From 4b17bf290c37093e0fbcf7467511f0db3a616ce2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Clemens Vasters Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2018 06:04:40 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Adding open source organization clause for equivalence with protocol standards org clause Signed-off-by: Clemens Vasters --- note-qualifying-protocols-and-encodings.md | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/note-qualifying-protocols-and-encodings.md b/note-qualifying-protocols-and-encodings.md index ed8915fa1..98a257557 100644 --- a/note-qualifying-protocols-and-encodings.md +++ b/note-qualifying-protocols-and-encodings.md @@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ protocol binding, it must belong to either one of the following categories: - The protocol has a "de-facto standard" status for its ecosystem category, which means it is used so widely that it is considered a standard for a given application. Practically, we would like to see at least one open - source implementation and at least a dozen independent vendors using it - in their products/services. + source implementation under the umbrella of a vendor-neutral open-source + organization (e.g. Apache, Eclipse, CNCF, .NET Foundation) and at least + a dozen independent vendors using it in their products/services. Aside from formal status, a key criterion for whether a protocol or encoding shall qualify for a core CloudEvents event format or transport binding is whether the