[Asterisk-Dev] Astricon 2004 - the developer's meeting ** CALL FOR PAPERS ** LAST CALL

[Olle E. Johansson]

Friends,
I've sent out this message before, so far I've only got two replies.
I will publish these white papers later this week.

We need more input for the dev meeting from the community - what topics do you
feel is important?

If you can't take the time or don't feel that you have the insight to compose
a white paper, just drop me an e-mail *off list*.

At this point we'll be around 250 people during the conference, and around 100
on the developer's meeting.

Thank you!

/Olle
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During Astricon 2004, we'll have the first Asterisk developer's meeting.

The Asterisk developer's meeting is a one day meeting with discussions, brainstorms and tests.

For each session, we need a white paper produced that outlines the topic to be discussed.
If controversial, several whitepapers on the same topic will be contributed. Please don't
make it hard to yourself - just write down your ideas and thoughts and submit then. If
needed, we will edit the document with you.

This is a list of suggested topics - please feel free to add topics. Topics will be jointly
reviewed by the Asterisk.org bug marshals and Digium developers.

Please observe that this meeting will be held in a very professional way, with a schedule
and a painful chairman that will make the meeting stay in order. We will not solve every
topic, but will be able to see pros, cons and discuss ways forward, maybe initiate some
work.

This is just a list of ideas - PLEASE feel free to suggest your own.

     * Asterisk roadmap - after 1.x (Digium)
     * Channel specific discussions
           o SIP, SRTP and TCP/TLS
	  o The new H.323 architecture
     * Configuration architectures
           o Dynamic and static data - how to separate
           o res_config and others
     * A common Authentication architecture
     * Extension and peer/user/friend configs
     * AGI and alternatives
     * Manager API development
     * Multiprotocol presence and messaging architecture for Asterisk
     * Documentation - the Wiki and the Doc project
     * Sexy things done with Asterisk - Bluetooth presence and others
       (showcase, including Mark's Wifiaxy )
     * Voice: Vxml, Speech recognition and TTS modules
     * Instant messaging (Jabber, SIMPLE and IAX)
     * Requirements for embedded Asterisk products

This is not an educational forum for beginners. It is planned for active Asterisk
developer's and contributors. A conference call number will, if possible,
be available for those wishing to listen.

HOW TO SUBMIT A WHITE PAPER
* Send your white paper to info at astricon.net * NOW*
* If accepted, we will schedule it for the dev meeting and work with it
* All white papers are going to be released to the community. There should be no
   NDA's or other clauses attached to your paper. If there are any
   limitations on how we can use the document or the ideas or solutions
   based on the paper, it will not be considered for submission to the
   conference.
* Attach all your contact data - Name, Adress, Phone, E-mail
   so we can contact you
* All white papers will be published in a central repository,
   regardless if they are accepted as a basis for this first meeting
   or not.

If you have any questions, please feel free to send them to us
on info at astricon.net * OFF LIST *

/Olle and Steven