Eclipse SOA enters offical proposal phase
The Eclipse SOA Initiative has entered now the official 30 day proposal phase. The charter can be seen here. So far the following members have given its official commitment (in alphabetical order):
- itemis (Steering Committee, represented by Wolfgang Neuhaus)
- obeo (Steering Committee, represented by Stephane Drapeau)
- Progress Software (represented by Oisin Hurley)
- Software AG (represented by Prasad Yendluri)
- SOPERA (Steering Committee, represented by Ricco Deutscher)
The Initiative will start work after the official proposal phase. Until then, a few things still need to be done, like
- aligning the requirements to fit the first two official milestones
- providing the first complete Eclipse SOA platform package
It’s clear that the first Eclipse SOA Platform package will be small in size, to begin with.
The strength of the Eclipse Foundation – the IP security – can at times also be an obstacle. For that reason, the BPEL-Engine Apache ODE cannot be delivered together with the Eclipse SOA Platform package. Therefore SOPERA will provide a member distro, which will enhance the functionality of the Eclipse SOA Platform by including a process orchestration component. On the other hand, the members also want to ensure that the functionality on the tooling and runtime sides increase at the same rate and with mutual support. Already today there is an Eclipse SCA editor available. Swordfish does not support SCA on the runtime yet and therefore SCA will be part of the platform at a later stage. So Obeo will provide a member distro based on Tuscany.