Wikimedia Technology/Annual Plans/FY2019/CDP2: Platform Evolution/CDP Budget Segment 7/Goals

=Program Goals and Status for FY18/19=

Segment 7 - Core Platform
 * Goal Owner: Corey Floyd
 * Program Goals for FY18/19: Empower the Wikimedia Foundation to accomplish its goals of Knowledge Equity and Knowledge as a Service by evolving and investing in our technology stack to improve its flexibility, maintainability, and sustainability
 * Annual Plan: Segment 7 - Core Platform
 * Primary Goal is Knowledge as a Service/Foundational Strength: Evolve our systems and structures



 = Q1 Goals =

Outcome 2 / Output 2.2
Engineers are able to access more functionality of the stack using well encapsulated components and well defined APIs
 * Modularized RESTBase

Primary team: Services

Goal(s)

 * Research, document and develop a specification for the storage API. ❌
 * Propose an RFC.

Status
July 2018

August 16, 2018
 * Spec for the storage API is still in progress.

September 19, 2018
 * ❌ This goal has been moved to Q2 work due to other issues having priority.



=Q2 Goals =

Outcome 2 / Output 2.3
Engineers are able to access more functionality of the stack using well encapsulated components and well defined APIs.
 * Session Management system

Dependencies on: Core Platform Team

Goal(s)

 * Define and implement a session management service.

Status
October 2018
 * Discussed...

November 2018
 * Discussed...

December 2018
 * Discussed...