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COmanage Roadmap

Note that each version builds upon the previous versions and will allow for all listed applications.

Alpha (due Apr. 2009)

Expected user experience:
In the Alpha release COmanage can be configured to work with one federation (InCommon, intra-campus, or your own). You will be able to invite people to join your CO who are from sites that belong to the one federation; those people will be able to use the domesticated applications within your CO instance. The installation process will be minimalistic - there will be a virtual machine image available.  For more adventurous users, there will also be documentation on how to create, configure and manage a COmanage instance from "scratch."  In addition, there will be a demo installation of a COmanage instance in the EC2 or Internet2 space for people to explore COmanage -- its model, features, and functionality -- without having to install their own COmanage instance.

Core Product

  • Shibboleth SP (limited to one federation only)
  • Grouper/LDAPPC
  • OpenLDAP
  • MySQL
  • COllabmin interface

Domesticated Apps

  • Sympa
  • Drupal
  • Confluence

Other features

  • Debian Repository

Beau Jest (due Dec. 2009)

Expected user experience:
The user experience in this version will be very similar to the Alpha.  People downloading the virtual appliance will see new domesticated applications and be able to link to additional federations.  For collaborators needing more advanced functionality, there will be an installation script to help them configure the COmanage instance to interact with a wider array of middleware infrastructure, up to and including infrastructure from a parent institution. The COllabmin interface will be heavily redesigned to include tabs for each application to standardize how people can administer the different apps.

The installation will become more advanced with an install script that will allow the prospective COllabmin to customize the COmanage instance to use infrastructure outside the COmanage environment.  A default virtual machine image and an online demo playground will remain available to users only interested in exploring COmanage.

Core Product expansion

  • Shibboleth (complete)
  • COllabmin redesign (tabs)
  • Start of a broader installation script to allow more flexibility in identity infrastructure

Domesticated Apps

  • Jira
  • bedework
  • Zimbra

Other features

  • Focus on user interface
  • Focus on installer script

Calliope - aka, COmanage 1.0 (due Apr. 2010)

Expected user experience:
The focus for this version of COmanage is on the visual  experience for the COllabmin. The interface will change to match the Fluid model <http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Fluid+Project+Wiki>.  Additional domesticated applications will be added to the service. This will be considered the first complete version of COmanage.

In an ideal world, more applications will be designed with domestication in mind - the COmanage team will not be required to focus on hooks, API, or any other interface magic to allow for the addition of new applications.  Each COmanage site will be able to pick and choose their own software and methods for collaboration without restriction.

Domesticated Apps

  • phpBB (forum)
  • IM (jabber)

Other features

  • Fluid-ized interface
  • RedHat/CentOS version

2.0 and beyond

  • video hosting
  • presentation apps
  • open office-type tools
  • links to social network sites or software
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