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 <p>The Ogee project is a proposed open source project under the <a
 	href="http://www.eclipse.org/projects/project_summary.php?projectid=technology">Technology Top Level Project</a>.</p>

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 <p>This proposal is in the Project Proposal Phase (as defined in the
 Eclipse Development Process) and is written to declare its intent and
 scope. We solicit additional participation and input from the Eclipse
 community. Please send all feedback to the
 <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/forums/eclipse.proposals">Eclipse Proposals</a>
 Forum.</p>

 <h2>Background</h2>

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 <p>There is a vast amount of data available today and data is now being collected and stored at a rate never seen before.
 The <a href="http://www.odata.org/">Open Data Protocol (OData)</a> is a Web protocol used for querying and updating data.
 It provides a way to unlock your data and free it from silos that exist in applications today.
 OData does this by applying and building upon Web technologies such as HTTP,
 Atom Publishing Protocol (AtomPub) and JSON to provide access to information from a variety of applications, services, and stores.</p>

 <p>As OData's influence and presence in the industry is raising
 (OData is the data API for Microsoft Azure, SAP NetWeaver Gateway, eBay, Stackoverflow and more.),
 there is a clear need for an integrated OData support in Eclipse both for producing and consuming services.</p>

 <h2>Scope</h2>

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  <p>The main goal of Ogee project is to provide tools for developers who want to consume and produce data using the OData protocol.</p>

  <p>More specifically, Ogee allows developers to:</p>
  <ul>
 	 <li>Model new OData services</li>
 	 <li>Visualize and explore existing OData services</li>
 	 <li>Extend Ogee framework for:</li>
 		<ul>
 			<li>Consumption from other environments</li>
 			<li>Provisioning of OData services for different provider environments</li>
 			<li>Importing OData service models from different sources</li>
 		</ul>
  </ul>

  <p>The architecture of the project is open and extensible through Eclipse extension points.</p>

  <p>Ogee lowers the barrier for developers who want to produce and consume data, by bringing the OData advantages to the fingertips of Eclipse developers.
  It enables the community to contribute to this project by:
  extending our contribution with more provider environments, more consumption environments, ensuring interoperability
  across various industry standards, and promoting OData by easing the development process.</p>

 <h2>Description</h2>

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  <p>Ogee provides Eclipse-based developer tools for the provisioning and
  consumption of OData services regardless of the service provisioning platform and service consuming
  technology. It comprises a graphical OData Model Editor for the creation of OData models that
  define the data structure required. The models can then be exported as service metadata document. </p>

  <p>More details can be found in the EclipseCon presentation:
  <a href="http://www.eclipsecon.org/2013/sites/eclipsecon.org.2013/files/OData%20unleashed!_0.pdf">
  OData Unleashed! Let's learn how to exploit it</a></p>

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 <h2>Initial Contribution</h2>


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 <p>The initial code contribution will come from SAP.
 Since SAP has decided to adopt OData as a mean for provisioning its data
 (<a href="http://scn.sap.com/community/netweaver-gateway">SAP NetWeaver Gateway</a>),
 there was also a decision to invest in a complimentary tool for developers. This tool was developed as an Eclipse plug-in and it allows
 developers to create and consume services with SAP NetWeaver Gateway. As the product evolved, we realized
 (also from feedback we got from partners and customers) that the tool we built can be used for creation and consumption of any
 OData service (not only services on SAP NetWeaver Gateway). In addition, OData is standardized at
 <a href="https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=odata">OASIS</a>.
 For these reasons, we believe that the demand for OData development in Eclipse will grow and hence we would like
 to contribute an OData Development Tool for Eclipse based on the product we built internally at SAP.</p>

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 <p>The following individuals are proposed as initial committers to the project:</p>

 <ul>
 <li>Klaus Deissner, SAP (project lead)</li>
 <li>Om Band, SAP</li>
 <li>Sounak Basu, SAP</li>
 <li>Suparna Deb, SAP</li>
 <li>Elizabeth Riemann, SAP</li>
 <li>Ashish Singh, SAP</li>
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 <h2>Project Scheduling</h2>
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 		<td>Initial contribution</td>
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 		<td>28-April-2013</td>
 		<td>Document created</td>
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 		<td>10-May-2013</td>
 		<td>First update</td>
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 		<td rowspan="2" valign="top">19-December-2013</td>
 		<td>New list of committers Adjusted description to scope of initial contribution</td>
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 		<td>Adjusted description to scope of initial contribution</td>
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	<p>The Ogee project is a proposed open source project under the <a
	href="http://www.eclipse.org/projects/project_summary.php?projectid=technology">Technology Top Level Project</a>.</p>

	<!--
	The communication channel must be specified. Typically, this is the
	"Proposals" forum. In general, you don't need to change this.
	-->
	<p>This proposal is in the Project Proposal Phase (as defined in the
	Eclipse Development Process) and is written to declare its intent and
	scope. We solicit additional participation and input from the Eclipse
	community. Please send all feedback to the
	<a href="http://www.eclipse.org/forums/eclipse.proposals">Eclipse Proposals</a>
	Forum.</p>

	<h2>Background</h2>

	<!--
	Optionally provide the background that has lead you to creating this project.
	-->

	<p>There is a vast amount of data available today and data is now being collected and stored at a rate never seen before.
	The <a href="http://www.odata.org/">Open Data Protocol (OData)</a> is a Web protocol used for querying and updating data.
	It provides a way to unlock your data and free it from silos that exist in applications today.
	OData does this by applying and building upon Web technologies such as HTTP,
	Atom Publishing Protocol (AtomPub) and JSON to provide access to information from a variety of applications, services, and stores.</p>

	<p>As OData's influence and presence in the industry is raising
	(OData is the data API for Microsoft Azure, SAP NetWeaver Gateway, eBay, Stackoverflow and more.),
	there is a clear need for an integrated OData support in Eclipse both for producing and consuming services.</p>

	<h2>Scope</h2>

	<!--
	All projects must have a well-defined scope. Describe, concisely, what
	is in-scope and (optionally) what is out-of-scope. An Eclipse project
	cannot have an open-ended scope.
	-->
	<p>The main goal of Ogee project is to provide tools for developers who want to consume and produce data using the OData protocol.</p>

	<p>More specifically, Ogee allows developers to:</p>
	<ul>
	<li>Model new OData services</li>
	<li>Visualize and explore existing OData services</li>
	<li>Extend Ogee framework for:</li>
	<ul>
	<li>Consumption from other environments</li>
	<li>Provisioning of OData services for different provider environments</li>
	<li>Importing OData service models from different sources</li>
	</ul>
	</ul>

	<p>The architecture of the project is open and extensible through Eclipse extension points.</p>

	<p>Ogee lowers the barrier for developers who want to produce and consume data, by bringing the OData advantages to the fingertips of Eclipse developers.
	It enables the community to contribute to this project by:
	extending our contribution with more provider environments, more consumption environments, ensuring interoperability
	across various industry standards, and promoting OData by easing the development process.</p>

	<h2>Description</h2>

	<!--
	Describe the project here. Be concise, but provide enough information that
	somebody who doesn't already know very much about your project idea or domain
	has at least a fighting chance of understanding its purpose.
	-->
	<p>Ogee provides Eclipse-based developer tools for the provisioning and
	consumption of OData services regardless of the service provisioning platform and service consuming
	technology. It comprises a graphical OData Model Editor for the creation of OData models that
	define the data structure required. The models can then be exported as service metadata document. </p>

	<p>More details can be found in the EclipseCon presentation:
	<a href="http://www.eclipsecon.org/2013/sites/eclipsecon.org.2013/files/OData%20unleashed!_0.pdf">
	OData Unleashed! Let's learn how to exploit it</a></p>

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	<h2>Initial Contribution</h2>


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	Projects are expected to arrive at Eclipse with existing code.

	Describe the existing code that will be contributed to the project. Please provide
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	<p>The initial code contribution will come from SAP.
	Since SAP has decided to adopt OData as a mean for provisioning its data
	(<a href="http://scn.sap.com/community/netweaver-gateway">SAP NetWeaver Gateway</a>),
	there was also a decision to invest in a complimentary tool for developers. This tool was developed as an Eclipse plug-in and it allows
	developers to create and consume services with SAP NetWeaver Gateway. As the product evolved, we realized
	(also from feedback we got from partners and customers) that the tool we built can be used for creation and consumption of any
	OData service (not only services on SAP NetWeaver Gateway). In addition, OData is standardized at
	<a href="https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=odata">OASIS</a>.
	For these reasons, we believe that the demand for OData development in Eclipse will grow and hence we would like
	to contribute an OData Development Tool for Eclipse based on the product we built internally at SAP.</p>

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	<h2>Committers</h2>

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	List any initial committers that should be provisioned along with the
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	this point.
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	<p>The following individuals are proposed as initial committers to the project:</p>

	<ul>
	<li>Klaus Deissner, SAP (project lead)</li>
	<li>Om Band, SAP</li>
	<li>Sounak Basu, SAP</li>
	<li>Suparna Deb, SAP</li>
	<li>Elizabeth Riemann, SAP</li>
	<li>Ashish Singh, SAP</li>
	</ul>

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	<dt>Committer 2, Affiliation</dt>
	<dd>Committer 2 has provided significant contributions to the existing code base. S/he will contribute
	to the *** functionality in this new project.
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	<p>We welcome additional committers and contributions.</p>

	<!--
	Describe any initial contributions of code that will be brought to the
	project. If there is no existing code, just remove this section.
	-->

	<h2>Mentors</h2>

	<!--
	New Eclipse projects require a minimum of two mentors from the Architecture
	Council. You need to identify two mentors before the project is created. The
	proposal can be posted before this section is filled in (it's a little easier
	to find a mentor when the proposal itself is public).
	-->

	<p>The following Architecture Council members will mentor this
	project:</p>

	<ul>
	<li>Ed Merks</li>
	<li>Naci Dai</li>
	</ul>

	<h2>Interested Parties</h2>

	<!--
	Provide a list of individuals, organisations, companies, and other Eclipse
	projects that are interested in this project. This list will provide some
	insight into who your project's community will ultimately include. Where
	possible, include affiliations. Do not include email addresses.
	-->

	<p>The following individuals, organisations, companies and projects have
	expressed interest in this project:</p>

	<ul>
	<li>Somebody, Affiliation</li>
	<li>Somebody else, Affiliation</li>
	</ul>

	<h2>Project Scheduling</h2>
	<table width="50%" border="1">
	<tr>
	<th width="30%">When</th>
	<th>What</th>
	</tr>
	<tr>
	<td>Early Q1, 2014</td>
	<td>Initial contribution</td>
	</tr>
	</table>
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	Describe, in rough terms, what the basic scheduling of the project will
	be. You might, for example, include an indication of when an initial contribution
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	dates are not required.
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	<h2>Changes to this Document</h2>

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	<table width="50%" border="1">
	<tr>
	<th width="30%">Date</th>
	<th>Change</th>
	</tr>
	<tr>
	<td>28-April-2013</td>
	<td>Document created</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
	<td>10-May-2013</td>
	<td>First update</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
	<td rowspan="2" valign="top">19-December-2013</td>
	<td>New list of committers Adjusted description to scope of initial contribution</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
	<td>Adjusted description to scope of initial contribution</td>
	</tr>


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