From 9ff66db4a3ea422e70b335eed2d47072d3dbc4a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luc Boudreau <lucboudreau@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 15:49:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Updated index page. Now includes information about the
 project roadmap.

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         <tr>
           <td width="100%" valign="top" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><h4>Status</h4>
-          <p><b>olap4j is beta!</b> olap4j-0.9.7 (beta) was released on November 2nd, 2008.</p><br/>
-          <p>The olap4j release includes the specification, a reference implementation of the API in the form of a olap4j driver for mondrian, and a Test Compatibility Kit (TCK) consisting of a suite of JUnit tests. In the 0.9 beta release, the API includes full support for managing connections, statements, multidimensional result sets, parsing and validating MDX, and managing metadata.</p>
-<h4>Resources</h4>
-<ul>
-                            <li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/olap4j">olap4j project at SourceForge</a></font></li>
-                            <li>Download 0.9 <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=168953">release</a>
-                            and specification (<a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=168953">PDF</a> or <a href="olap4j_fs.html">HTML</a>)</li>
-                            <li><a href="api/index.html">API javadoc</a></li>
-                            <li>For project committers: latest <a href="head/api/index.html">API</a>
-                                and <a href="http://olap4j.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/*checkout*/olap4j/trunk/doc/olap4j_fs.html">specification (HTML)</a>.</li>
+          <p><b>olap4j is headed for 1.0!</b><br/>olap4j-0.9.8 (beta) was released in August 2010.</p><br/>
+          <p>The olap4j release includes the specification, a reference implementation of the API in the form of a olap4j driver for mondrian, 
+          a generic XML/A driver compatible with Mondrian, SQL Server Analysis Services, Palo and SAP BW, and a Test Compatibility Kit (TCK)
+          consisting of a suite of JUnit tests.</p><br/>
+          
+          <h4>Resources</h4>
+            <ul>
+              <li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/olap4j">olap4j project at SourceForge</a></font></li>
+              <li>Download 0.9.8 <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=168953">release</a>
+              and specification (<a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=168953">PDF</a> or <a href="olap4j_fs.html">HTML</a>)</li>
+              <li><a href="api/index.html">API javadoc</a></li>
+              <li>For project committers: latest <a href="head/api/index.html">API</a>
+                  and <a href="http://olap4j.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/*checkout*/olap4j/trunk/doc/olap4j_fs.html">specification (HTML)</a>.</li>
             </ul>
-            
+
+          <h4>Roadmap</h4><br/>
+
+          <p>The olap4j team is in the final sprint towards a 1.0 specification. The core API will be considered a
+          Long Term Support (LTS) release, but some parts of the olap4j project will remain considered as experimental,
+          thus subject to change. The LTS packages are:</p><br/>
+          <p>
+            <ul>
+              <li><strong>org.olap4j.driver.xmla</strong><br/>
+              Generic XML/A driver.</li><br/><br/>
+              <li><strong>org.olap4j.mdx</strong><br/>
+              Core objects of the MDX model.</li><br/><br/>
+              <li><strong>org.olap4j.mdx.parser</strong><br/>
+              Parser for the MDX query language.</li><br/><br/>
+              <li><strong>org.olap4j.metadata</strong><br/>
+              Discovery of OLAP servers metadata.</li><br/><br/>
+              <li><strong>org.olap4j.type</strong><br/>
+              System for the core MDX object model and the metadata package.</li>
+            </ul>
+          </p><br/>
+          <p>The following parts will still be considered experimental after the 1.0
+          release and are subject to change.</p><br/>
+          <p>
+            <ul>
+              <li><strong>org.olap4j.query</strong><br/>
+              Programmatic Query Model.</li><br/><br/>
+              <li><strong>org.olap4j.layout</strong><br/>
+              Utility classes to display CellSets.</li><br/><br/>
+              <li><strong>org.olap4j.CellSetListener and all associated classes</strong><br/>
+              Event-based system for real time updates of CellSet objects.</li><br/><br/>
+              <li><strong>org.olap4j.Scenario and all associated classes</strong><br/>
+              Statistical simulations module.</li><br/><br/>
+              <li><strong>org.olap4j.transform</strong><br/>
+              Core MDX object model transformation utilities.</li>
+            </ul>
+          </p><br/>
+          <p>The push for 1.0 will be done according to the following schedule.</p><br/>
+          <p>
+            <ul>
+              <li><strong>Release of olap4j 0.9.8</strong><br/>
+              This release is mostly a wrap-up of the unofficial releases we have put in the Maven repository.
+              Notable changes include compatibility with SAP BW, contextual drill-through for the Query Model,
+              CellSetListener implementation for real time updates, along with  various other compatibility fixes.</li><br/><br/>
+              <li><strong>Month of August</strong><br/>
+              During the month of August, the olap4j community will have a chance to comment the proposed changes
+              to the 1.0 final draft. We will provide an updated functional specification document as well as a
+              complete list of the changes that will be  required. Should you judge that some items are still missing,
+              or that  some should be modified or removed altogether, you are encouraged to let us know. The
+              <a href="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=olap4j-devel">mailing list</a> 
+              is the best place to hold those discussions, or you can also use our
+              <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/olap4j/forums/forum/577988">forums</a>.</li><br/><br/>
+              <li><strong>September 1st - Release of 0.9.9</strong><br/>
+              September 1st is  the date that marks the end of our discussions. After that, all the  changes 
+              that we agreed upon will be implemented in the API, as well as the Mondrian and XML/A implementations
+              of the driver. The 0.9.9 release  will include those changes, but <u>will still maintain retro-compatibility</u>.
+              Some API calls will be marked for deprecation, new ones will be present as well.
+              The 0.9.9 release will be the last available before 1.0. Everything that is marked for deprecation
+              will be removed as of 1.0, so users will have a chance to convert their code  base progressively.</li><br/><br/>
+              <li><strong>October 31st - Release of 1.0</strong>
+              We are planning to release olap4j 1.0 on October 31st. <u>All methods that have been marked as deprecated,
+              whether by the 0.9.9 release or any other previous 0.X release will be removed.</u></li>
+            </ul>
+          </p>
             <h4>Get involved!</h4> 
             <p>Join the <a href="http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=577988">forum</a>, download the specification, and give us your feedback. If you are developing an OLAP server, component or 
     application, let's work together to make your project olap4j-compliant.</p><br/>
             <p>Drivers for mondrian and XML/A are under development; we're looking for committers to work on these drivers and drivers for other servers.</p>
-</td>
+          </td>
           <td rowspan="5" class="col_spacer" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><img src="images/spacer.png" class="col_spacer"/></td>
           <td rowspan="4" valign="top" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><div class="participation_bg"><h4 style="margin: 0px;">Participation</h4>
             olap4j is an open specification, being developed by a consortium of companies and open source projects, including:
@@ -200,6 +265,8 @@ <h5 style="margin-top: 5px;">Projects</h5>
                 <li><a href="http://mondrian.pentaho.org">Mondrian</a></li>
                 <li><a href="http://openi.sourceforge.net">OpenI</a></li>
                 <li><a href="http://www.palo.net">PALO</a></li>
+                <li><a href="http://www.analytical-labs.com">PAT Analysis Tool</a></li>
+                <li><a href="http://www.sqlpower.ca">SQL Power Wabit</a></li>
             </ul>
             <h5>Companies</h5>
             <ul style="white-space:nowrap">
@@ -208,23 +275,24 @@ <h5>Companies</h5>
                 <li><a href="http://www.loyaltymatrix.com">Loyalty Matrix</a></li>
                 <li><a href="http://www.lucidera.com">LucidEra</a></li>
                 <li><a href="http://www.pentaho.org">Pentaho</a></li>
+                <li><a href="http://www.sqlpower.ca">SQL Power</a></li>
                 <li><a href="http://www.tensegrity-software.de">Tensegrity</a></li>
                 <li><a href="http://www.tonbeller.com/">Tonbeller AG</a></li>
             </ul></div></td>
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-    <td colspan="2" class="copyright">&copy; 2007-2008</td>
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-    <td colspan="2" align="right">
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+      </table></td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <td colspan="2" class="copyright">&copy; 2007-2008</td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <td colspan="2" align="right">
+        <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/olap4j"><img src="http://sourceforge.net/sflogo.php?group_id=168953&type=1" width="88" height="31" border="0" alt="SourceForge.net_Logo"></a>
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