EdgeX Foundry - Stage 3 - 2023-09-06 (WIP)

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

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.

We maintain a roadmap for the next 2 years and have a long term backlog that extends beyond that timeframe.  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.

Document that it is being used in POCs.

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

• Companies announced use of EdgeX in their products include Accenture (AIP+ product), ThunderSoft (TurboX), Jiangxing Intelligence (EdgeBox), and Tibco (Project Air), HP (Engage Edge), Advantech, UST Global. Many of the company presentations to the EdgeX community can be found at the wiki site below.
  https://wiki.edgexfoundry.org/display/FA/Vertical+Solutions+Working+Group#VerticalSolutionsWorkingGroup-MeetingMinutes
• Eaton's use of EdgeX is documented in an LF Edge Use Case publication of 2023 found here.
• HP's announcement is found here:  https://press.hp.com/us/en/blogs/2020/hp-unveils-hp-engage-edge.html
• IOTech Systems also provides a commercial implementation of EdgeX called Edge Xpert and uses that is several POC and customer projects around the globe.  https://www.iotechsys.com/our-products/edge-software-platforms/edge-xpert/
• Home Edge is using EdgeX in their effort.  Roadmap and Release Notes

Demonstrate a substantial ongoing flow of commits and merged contributions.

Collected from LF Insights for the project since inception and for the last 1 year

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

10 successful project releases since April 2017 (2 each year)

• EdgeX 2.1 (Jakarta) was our first Long Term Support (LTS) version, released on Nov 17th 2021
• EdgeX 2.2 (Kamakura) also released on May 11th, 2022

On track for two more releases in the next year:  2.3 (code named Levski) in fall of 2022, and a likely 3.0 release in the spring of 2023 (code named Minnesota).

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

• Integration with Akraino ELIOT blueprint (tested using UNH lab)
• Incubation of Open Horizon project
• Inclusion in the Open Retail Reference Architecture (with Open Horizons, and SDO)
• Accomplished Baetyl/EdgeX integration (work accomplished in PRC).  See Updates of EdgeX-Baetyl collaboration attempts-v0.1.pptx
• Collaboration with and use within EdgeX of eKuiper (formerly Kuiper) project
• Use of EdgeX in HomeEdge and continued support of that project
• Fledge export connector

With regard to convergence with Fledge, both organizations have provided connectors to each other's system (for importing/exporting data) but no further discussions have taken place around additional convergence or interoperability

Have a defined governing body of at least 5 or more members (owners and core maintainers), of which no more than 1/3 is affiliated with the same employer. In the case there are 5 governing members, 2 may be from the same employer.

Our current TSC is comprised of members from Intel, Canonical, IOTech, HP, Eaton, Beechwoods, and VMWare.  For names and details see:

https://wiki.edgexfoundry.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=329436#TechnicalSteeringCommittee(TSC)-Members

Each TSC group continues to be a good mix of experienced EdgeX leaders with new members and organizations becoming involved. The TSC this year is also the first to be led by a new chair, with James Butcher replacing Jim White - again indicating the project has intention for a long term future.

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

Matters of project governance, decision making and process are covered in our project Wiki.  The following pages outline our policies.
Matters of technical decisions and voting process and rules are defined here:  https://wiki.edgexfoundry.org/display/FA/Technical+Work+in+the+EdgeX+Foundry+Project

Guidance for how to submit code contributions is defined here:  https://wiki.edgexfoundry.org/display/FA/Contributor%27s+Guide and here: https://wiki.edgexfoundry.org/display/FA/Contributor%27s+Process

Documentation on how our release process and what gets released is here:  https://wiki.edgexfoundry.org/display/FA/Release+Process and some additional information on what is considered a release artefact is defined here:  https://docs.edgexfoundry.org/1.2/design/adr/devops/0007-Release-Automation/

During 2022, the EdgeX TSC approved a new Use Case Review (UCR) process to better refine the way in which new requirements are defined, before moving to the Architectural Decision Records (ADR) stage of the design.

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.

Work group chairs automatically have committer rights to their work group repositories and nominate others as committers as spelled out in our governance here:  https://wiki.edgexfoundry.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=21823860#Contributors,Committers&Maintainers-NominationandApprovalofMaintainersandCommitters

Each repository has at least 2 committers.  The most used repository has 87 committers (https://github.com/edgexfoundry/edgex-go/graphs/contributors)

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

• Integration with Akraino ELIOT blueprint (tested using UNH lab)
• Incubation of Open Horizon project
• Inclusion in the Open Retail Reference Architecture (with Open Horizons, and SDO)
• Accomplished Baetyl/EdgeX integration (work accomplished in PRC).  See Updates of EdgeX-Baetyl collaboration attempts-v0.1.pptx
• Collaboration with and incubation of eKuiper project.  Incorporation of eKuiper as the default rules engine for EdgeX.
• Use of EdgeX in HomeEdge and continued support of that project
• Fledge export connector

Adopt the Foundation Code of Conduct.

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.

Examples of these documents can be found in our main repository https://github.com/edgexfoundry/edgex-go

Additionally, project governance and committer process is fully documented in our Wiki.  Existing governance and contributor pages are located on this page and its subpages:  https://wiki.edgexfoundry.org/display/FA/Technical+Work+in+the+EdgeX+Foundry+Project
And here:  https://wiki.edgexfoundry.org/display/FA/Contributor%27s+Guide

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

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.

• https://www.edgexfoundry.org/ecosystem/users/
• https://www.edgexfoundry.org/ecosystem/adopter-series/
• https://www.edgexfoundry.org/ecosystem/members/

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

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.

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

We are learning about new adopters all the time.   In addition to the companies that are participating in the construction of EdgeX, the following companies have announced (and presented) on EdgeX adoption:

• Canonical, IOTech, HP, Thundersoft, Jiangxing Intelligence, Tibco and Accenture

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

• Wartsila, Building Systems Integrators (BSIDDC), Schneider Electric, NetEase Technology, Fanmi Technology, Mitsubishi Power

Eaton have moved further having now joined the TSC

Others who have adopted EdgeX and related products:

• Large power supply company, large building automation company, large events and venue management company, etc

Met or exceeded goals.  Over 8.3 million container downloads. Regular releases for 5+ years, including the first Long Term Support (LTS) made this year, indicating the stability of EdgeX to the marketplace.

Working on a minor release targeted for fall 2022 with a likely major release for spring of 2023.

Looking to continue to grow the user base with more publicly referenced adopters. Support and integration to computer vision use cases remains a target with new services for ONVIF and USB Cameras released during 2022.

We are looking at moving to GitHub Discussions as a possible replacement for Slack (currently being tested by a single work group - Device Services).  Slack has the 10K limit and is not good for historical searches. The community would welcome any feedback or experience from other LF or LF Edge projects

Join with other organizations looking to improve dev advocacy through hackathons, badging, and other programs.

• Prior to COVID, regular participation at Hannover Messe, IOT SWC, IOT World and LF events.  Our members have spoken frequently at live events all over the world. Restrictions mean that virtual events are more commonplace but events appear to be restarting with an aim to visit live events again in 2023
• EdgeX is presenting a sessions at ONES 2022 in Seattle in November 2022
• We brought out a new series of EdgeX Tech Talks during Summer 2022, which attracted a good following. Opportunities remain open for developers or adopters to add to the series
• China continue to enjoy excellent EdgeX participation events with 64 proposals received for the China EdgeX Challenge 2022. The Challenge completes throughout October and November 2023. There is an EdgeX Meetup in China planned for Q4 (Nov/Dec)
• Continued marketing collateral such as blogs and the EdgeX section of the LF Edge White Paper

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