[OSGeoLive] Application to include the ETF testing framework software in the OSGeoLive distribution

Enock Seth Nyamador enockseth at gmail.com
Tue Jun 28 12:09:27 PDT 2022


Sorry for the delay! +1 from me.

Quick reminder for the others too :)

Best,
Enock

Am Di., 28. Juni 2022 um 18:59 Uhr schrieb Angelos Tzotsos <
gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>:

> Hi all,
>
> This is the voting status for this motion:
>
>      ​Angelos_Tzotsos +1
>      ​Brian M Hamlin +1
>      ​Alex Mandel
>      ​Johan Van de Wauw
>      Bas Couwenberg
>      ​Massimo De Stefano
>      ​Astrid Emde
>      ​Nicolas Roelandt
>      ​Vicky Vergara
>      ​Enock Seth Nyamador
>
> Dear PSC members, please vote.
>
> Best regards,
> Angelos
>
> On 6/14/22 23:47, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > This is a motion to include ETF testing framework to OSGeoLive.
> > I will start with my +1
> > Angelos
> >
> > On 4/20/22 17:53, José Enrique Soriano Sevilla wrote:
> >> Dear OSGeoLive team,
> >>
> >> we contact you to kindly propose the inclusion of the ETF testing
> >> framework in the OSGeoLive distribution.
> >> Following the requirements, please find below the answer to the
> >> required questions.
> >> Please let us know if any additional clarification is needed.
> >>
> >> Thank you in advance
> >>
> >>  * *Please describe your application. *
> >>      o *What is its name? *
> >>          + ETF
> >>      o *What is the home page URL? *
> >>          + http://etf-validator.net
> >> <
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://etf-validator.net/__;!!DOxrgLBm!UvR1kftQcLgI0pIHnKKusY23bweSMhF9CdWZjAsWPgY49H9cK9Rs5HIqNIO4Ob1On0UqAiU$
> > andhttps://github.com/etf-validator
> >>
> >>            <https://github.com/etf-validator>
> >>      o *Which OSI approved Open Source Licence
> >> <
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://opensource.org/licenses__;!!DOxrgLBm!UvR1kftQcLgI0pIHnKKusY23bweSMhF9CdWZjAsWPgY49H9cK9Rs5HIqNIO4Ob1OXB4gFIA$>
>
> >>
> >>        is used? *
> >>          + TheETF testing framework isan open source project licensed
> >>            under EUPL v.1.2, please see it in the main webpage
> >> <
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://etf-validator.net/__;!!DOxrgLBm!UvR1kftQcLgI0pIHnKKusY23bweSMhF9CdWZjAsWPgY49H9cK9Rs5HIqNIO4Ob1On0UqAiU$>and
>
> >>
> >>            in the source code
> >> <
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://github.com/etf-validator/etf-webapp/blob/master/LICENSE__;!!DOxrgLBm!UvR1kftQcLgI0pIHnKKusY23bweSMhF9CdWZjAsWPgY49H9cK9Rs5HIqNIO4Ob1OzRXGAWQ$>.
>
> >>
> >>
> >>      o *What does the application do and how does it add value to the
> >>        GeoSpatial stack of software? *
> >>          + It is an open source testing framework that allows
> >>            validating spatial data, metadata and web services in
> >>            Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs) according to defined
> >>            Abstract Test Suites and Executable Test Suites. Executing
> >>            these validations may increase the level of interoperability
> >>            of SDIs by improving the compliance of geospatial data,
> >>            metadata and services.
> >>      o *Does the application make use of OGC standards? Which versions
> >>        of the standards? Client or server? You may wish to add comments
> >>        about how standards are used. *
> >>          + The ETF testing framework allows GIS data providers and
> >>            solution providers to check whether data sets, network
> >>            services and metadata meet the requirements defined on
> >>            specific Abstract and Executable Test Suites. The concepts
> >>            in ETF are based on ISO 19105 and the OGC Specification
> >>            Model which underpin the standards used in SDIs.
> >>          + Validation capabilities span a wide range of OGC standards.
> >>            For example, tests to validate WMS, WMTS, WFS, WCS, SOS and
> >>            CSW are available, which are also partially reusing the OGC
> >>            TEAM Engine suite.
> >>      o *What language is it written in? *
> >>          + Java, HTML, JavaScript, CSS
> >>      o *Which version of the application should be included in the next
> >>        OSGeo-Live release? *
> >>          + ETF 2.0
> >>
> >>  * *Stability is very important to us on OSGeo-Live. If a new user
> >>    finds a bug in one application, it will tarnish the reputation of
> >>    all other OSGeo-Live applications as well. (We pay most attention to
> >>    the following answers): *
> >>      o *If risk adverse organisations have deployed your application
> >>        into production, it would imply that these organisations have
> >>        verified the stability of your software. Has the application
> >>        been rolled out to production into risk (ideally risk adverse)
> >>        organisations? Please mention some of these organisations? *
> >>          + European Commission, Joint Research Centre (use of the ETF
> >>            testing framework as the core component of the INSPIRE
> >>            Reference Validator)
> >>          + Organisations in several EU Member States at the national
> >>            and regional level (using the ETF testing framework to
> >>            replicate the tests of the INSPIRE Reference Validator
> >>            and/or extending these tests to include tests to check
> >>            compliance with national requirements)
> >>      o *Open HUB
> >> <
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.openhub.net/__;!!DOxrgLBm!UvR1kftQcLgI0pIHnKKusY23bweSMhF9CdWZjAsWPgY49H9cK9Rs5HIqNIO4Ob1OtMqComw$>
>
> >>
> >>        provides metrics to help assess the health of a project. Eg:
> >> http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/metrics.html
> >> <
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/metrics.html__;!!DOxrgLBm!UvR1kftQcLgI0pIHnKKusY23bweSMhF9CdWZjAsWPgY49H9cK9Rs5HIqNIO4Ob1OvPpGSUg$>
>
> >>
> >>        Could you please ensure that your project is registered with
> >>        Open HUB, and Open HUB has been updated to reference the correct
> >>        code repository(s) for your project. What is the Open HUB URL
> >>        for your project? *
> >>          + https://www.openhub.net/p/etf-validator
> >>      o *What is the size of the user community? You can often answer
> >>        this by mentioning downloads, or describing a healthy, busy
> >>        email list? *
> >>          + There is a mature user community developed around the main
> >>            implementations of the ETF testing framework. For example,
> >>            the number of downloads of the INSPIRE Reference Validator
> >>            (the most popular implemetation of the ETF) is approximately
> >>            between 1 and 3 hundreds for each release (see
> >> https://hanadigital.github.io/grev/?user=etf-validator&repo=etf-webapp
> >> <https://hanadigital.github.io/grev/?user=etf-validator&repo=etf-webapp>)
>
> >>
> >>            and the discussions in the issue tracker demonstrate the
> >>            healthy and busy user community (see
> >> https://github.com/INSPIRE-MIF/helpdesk-validator/issues/
> >> <https://github.com/INSPIRE-MIF/helpdesk-validator/issues/>).
> >>      o *What is the size of your developer community? *
> >>          + Currently, the developer community is mainly limited to the
> >>            two organisations which are funding the development of the
> >>            ETF, i.e. the European Commission and interactive
> >>            instruments (https://www.interactive-instruments.de/en
> >>            <https://www.interactive-instruments.de/en>). Sometimes,
> >>            developers from organisations deploying the ETF at their
> >>            premise contribute code with ad hoc pull requests. Funding
> >>            to improve the developer community is currently available
> >>            and the submission of the ETF to the OSGeoLive is one of the
> >>            steps to increase such community.
> >>      o *Do you have a bug free, stable release? *
> >>          + Yes, ETF 2.0 is the latest stable release:
> >> https://github.com/etf-validator/etf-webapp/releases/tag/2.0.0
> >> <https://github.com/etf-validator/etf-webapp/releases/tag/2.0.0>
> >>      o *Please discuss the level of testing that your project has gone
> >>        through. *
> >>          + The ETF has a continuous integration cycle established in
> >>            the GitHub repository, where contributions to the source
> >>            code (which have to adhere to the contribution guidelines
> >> <
> https://github.com/etf-validator/governance/blob/master/TOR/Contribution.md>)
>
> >>
> >>            pass through automatic validations. Subsequently, the
> >>            changes are manually reviewed and approved by the ETF
> >>            Technical Committee
> >> <
> https://github.com/etf-validator/governance/blob/master/TOR/Technical_Committee.adoc>.
>
> >>
> >>      o *How long has the project has had mature code. *
> >>          + The project is active since 2007 (see
> >>            https://github.com/etf-validator/etf-webapp/releases
> >> <https://github.com/etf-validator/etf-webapp/releases>); the
> >>            latest stable release (v.2.0) was released in 2019.
> >>
> >>  * *OSGeo-Live is targeted at applications that people can use rather
> >>    than libraries. Does the application have a user interface (possibly
> >>    a command line interface) that a user can interact with? (We do make
> >>    an exception for Incubated OSGeo Libraries, and will include Project
> >>    Overviews for these libraries, even if they don't have a user
> >>    interface.) *
> >>      o Yes, the ETF testing framework has a user interface.
> >>
> >>  * *We give preference to OSGeo Incubated Projects, or Projects which
> >>    are presented at FOSS4G
> >> <
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://foss4g.org__;!!DOxrgLBm!UvR1kftQcLgI0pIHnKKusY23bweSMhF9CdWZjAsWPgY49H9cK9Rs5HIqNIO4Ob1OHj1k4aA$>
>
> >>
> >>    conferences. If your project is involved in OSGeo Incubation, or has
> >>    been selected to be presented at FOSS4G, then please mention it. *
> >>      o The ETF was already presented at FOSS4G conferences:
> >>          + FOSS4G 2019:INSPIRE Reference Validator: status and next
> >>            steps by Marco Minghini, Michael Lutz, Clemens Portele, Jon
> >>            Herrmann, Enrique Soriano, Carlos Palma, Iñaki Díaz de Cerio
> >>            Paniagua, Belén Sáez, Lorena Hernandez, Daniele Francioli,
> >>            Fabio Vinci
> >>          + FOSS4G 2021: *Open source geospatial software powering
> >>            policy implementation: the INSPIRE central infrastructure
> >>            components* by Marco Minghini, Alexander Kotsev, Vlado Cetl,
> >>            Lorena Hernandez, Michael Lutz, Daniele Francioli, Davide
> >>            Artasensi, Emanuela Epure, Fabio Vinci, Fabiano Spinelli,
> >>            Lukasz Ziemba
> >> (https://callforpapers.2021.foss4g.org/foss4g2021/talk/ZKRWYN/
> >> <https://callforpapers.2021.foss4g.org/foss4g2021/talk/ZKRWYN/>)
> >>          + FOSS4G 2022: *ETF testing framework: past, present and
> >>            future *by Jon Herrmann, Marco Minghini, Clemens Portele,
> >>            Michael Lutz (submitted and currently under review)
> >>
> >>  * *With around 50 applications installed on OSGeo-Live, us core
> >>    packagers do not have the time to liaise with every single project
> >>    email list for each OSGeo-Live release. So we require a volunteer
> >>    (or two) to take responsibility for liaising between OSGeo-Live and
> >>    the project's communities. This volunteer will be responsible for
> >>    ensuring the install scripts and English documentation are updated
> >>    by someone for each OSGeo-Live release. Also test that the installed
> >>    application and Quickstart documentation works as expected on
> >>    release candidate releases of OSGeo-Live. Who will act as the
> >>    project's liaison person. *
> >>      o Enrique Soriano (jenriquesoriano at guadaltel.com) and José
> >>        Barrero (josebarrero at guadaltel.com)
> >>
> >>  * *OSGeo-Live is Ubuntu Linux based. Our installation preference is: *
> >>     1. Install from UbuntuGIS or DebianGIS
> >>     2. Install .deb files from a PPA
> >>     3. Write a custom install script<=== preferred option*
> >>        *
> >>    *Can you please discuss how your application will be installed. *
> >>      o Write a custom install script
> >>  * *OSGeo-Live is memory and disk constrained. Can the application run
> >>    in 512 Meg of RAM? *
> >>      o No. A machine with at least 4 GB Ram (8GB are recommended, 16 GB
> >>        and more if a large set of XML files are tested)
> >>  * *How much disk space will be required to install the application and
> >>    a suitable example application? *
> >>      o It depends on the tests executed, but 1 GB HDD can be enough.
> >>  * *We aim to reduce disk space by having all applications make use of
> >>    a common dataset. We encourage applications to make use of the
> >>    example datasets already installed: *
> >>  * *Each OSGeo-Live application requires a Project Overview available
> >>    under a CC By
> >> <
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/__;!!DOxrgLBm!UvR1kftQcLgI0pIHnKKusY23bweSMhF9CdWZjAsWPgY49H9cK9Rs5HIqNIO4Ob1OYJp5E24$>
>
> >>
> >>    and a Quickstart available under a CC By-SA
> >> <
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/__;!!DOxrgLBm!UvR1kftQcLgI0pIHnKKusY23bweSMhF9CdWZjAsWPgY49H9cK9Rs5HIqNIO4Ob1OtUoN0gs$>
>
> >>
> >>    license. (You may release under a second license as well). Will you
> >>    produce this? *
> >>      o Yes
> >>  * *In past releases, we have included Windows and Mac installers for
> >>    some applications. It is likely we won't have space for these in
> >>    future releases. However, if there is room, would you be wishing to
> >>    include Windows and/or Mac installers? *
> >>      o No
> >>
> >>
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> >
>
>
> --
> Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
> President
> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
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