| <p> |
| The Technology project has been somewhat overwhelmed by the increase in sub-project. |
| The number of sub-projects has doubled from twelve to twenty-four in 2005. In addition, |
| three inactive projects were archived. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The project's current focus is on increasing the "liveness" of the lagging sub-projects |
| and on graduating the successful projects to other top-level PMCs. The Technology project |
| is focusing on these Themes and Priorities: |
| <ul> |
| <li><b>Simple to Use</b> - The Technology PMC will be encouraging the sub-projects to work on the user experience |
| especially vis a vis explaining the project's underlying model to new users.</li> |
| <li><b>Design for Extensibility: Be a Better Platform</b> - Defining high-quality APIs is essential for the |
| success of Eclipse projects, thus the Technology PMC will work with the sub-project leaders to ensure that |
| APIs are being designed and field tested early in the development cycle.</li> |
| <li><b>Appealing to the Broader Community</b> - The Technology sub-projects tend to be smaller technical |
| explorations, but at the same time steps can be taken to broaden their exposure. The Technology PMC |
| will encourage the sub-projects to ensure that their frameworks interact with the other Eclipse |
| projects.</li> |
| </ul> |
| </p> |
