[OSGeoLive] [REQUEST] Inclusion of the Re3gistry Software on the OSGeo-Live distribution

Tue Aug 18 13:03:28 PDT 2020

Hello Daniele,

thanks for your application.

Could you please also provide an installer for your software in a branch 
and make a pull request so we can test it.
* see also 
https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/wiki/Projects/How_to_add%20your%20project

After we had a look at the installer and decide whether Re3gistry 
Software can get added like that.

Afterwards you could please write the documentation files.

For the documentation you find information at 
https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/wiki/How%20to%20configure%20a%20project%20documentation

Astrid

Am 13.08.2020 16:29 schrieb Angelos Tzotsos:
> Dear Daniele,
> 
>  Thank you for your application!
>  The OSGeoLive PSC will discuss your request during the next meeting:
>  https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/wiki/WikiStart#Communication [22]
>  You are welcome to join us for the meeting if you are available.
> 
>  Best,
>  Angelos
> 
>  On 8/13/20 4:21 PM, Daniele.FRANCIOLI at ext.ec.europa.eu wrote:
> 
>> Dear OSGeoLive members,
>> 
>> We would like to propose the inclusion of the Re3gistry Software on
>> the OSGeo-Live distribution.
>> 
>> You can find below the answer to the required questions.
>> 
>> Thank you in advance.
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> 
>> Daniele on behalf of the JRC INSPIRE Team
>> 
>> ----
>> 
>> * Please describe your application.
>> * What is its name? Re3gistry
>> * What is the home page URL?
>> 
> https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/elise-european-location-interoperability-solutions-e-government/elise-re3gistry-software
>> [1]
>> * Which OSI approved Open Source
>> Licence<http://opensource.org/licenses> [2] is used? EUPL
>> 
>> What does the application do and how does it add value to the
>> GeoSpatial? stack of software? The Re3gistry software is a reusable
>> open-source solution for managing and sharing ‘reference codes’
>> through the use of persistent URIs, ensuring concepts are correctly
>> referenced in any domain. Reference codes can be used in data
>> exchange between applications to uniquely reference some
>> ‘thing’. They can be used to define sets of permissible values
>> for a data field or to provide a reference or context for the data
>> being exchanged. Examples are enumerations, controlled vocabularies,
>> taxonomies, thesauri or, simply, ‘lists of things’. The
>> Re3gistry can provide a central access point that allows labels and
>> descriptions for reference codes to be easily looked-up by humans or
>> retrieved by machines. Furthermore, it supports organisations in
>> managing and updating reference codes in a consistent way, so that
>> reference codes do not change or simply disappear over time, but all
>> versions of the codes remain traceable and properly documented. The
>> Re3gistry has been mainly used in the context of the INSPIRE
>> directive, but can be used in other fields.
>> 
>> * 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. No OGC Standards – the Re3gistry follows
>> ISO19135 Geographic information — Procedures for item
>> registration.
>> * What language is it written in? Java, HTML5, JavaScript
>> * Which version of the application should be included in the next
>> OSGeo-Live release? Registry v2.0.0
>> 
>> * 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):
>> * 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? The Re3gistry software has been
>> primarily used by the European Commission – Joint Research Centre
>> (JRC) as one of the central software components for the
>> implementation of the INSPIRE Directive (implementation available at
>> https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/registry [3]). It has also been used in
>> production by a number of governmental organizations in the European
>> Union (EU) Member States as well as companies beyond the EU, e.g.:
>> * European Commission - INSPIRE registry -
>> https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/registry [3]
>> * Slovakia - Systém registrov ENIPI -
>> http://registre.enviroportal.sk/geo [4]
>> * Republic of North Macedonia - NSDI registry -
>> http://nipp.katastar.gov.mk/nipp/registry [5]
>> * European Commission - Geosmartcity registry -
>> http://hub.geosmartcity.eu/registry/ [6]
>> * European Commission - ELISE Energy Pilot registry -
>> https://inspire-sandbox.jrc.ec.europa.eu/registry [7]
>> * Austria - Austrian INSPIRE Registry -
>> https://registry.inspire.gv.at/registry [8]
>> * Italia - Sistema di Registri INSPIRE Italia -
>> https://registry.geodati.gov.it/registry [9]
>> * Finland - Finnish INSPIRE registry -
>> http://luettelopalvelu.fi/registry [10]
>> * Spain - Registro Inspire de España -
>> http://registro.idee.es/registry [11]
>> * Private - Minerva intelligence - http://minerva.codes/registry
>> [12]
>> *
>> * Open HUB<https://www.openhub.net/> [13] provides metrics to help
>> assess the health of a project. Eg:
>> http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/metrics.html [14]
>> 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? The project will be registered on Open HUB before the
>> formal application.
>> * What is the size of the user community? You can often answer this
>> by mentioning downloads, or describing a healthy, busy email list?
>> The community using the Re3gistry is (at least) the INSPIRE user
>> community, which is composed by 7000+ organisations in EU Member
>> states. The software (v.1.3.1) has been re-used and installed in
>> production by at least 10 EU Member States (see above).
>> * What is the size of your developer community? The latest version
>> (2.0.0) of the software was developed by a team of developers from
>> the JRC and the National Land Survey (NLS) of Finland.
>> * Do you have a bug free, stable release? V. 2.0.0 of the software
>> has been recently released (July 2020). It is a stable release but
>> we can’t be 100% sure it is bug free.
>> * Please discuss the level of testing that your project has gone
>> through. The latest release (v. 2.0.0) of the software has
>> undertaken internal testing (users from JRC B.6 unit) and a
>> “Testbed” where all the interested EU Member States were
>> involved.
>> * How long has the project has had mature code. Version 1.3.1 is
>> mature since 2017. Version 2.0 has just been released.
>> 
>> * 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.) Yes, it has a web interface.
>> 
>> * We give preference to OSGeo Incubated Projects, or Projects which
>> are presented at FOSS4G<http://foss4g.org> [15] conferences. If your
>> project is involved in OSGeo Incubation, or has been selected to be
>> presented at FOSS4G, then please mention it. The project has been
>> only included in a presentation on the INSPIRE open source software
>> stack given at FOSS4G-IT (the Italian FOSS4G conference) in 2019,
>> titled “INSPIRE ecosystem: geospatial interoperability with open
>> source software and open standards”, accessible at
>> 
> https://github.com/MarcoMinghini/Research-material/tree/master/presentations/2019/2019-02-22%20FOSS4G-IT%202019
>> [16].
>> 
>> * 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. Daniele Francioli
>> (daniele.francioli at ext.ec.europa.eu)
>> 
>> * OSGeo-Live is Ubuntu Linux based. Our installation preference is:
>> * Install from UbuntuGIS or DebianGIS
>> * Install .deb files from a PPA
>> * Write a custom install script <=
>> Can you please discuss how your application will be installed.
>> 
>> * OSGeo-Live is memory and disk constrained. Can the application
>> run in 512 Meg of RAM? Yes
>> 
>> * How much disk space will be required to install the application
>> and a suitable example application? ~100mb
>> 
>> * 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:
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Add_Project#Example_Datasets
>> [17] If another dataset would be more appropriate, please discuss
>> here. Is it appropriate, to remove existing demo datasets which may
>> already be included in the standard release.
>> 
>> * Each OSGeo-Live application requires a Project Overview available
>> under a CC By<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/> [18] and
>> a Quickstart available under a CC
>> By-SA<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/> [19] license.
>> (You may release under a second license as well). Will you produce
>> this? 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? No
>> 
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> 
> --
> Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
> President
> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
> http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos [21]
> 
> 
> Links:
> ------
> [1]
> https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/elise-european-location-interoperability-solutions-e-government/elise-re3gistry-software
> [2] http://opensource.org/licenses
> [3] https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/registry
> [4] http://registre.enviroportal.sk/geo
> [5] http://nipp.katastar.gov.mk/nipp/registry
> [6] http://hub.geosmartcity.eu/registry/
> [7] https://inspire-sandbox.jrc.ec.europa.eu/registry
> [8] https://registry.inspire.gv.at/registry
> [9] https://registry.geodati.gov.it/registry
> [10] http://luettelopalvelu.fi/registry
> [11] http://registro.idee.es/registry
> [12] http://minerva.codes/registry
> [13] https://www.openhub.net/
> [14] http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/metrics.html
> [15] http://foss4g.org
> [16]
> https://github.com/MarcoMinghini/Research-material/tree/master/presentations/2019/2019-02-22%20FOSS4G-IT%202019
> [17] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Add_Project#Example_Datasets
> [18] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
> [19] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
> [20] https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/osgeolive
> [21] http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos
> [22] https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/wiki/WikiStart#Communication
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