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<div class="moz-forward-container">Hi,<br>
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Forwarding to incubation committee.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Angelos<br>
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<td>Application for MDAL to join OSGeo incubator program</td>
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<td>Mon, 2 Sep 2019 11:49:50 +0100</td>
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<td>Saber Razmjooei
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<td>Martin Dobias
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:martin.dobias@lutraconsulting.co.uk"><martin.dobias@lutraconsulting.co.uk></a>, Peter Petrik
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:peter.petrik@lutraconsulting.co.uk"><peter.petrik@lutraconsulting.co.uk></a></td>
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Dear OSGeo,<br>
<br>
I am pleased to submit this application on behalf of MDAL
developers to<br>
join OSGeo incubator program.<br>
<br>
MDAL is a data abstraction library to handle
structured/unstructured mesh<br>
data. It was initiated after a comprehensive discussion with QGIS
and other<br>
OSGeo community. For more information, please see:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/issues/119">https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/issues/119</a><br>
<br>
The library is now shipped as a part of QGIS to handle
meteorological /<br>
hydrological / oceanographic data.<br>
<br>
Please see below, our application. If you have any questions or
need more<br>
information, please do not hesitate to contact us.<br>
<br>
Looking forward to hearing from you.<br>
<br>
Kind regards<br>
Saber<br>
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1.<br>
<br>
Please provide the name and email address of the principal Project
Owner.<br>
1.<br>
<br>
Peter Petrik (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:peter.petrik@lutraconsulting.co.uk">peter.petrik@lutraconsulting.co.uk</a>)<br>
2.<br>
<br>
Please provide the names and emails of co-project owners (if any).<br>
1.<br>
<br>
Martin Dobias (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:martin.dobias@lutraconsulting.co.uk">martin.dobias@lutraconsulting.co.uk</a>)<br>
3.<br>
<br>
Please provide the names, emails and entity affiliation of all
official<br>
committers<br>
1.<br>
<br>
Peter Petrik (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:peter.petrik@lutraconsulting.co.uk">peter.petrik@lutraconsulting.co.uk</a>) - Lutra
Consulting<br>
2.<br>
<br>
Martin Dobias (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:martin.dobias@lutraconsulting.co.uk">martin.dobias@lutraconsulting.co.uk</a>) - Lutra
Consulting<br>
4.<br>
<br>
Please describe your Project.<br>
1.<br>
<br>
Mesh Data Abstraction Library (MDAL) is a C++ library for handling<br>
unstructured mesh data released with MIT license. It provides a<br>
single data<br>
model for multiple supported data formats. MDAL is used by QGIS
for data<br>
access for mesh layers.<br>
5.<br>
<br>
Why is hosting at OSGeo good for your project?<br>
1.<br>
<br>
It is a generic library which we hope eventually will be
incorporated<br>
into other OSGeo projects. Hence, having it under the OSGeo<br>
umbrella helps<br>
with its sustainability and support needed for such a library.<br>
6.<br>
<br>
Type of application does this project represent(client, server,<br>
standalone, library, etc.):<br>
1.<br>
<br>
Library<br>
7.<br>
<br>
Please describe any relationships to other open source projects.<br>
1.<br>
<br>
Currently, it is shipped with QGIS to handle mesh data (<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/issues/119">https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/issues/119</a>)<br>
8.<br>
<br>
Please describe any relationships with commercial companies or
products.<br>
1.<br>
<br>
The library handles a number of HDF based file formats used by<br>
proprietary and open source numerical modelling packages for
hydrology,<br>
oceanography and meteorology. Development of MDAL has been so far,<br>
primarily funded by those companies.<br>
9.<br>
<br>
Which open source license(s) will the source code be released
under?<br>
1.<br>
<br>
MIT License (<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/lutraconsulting/MDAL/blob/master/LICENSE">https://github.com/lutraconsulting/MDAL/blob/master/LICENSE</a>)<br>
10.<br>
<br>
Is there already a beta or official release?<br>
1.<br>
<br>
Yes: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/lutraconsulting/MDAL/releases">https://github.com/lutraconsulting/MDAL/releases</a><br>
11.<br>
<br>
What is the origin of your project (commercial, experimental,
thesis or<br>
other higher education, government, or some other source)?<br>
1.<br>
<br>
Commercial<br>
12.<br>
<br>
Does the project support open standards? Which ones and to what
extent?<br>
(OGC, w3c, ect.) Has the software been certified to any standard
(CITE for<br>
example)? If not, is it the intention of the project owners to
seek<br>
certification at some point?<br>
1.<br>
<br>
The project currently supports a number of open standards for HDF
and<br>
CF conventions.<br>
13.<br>
<br>
Is the code free of patents, trademarks, and do you control the<br>
copyright?<br>
1.<br>
<br>
Yes. it is free of patents and trademarks and we control the<br>
copyright.<br>
14.<br>
<br>
How many people actively contribute (code, documentation, other?)
to the<br>
project at this time?<br>
1.<br>
<br>
3<br>
15.<br>
<br>
How many people have commit access to the source code respository?<br>
1.<br>
<br>
2<br>
16.<br>
<br>
Approximately how many users are currently using this project?<br>
1.<br>
<br>
All QGIS users as it is now a QGIS dependency.<br>
17.<br>
<br>
What type of users does your project attract (government,
commercial,<br>
hobby, academic research, etc. )?<br>
1.<br>
<br>
Government, commercial, academics and research<br>
18.<br>
<br>
If you do not intend to host any portion of this project using the
OSGeo<br>
infrastructure, why should you be considered a member project of
the OSGeo<br>
Foundation?<br>
1.<br>
<br>
Not applicable<br>
19.<br>
<br>
Does the project include an automated build and test?<br>
1.<br>
<br>
Yes.<br>
20.<br>
<br>
What language(s) are used in this project? (C/Java/perl/etc)<br>
1.<br>
<br>
C++<br>
21.<br>
<br>
What is the dominant written language (i.e. English, French,
Spanish,<br>
German, etc) of the core developers?<br>
1.<br>
<br>
English<br>
22.<br>
<br>
What is the (estimated) size of a full release of this project?
How many<br>
users do you expect to download the project when it is released?<br>
1.<br>
<br>
It will be difficult to gauge the exact number of users. But<br>
currently, it is shipped with QGIS and probably used by 10s of<br>
thousands of<br>
users.<br>
<br>
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