).
>
>  From there we would begin to look more closely at the project to see  
> what it would need to do to be considered ready for release. This may  
> include looking at technical, design, support, internationalization,  
> accessibility and other aspects of the project.
>
> I know we may be significantly changing release procedures (a kernel  
> release followed by a series of tool releases) but I don't want this  
> thread to spin into a discussion about that. I think we can have a  
> useful discussion about what we'd like to see ready for broad  
> community use regardless of the release procedures we use.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael
>
>
>