cncf/landscape graph - kickoff!

[halcyondude]

Welcome!

This issue is to provide a way for members of the TAG Observability community to express interest in contributing to the https://github.com/cncf/landscape-graph project.

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We'll target our project kick-off meeting 2/27 - 3/3 (doodle will be distributed, meeting(s) recorded).

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The Landscape Graph project is looking for YOU! We are seeking folks who are interested in contributing to the project. We welcome anyone who want's to collaborate in the open. All of the following disciplines might find interesting challenges and the potential for novel work.

• Project & Program Managers
• Data Scientists, with a focus on Graph Data Science, AdTech, FinTech, and social networks.
• UX / Design professionals
• Financial Analysts
• developers (front end, back end, UI, k8s)
  • (any of, not all) Typescript, Python, Bash, Java, Cypher, SQL, GraphQL, ...
  • Kubernetes, Cloud Infrastructure, ...
• Creative Content (technical writing, art, design)
• anyone with a passion for Open Source Ecosystems, Communities, and assessments of project health and composition.
• Those wishing to work in a tech stack that's wildly useful for Observability Solutions.

Details

• project home: https://github.com/cncf/landscape-graph
• #landscape-graph
• landscape graph slides (short)
• current activities

Why does this project exist?

Graphs can facilitate rich analysis of our vibrant and dynamic communities, the humans they comprise, and the clusters of contribution and thought leadership they produce.

Often, we need to understand how an open source project interacts with others, how it's changing over time, and who's enabling it's continued success. We want to understand what alternatives exist, or how complementary projects might be combined in purpose-fit or novel ways. We might want to dive in and contribute! This is how projects and ecosystems grow to meet business challenges facing modern organizations.

What's the overall approach at the outset of the project?

Using the data underlying the existing landscape as input, a Labeled Property Graph (LPG) is constructed using Cypher (SQL for Graphs), resulting in knowledge graph.

Landscape Graph Core Data Model (initial)

[joseadanof]

✋🏽 Hi! With disposition to help with Kubernetes, Cloud Infrastructure, or Technical Writing.

[DFP-]

David from the Code & Coffee here, no professional experience with graph dbs or cypher directly but it's been an interest and lots of backend experience. Was a doodle distributed already?