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Re: [modeling-pmc] feedback on GMT web site
Title: Re: [modeling-pmc] feedback on GMT web site
Thanks for the ATL observation, Ian.  I was under the impression that our “identity crisis” components were all within GMT.  ATL has graduated from GMT recently, as have several components of oAW, but I see they still have a reference to the ATLAS Group on their page.  This should be removed, along with other references such as the Acknowledgement section at the bottom of this page: http://www.eclipse.org/m2m/atl/usecases/webapp.modeling/  Of course, the logos are not what you mean, right?  We have lots of logos in use within Modeling.

Until such time there is a policy for advertising external entities (commercial, academic, or otherwise) on the Eclipse.org website, I agree that all references should be removed.  As Ed mentioned, you won’t find links to IBM or Borland on the EMF or GMF sites.

Regarding oAW, we have had discussions with them and decided the most painless approach was to require they strip their oAW identity when graduating to other modeling projects, also as Ed mentioned. The Xpand and Workflow components are undergoing a namespace refactoring as they migrate, and we’ll make sure there are no oAW on the M2T and EMFT websites.  We’ll certainly try to speed up this process.

Another timely topic is the recent announcement of the oAW 4.2 release ( http://www.eclipse.org/gmt/oaw/news/index.php  and http://www.eclipse.org/gmt/oaw/download/).  I don’t recall a release review taking place for this component (or ever for GMT), and I see they are still providing links to download from www.openarchitectureware.org on their download page.  Hopefully, we can correct this ASAP.

Thanks,
Rich


On 10/19/07 1:12 PM, "Ian Skerrett" <ian.skerrett@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

What I would suggest is that the components of GMT should not have a logo/graphic and have a descriptive name not a nickname.  I think this would go a long way to improving the situation.   Btw, this goes for all the modeling sub-projects, for instance http://www.eclipse.org/m2m/atl/    Having all these different logos in my opinion conveys a perception that there is no strategy or integration between the components or the projects.
 
My 2 cents….
 
Ian
 
 
 
 

From: jbezivin@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:jbezivin@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jean Bezivin
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Cc: ian.skerrett@xxxxxxxxxxx; Bjorn Freeman-Benson; modeling-pmc-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [modeling-pmc] feedback on GMT web site

I agree with you.

I also agree that we have to improve much the organization of GMT.

For oAW matters, I will transmit these remarks to Markus Voelter.

I will discuss with him directly next week at OOPSLA because

he will be there.

Bjorn, will you be at OOPSLA and if yes would it be possible

to have a short meeting with Markus to stress the importance

of what has been said?

Best regards,

Jean

 

On 10/19/07, Ed Merks <merks@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ian,

I'll draw Nick's attention to that link gone astray...

I agree with you.  As the various parts of the oAW technology are
incorporated into the other projects, like Xpand into M2T and MWE into
EMFT, I'll ask folks to avoid any non-Eclipse branding on the site.  You
won't find IBM/Rational branding nor Borland branding at Eclipse, so we
ought not be to seeing anything that isn't part of Eclipse's branding.
We'll queue up this topic for discussion at the next PMC meeting.

It would be good to improve GMT's image as well.  What are your thoughts on
this Jean?


Ed Merks/Toronto/IBM@IBMCA
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Modeling PMC,

Today, I was looking at the open Achitectureware project and in general the
GMT project.   I don?t usually provide feedback on project specific
branding and marketing but I thought compelled to do so in this case.

IMHO, from a branding and marketing perspective, the open Architectureware
project looks out of place in the context of the Eclipse community.  They
essentially look like they have parachuted in their existing project into
an Eclipse project web page.  They actually also seem to have another
project web site http://www.openarchitectureware.org/.  I find it all very
confusing and probably detrimental to the Eclipse brand.

If I look at the GMT site, it seems like the open architectureware scenario
plays out again and again.   I see lots of project logos and cool names
that seem to have very little to do with Eclipse?  The perception I am left
with is that GMT is hovering up existing modeling projects but not really
integrating them into Eclipse?  I think what you are doing is creating an
incubator for new modeling projects, which is great, but in my opinion what
you are communicating is something very different and will hurt the
perception of the overall modeling project.

As I said, I usually don?t provide this type of feedback but in this case I
just had to say something.   I?d be happy to discuss further and if you
want.

Btw, when I went to try to find the PMC mailing list, the link on this page
http://www.eclipse.org/modeling/ points to
https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/emft-dev


Ian

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