EclipseCon 2009 Category Descriptions Flowchart

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This page is a draft of a flowchart to help you decide in which category to submit your EclipseCon 2009 talk. If the page becomes popular enough, we might make a graphical version.

Step 1: Primary Focus

Step 1 is to determine your proposal's primary focus. We admit that most interesting talks these days are at the boundaries between two or more interesting frameworks or systems, but in order to classify your proposal, you have to decide what the primary focus is... Got it in mind? Ok, now we can proceed to step 2.

Step 2: If ... Then ... Else

1. If the primary focus is a specific programming language...
   1. ...if the primary focus is Java, then consider the Java category.
   2. ...if C/C++, then consider the C/C++ category.
   3. ...if PHP... Tools
   4. ...if JavaScript... Web Tools
   5. ...if XML/XHTML... Web Tools
   6. ...if a scripting language... Tools
   7. ...if some other language, then consider the Tools category.
2. If the primary focus is OSGi, then consider the OSGi DevCon category.
3. If the primary focus is the intersection of Linux and Eclipe, then consider the Linux DevCon category.
4. If the primary focus is RCP or the current generation of the Eclipse Platform, then consider the Platform or UI / RCP category.
5. If the primary focus is E4 or the next generation of the Eclipse Platform, then consider the E4 category.
6. If the primary focus is business intelligence or reporting, then consider the Reporting category.
7. If the primary focus is business issues (aka making money), then consider the Business and Industry Vertical category.
8. If the primary focus is on enabling committers and contributors to work effectively, including topics such as the review process, ip issues, and mentoring, then consider the Committer and Contributor category.
9. If the primary focus is developing for embedded processors, the consider the Mobile and Embedded category.
10. If the primary focus is a specific framework...
    1. ...if the primary focus is Spring, AspectJ, Hibernate, etc., then consider the Tools category.
    2. ...if a data-centric framework, then consider the Data Tooling category.
    3. ...if a web application framework... Web Tools
11. If the primary focus is mobile devices, then consider the Mobile and Embedded category.
12. If the primary focus is modeling, then consider the popular Modeling category.
13. If the primary focus is SOA, then consider the SOA category.
14. If the primary focus is tools i.e., tools for developers...
    1. ...if the primary focus is tools for databases, then consider the Data Tooling category.
    2. ...if generically tools for software developers including bug tracking, builds, collaboration, etc., then consider the Tools category.
    3. ...if testing tools... Test and Performance
15. If the primary focus is user interfaces, then consider the UI / RCP category.
16. If the primary focus is testing, then consider the Test and Performance category.
17. If the primary focus is something web related, then consider the Web Tools category.

Step 3: If the primary focus is one of the Eclipse projects

1. 1. ...if ACTF... then consider the UI / RCP or Tools
   2. ...if AJDT... Java or Tools categories
   3. ...if Albireo... UI / RCP or Emerging Technology
   4. ...if Aperi... Other or Runtime
   5. ...if Apogee... Emerging Technology
   6. ...if AspectJ... Java or Tools
   7. ...if ATF... Web Tools
   8. ...if Babel... Tools
   9. ...if BIRT... Reporting
   10. ...if BPEL... Tools
   11. ...if Buckminster... Tools
   12. ...if CDT... C/C++
   13. ...if Corona... Emerging Technology
   14. ...if COSMOS... Other or Runtime
   15. ...if Dali... Web Tools
   16. ...if Dash... Tools
   17. ...if DLTK... Tools or Emerging Technology
   18. ...if DTP... Data Tooling
   19. ...if DSDP/DD... Mobile and Embedded
   20. ...if DSDP/MTJ... Mobile and Embedded
   21. ...if DSDP/NAB... Mobile and Embedded
   22. ...if DSDP/RTSC... Mobile and Embedded
   23. ...if DSDP/TM... Mobile and Embedded
   24. ...if DSDP/TmL... Linux DevCon
   25. ...if ECF... Runtime
   26. ...if EclipseLink... Runtime
   27. ...if Eclipse Examples... Committer and Contributor
   28. ...if EPF... Tools
   29. ...if EPP... Tools
   30. ...if eRCP... Runtime
   31. ...if g-Eclipse... Emerging Technology
   32. ...if GEF... Modeling or UI
   33. ...if Glimmer... Emerging Technology or UI
   34. ...if Hibachi... Emerging Technology
   35. ...if Higgins... Runtime
   36. ...if IAM... Emerging Technology
   37. ...if JDT... Java
   38. ...if JWT... Emerging Technology
   39. ...if JSF... Web Tools
   40. ...if linux-distros... Linux DevCon
   41. ...if M2E... Emerging Technology
   42. ...if Maynstall... Tools
   43. ...if one of the Modeling projects... Modeling
   44. ...if Mylyn... Tools
   45. ...if Nebula... Emerging Technology
   46. ...if OFMP... Emerging Technology
   47. ...if OHF... Other or Runtime
   48. ...if Orbit... Other
   49. ...if ORMF... Emerging Technology
   50. ...if PDE... Java or Platform
   51. ...if PDT... Tools
   52. ...if Photran... Tools
   53. ...if Platform... Platform
   54. ...if PTP... Tools
   55. ...if RAP... Runtime
   56. ...if Riena... Runtime
   57. ...if SMILA... Runtime
   58. ...if SOA... Tools or Web Tools
   59. ...if Spaces... Emerging Technology
   60. ...if Swordfish... Runtime
   61. ...if Tigerstripe... Modeling
   62. ...if TPTP... Test and Performance
   63. ...if VE... Tools
   64. ...if Voice Tools... Emerging Technology
   65. ...if WTP... Web Tools
2. If the primary focus of your proposal doesn't fit into any other the categories above, then you should consider the Emerging Technology or the Other categories.