NLPAPI Review and Classification Checklist

Legal

• Is there CSRO on file for all contributors?

  Yes (only author: Michael E Henderson)

• Is there a DOO on file for the project?

  Don't know, but since this project came out of IBM, origin was painfully researched.

• Is everything under one license?

  Yes

• What is the license?

  Common Public License 1.0

Project Activity and Management

• Is there a channel for reporting bugs?

  There is a Trac page, with ticket system.

• Does the PM appear responsive to bug reports?

  So far, no ticket has ever been filed. But author has been responsive to email requests previously.

• Does the project have a static Web page?

  Yes, a very simple one.

• Is the static Web page or the Wiki maintained with relevant project information?

  Wiki page has relevant information.

• Is the project active?

  No changes have been committed since move to subversion.

Code and Documentation

• Is the project SVN repository set up and maintained according to best practices?

  Yes.

• Are there README/LICENSE/AUTHORS/INSTALL files?

  Yes.

• Are the files in the proper location?

  Yes.

• Does the code build properly on the platforms it claims to support (Level 2 and above)?

  Yes (I tried AIX 5.3 and Linux RHEL)

• Is there reasonable documentation (Level 3 and above)?

  Yes, very extensive and detailed documentation

• Is there a unit test (Level 4 and above)?

  Yes, 'make check' runs two examples

• Does the project have a binary distribution (Level 5)?

  No

Classification

• What should be the classification of this project (Level 1-5)?

  4

• Does the PM agree with this classification?

  Yes.

• Should the project be made inactive?

  No.