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Stage 1 Criteria (from the PLD)

Meets / Needs Improvement / Missing / Not Applicable

Supporting Data (if needed, include links to specific examples)

2 TAC Sponsors, if identified (Sponsors help mentor projects) - See full definition on Project Stages: Definitions and Expectations

Meets

Joe Pearson (IBM), Brad Corrion (IOTech)

The typical IP Policy for Projects under the LF Edge Foundation is Apache 2.0 for Code Contributions, Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO) for new inbound contributions, and Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License for Documentation. Projects under outside licenses may still submit for consideration, subject to review/approval of the TAC and Board.


Meets

  • EdgeX is an Apache 2.0 license project.  We require all contributions comply with this license agreement as stated in our Wiki below: EdgeX contributors guide

  • EdgeX policy to review new libs, modules, etc. brought into the project to insure anything we use (or is used indirectly by modules we bring in) is compliant with this license. https://wiki.edgexfoundry.org/display/FA/Vetting+Process+for+3rd+Party+Dependencies

  • We also conduct code scans regularly (with each PR) for any license compliance issues

  • Recently, challenges are emerging with some third party products components changing their open source license policy (e.g. Redis, Vault, Consul). This is being addressed in upcoming EdgeX releases with replacement reference services where possible .including use of OpenBao and Valkey (both LF projects)

Upon acceptance, At Large projects must list their status prominently on website/readme

Meets

Displayed proudly on EdgeX wiki:

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… and on the EdgeX website:

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Stage 2 Criteria (from the PLD)

Meets / Needs Improvement / Missing / Not Applicable

Supporting Data (if needed, include links to specific examples)

Demonstrate regular project leadership (typically TSC) meetings.  Project leadership should meet monthly at a minimum unless there are extenuating circumstances (ex: holiday period)

Meets

Development of a growth plan (to include both roadmap of projected feature sets as well as overall community growth/project maturity), to be done in conjunction with their project mentor(s) at the TAC.Meets

Meets

  • Open and collaborative release planning meetings held twice per year

  • We maintain a short-term roadmap for the next 2 years and have a long term backlog that extends beyond that timeframe1-2 releases ahead and maintain a longer term backlog.  The next couple of releases are documented with pages in our Wiki (and you can see past release roadmaps) here:  https://wiki.edgexfoundry.org/display/FA/Roadmap.

  • Minor fixes and enhancements are also captured in issues with each repository in Github.  Github tags are used to label bugs from enhancement requests and when appropriate are associated with a specific target release (e.g., "Odessa" tags on the Core Working Group project board here: https://github.com/orgs/edgexfoundry/projects/56 for an example).

Document that it is being used in POCs.

Meets

EdgeX is used in countless POCs worldwide so this list is actually more about production uses.

Demonstrate a substantial ongoing flow of commits and merged contributions.

Meets

Collected from LF Insights for the project since inception and for the last 12 months:

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Demonstrate that the current level of community participation is sufficient to meet the goals outlined in the growth plan.

Meets

Already at stage 3. Demonstrated maturity by 13 successful project releases since April 2017 (usually 2 each year)

  • EdgeX 3.0 (Minnesota was a new major release version, released on May 31st 2023

  • EdgeX 3.1 (Levski) also released on Nov 15th 2023 was the latest LTS version with a 24 month community support cycle

On track for two more releases in the next year:  Odessa, likely version 4.0 at end of 2024, and Palau 4.2 half way through 1 during 2025.

Demonstrate a willingness to work with (via interoperability, compatibility or extension) other LF Edge projects to provide a greater edge solution than what can be done by the project alone. 

Meets

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Criteria

Meets / Needs Improvement / Missing / Not Applicable

Supporting Data (if needed, include links to specific examples)

Have a defined governing body of at least 5 or more members (owners and core maintainers)

Meets

  • Our current TSC is comprised of 8 voting members from Intel, IOTech, Eaton, Schneider Electric, Danfoss and Yiqisoft.  For names and details see

:Each
  • The TSC

group
  • continues to be a good mix of experienced EdgeX leaders with new members and organizations becoming involved. The addition of the new companies in particular show the growth and wide-spread use of EdgeX by international industrial automation companies.

Have a documented and publicly accessible description of the project's governance, decision-making, and release processes.

Meets

Have a healthy number of committers from at least two organizations. A committer is defined as someone with the commit bit; i.e., someone who can accept contributions to some or all of the project.

Meets

Establish a security and vulnerability process which at a minimum includes meeting ("Met" or "?") all OpenSSF best practices security questions and SECURITY.md.

Meets

The project has a well defined security & vulnerability process as defined here: https://lf-edgexfoundry.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FA/pages/11671699/Security

The LTS releases have have CVE patches applied to them, for example: https://lf-edgexfoundry.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FA/pages/11678726/Napa+3.1.1+Bug+Release+to+LTS

Demonstrate evidence of interoperability, compatibility or extension to other LF Edge Projects. Examples may include demonstrating modularity (ability to swap in components between projects).

Meets

Adopt the Foundation Code of Conduct.

Meets

  • For any significant community meeting such as the TSC meetings or meeting where we are inviting outside community to speak or observe are always preceded by the code of conduct and anti-trust policy statements.  To date, we have had no unacceptable behavior incidents that the project has been made aware of

  • EdgeX adheres to, follows and enforces the LF Edge Code of Conduct without addendum today.

https://wiki.edgexfoundry.org/display/FA/Code+of+Conduct

Explicitly define a project governance and committer process. This is preferably laid out in a GOVERNANCE.md file and references a CONTRIBUTING.md and OWNERS.md file showing the current and emeritus committers.

Meets

Have a public list of project adopters for at least the primary repo (e.g., ADOPTERS.md or logos on the project website).

Meets

Our main repository contains the Adopter document (see https://github.com/edgexfoundry/edgex-go/blob/main/ADOPTERS.md )

We also highlight user, adopters and commercial interests of EdgeX on our Website.


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Additional Information Requested from All Projects

Supporting Data (if needed, include links to specific examples)

Intention for the upcoming year (Remain at current stage OR advance towards the next Stage)

Remain Impact Project, plan to release our 4th major release and potentially a third LTS version by end of year

Include a link to your project’s LFX Insights page. We will be looking for signs of consistent or increasing contribution activity. Please feel free to add commentary to add color to the numbers and graphs we will see on Insights.

https://insights.lfx.linuxfoundation.org/foundation/lfedge/overview/github?project=edgex&routedFrom=Github&bestPractice=false&repository=all&dateFilters=Last%203%20Years&dateRange=2021-01-01%20to%202023-12-31&compare=PP&granularity=month&hideBots=true

How many maintainers do you have, and which organizations are they from? (Feel free to link to an existing MAINTAINERS file if appropriate.)

What do you know about adoption, and how has this changed since your last review / since you joined the current Stage? If you can list companies that are end users of your project, please do so. (Feel free to link to an existing ADOPTERS file if appropriate.)We

EdgeX users are now most often at the deployment stage. Reference Keith Steele’s EdgeX talk in Vienna “From Promise to Production –The Maturity of EdgeXand Large-Scale Industrial Edge Deployments”

But we are learning about new adopters all the time.   In addition to the companies that are participating in the construction of EdgeX (IOTech, Intel, Eaton, Schneider Electric, Danfoss, Yiqisoft), the following companies have announced (and presented) on EdgeX adoption:

  • Canonical, IOTech, HP, Thundersoft, Jiangxing Intelligence, Tibco, Accenture, HCL Tech, BSI, Advantech

Many organizations have adopted, adopting or are considering the adoption of EdgeX and related products including:

  • NetEase Technology, Fanmi Technology, Acuvate, large bearings manufacturer

Others who have adopted EdgeX and related products:

  • Large energy/oil company, large power supply companies, large building automation companies, large mining company, modern AgTech company, etc, modern AgTech company, etc

Statistics from the EdgeX websites (English language, Chinese language and EdgeX documentation tell positive story of consumption):

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How has the project performed against its goals since the last review? (We won't penalize you if your goals changed for good reasons.)

Met or exceeded goals.  Over 9 million container downloads. 14 13 releases since 2017. Currently planning V4 and another LTS version, all indicating the stability of EdgeX to the marketplace.

What are the current goals of the project? For example, are you working on major new features? Or are you concentrating on adoption or documentation?Working on a new major release targeted for Dec 2024 / Early 2025.

  • The main aim right now is to focus on enabling EdgeX deployments and massive scale out. Challenges relating to third party OS license changes is one of the current activities. Also enhancement/replacement of the incumbent database technology with PostgreSQL. So working on a new major release targeted for Dec 2024 / Early 2025

  • Looking to continue to grow the user base with more publicly referenced adopters.

How can LF Edge help you achieve your upcoming goals?

More events such as the LF Edge Day at LF OSS in Vienna this month - which was an excellent forum for EdgeX awareness etc.

Do you think that your project meets the criteria for the next Stage?

N/A. We are at stage 3

Please summarize Outreach Activities in which the Project has participated in (e.g. Participation in conferences, seminars, speaking engagements, meetups, etc.)

  • Planning EdgeX talks/demos at Embedded World in Germany, March 2025

  • China continue to enjoy excellent EdgeX participation relating to edge, AI and LLM technology events. More to come there.

  • Continual stream of social media from the project

  • Previously Previous EdgeX-related outreach

  • events include:

    • Intel sponsored student Hackathon in 2023

    • EdgeX presented sessions at ONES 2022 in Seattle, One Summit China in Sept 2023

    • EdgeX representation at Hybrid AI Meetup in Hanzhou, March 2024


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Please review, and update if needed, your Project entry on the Existing Project Taxonomy page, modifying the Last Updated / Reviewed date in the header.

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Please share a LFX security report for your project in the last 30 days

https://security.lfx.linuxfoundation.org/#/a0941000005osNnAAI/overview
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