InstantX - Stage 1 - 2025-06-04

InstantX - Stage 1 - 2025-06-04


Completed by:  Natalia Gorokhova, Vodafone

Submitted to TAC Mail List:  2025/06/03

Presented on TAC Weekly Call:  2025/06/04 (Meeting Recording)




Below is a self-assessment submitted by TSC Chair/Maintainers of the Project. Comments/questions/feedback is welcome either a) in the Comments at the bottom of the page or b) during the TAC call when information is presented

Stage 1: At Large Projects 

Stage 2 and Stage 3 Projects also requested to complete this section, as PLD acceptance criteria requires meeting current as well as prior stage requirements

Stage 1 Criteria (from the PLD)

Meets / Needs Improvement / Missing / Not Applicable

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

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



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.

MIT, Apache 2.0



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


https://github.com/lf-edge/instantx  





Stage 1 Projects, please skip to Additional Information Requested from All Projects

Additional Information Requested from All Projects

Additional Information Requested from All Projects

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

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)

Plan to cover at least 4 criteria of 6 for Stage2

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.

+1 contributor

https://github.com/lf-edge/instantx/graphs/contributors

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

3 maintainers from VOIS and Celfocus

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.)

Not yet for open source version.

We have enterprise STEP https://de-he.step.vodafone.com/ that uses the same approach and technology and all our POC´s are on STEP, eg. Monotch integration.

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

Completed roadmap for past year:

  1. Client-system connectivity

  2. Provide API for publishing

  3. Provide transformation and encoding/decoding layer

  4. Provide Integrated Framework

  5. Provide an example of system-system connectivity through integrated framework (AMQP with message transformation)

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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?

Plans:

  • Search for POC and contribution with other LF edge projects (eg. AGL)

  • Documentation with open SSF (https://openssf.org/ )

  • landing page for instantX

  • Progress with LF Edge check list

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How can LF Edge help you achieve your upcoming goals?

Guidance and support 

Promotion through events / papers / news

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

Not yet

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

  1. September 2024 OS Summit 2024 in Vienna

  2. April 2025 Open Networking & Edge Summit

Are you leveraging the Technical Project Getting Started Checklist? If yes, please provide link (if publicly available).

Not yet

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

Data provided

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

Not yet