Re: [science-iwg] Triquetrum Meeting Notes

[Scott Lewis <slewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Folks,

I was the person that dropped in toward the end of the conference this 
morning.   My apologies for not introducing myself on the conference but 
I didn't wish to barge in.  I'm Scott Lewis [0], project lead of the ECF 
project [1].

My intention for joining was to see if I could be of some help with 
supporting the science wg projects.

First, it appears from the notes (OSGi and 'service layer') that ECF 
might be of use for the integration of science wg projects. 
Specifically, ECF implements the OSGi R6 Remote Services (RS) 
specification [2], and RS may be useful given the science wg's use 
of/needs for inter-process communication (e.g. client-server). Our impl 
of the RS specification is protocol/transport agnostic, allowing a 
OSGi-standardized separation between the service layer and the 
communications/transport layer.   Additionally, we already have multiple 
distribution and discovery provider implementations, and it's quite easy 
to create/use new providers [3].  Finally, there are orgs that are 
developing products on ECF RS.

Another area of potential interest is the work I've recently done on 
making it possible to use 'java-only' OSGi services (and remote 
services)...i.e. the ability to use OSGi services without running an 
entire OSGi framework.   I'm working on creating a tutorial as we speak, 
but there is a note describing the work here [4].

I also wanted to a willingness to help/support the science working group 
projects, specifically with the use of ECF, of course, but also just as 
an experienced > 10 years) mature EF project lead.  So please let me 
know if I can be of help...either with technical/usage/integration help 
or with EF dev process, release engineering, IP, conventions, etc.

Scott

[0] http://composent.com/
[1] EF: https://www.eclipse.org/ecf/  github: https://github.com/ECF
[2] 
https://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse_Communication_Framework_Project#OSGi_Remote_Services
[3] 
https://wiki.eclipse.org/Tutorial:_Creating_a_RESTful_Remote_Service_Provider
[4] https://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/ecf-dev/msg07692.html