[#]: collector: (lujun9972) [#]: translator: ( ) [#]: reviewer: ( ) [#]: publisher: ( ) [#]: url: ( ) [#]: subject: (IEEE Standards Association Launches an Open Source Collaboration Platform) [#]: via: (https://itsfoss.com/ieee-open-source-collaboration-platform/) [#]: author: (Ankush Das https://itsfoss.com/author/ankush/) IEEE Standards Association Launches an Open Source Collaboration Platform ====== _**Brief: IEEE Standards Association has announced a GitLab-based open source collaboration platform. Read how is it different and what advantages it has.**_ [IEEE][1] is the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology. The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA) is an organization within IEEE that develops global standards in a broad range of industries. The IEEE Standards Association (SA) has come up with an open-source collaboration platform i.e [IEEE SA Open][2]. It is technically a self-hosted GitLab instance combined with [Mattermost][3] (a [slack alternative][4]) and [GitLab Pages][5]. To describe it further, the [official blog post][6] mentioned: > The platform enables independent software developers, startups, industry, academic institutions, and others to create, test, manage, and deploy innovative projects in a collaborative, safe, and responsible environment. ### How is it different or useful? The main key attraction for this platform would be IEEE’s members’ network, technical expertise, and resources. IEEE President, [Robert Fish][7], also mentions in brief (during an interview with Radio Kan) how it’s different and why IEEE wanted to go with it: > Today, much of the world’s infrastructure is run by software, and that software needs to comply with standards in communications networking, electrical grids, agriculture, and the like. It makes sense – if we want to improve standardizing technologies, it highly depends on the software. So, this definitely sounds like something to standardize innovative open-source projects to gear them up for potential capital opportunities as well. IEEE also clarified that: > As software becomes increasingly prevalent in the world today, ethical alignment, reliability, transparency, and democratic governance become must-haves. IEEE is uniquely positioned to endow open-source projects with these attributes. While this sounds good, what exactly the open-source platform by the IEEE offer? Let’s take a look at that: ### IEEE SA Open: Quick overview ![][8] To start with, it is open to all and completely free to use. You just need to create an [IEEE account][9] and then [sign in to the open-source platform][10] to get started. Along with the benefits associated with IEEE’s extensive network of Members, you can also expect guidance support from their open-source community managers or community members. ![Ieee Gitlab][11] The platform presents use cases for both standard and non-standard projects, so you can give it a try. For its choice to go with GitLab combined with Mattermost and Pages, you get a couple of useful features, they are: * Project planning and management features * Source code management * Testing, code quality, and continuous integration features * Docker container registry and Kubernetes integration * Application release and delivery features * Integrated Mattermost chat forum w/slash commands; (Android and iPhone apps are fully supported) * Capable of bridging the gap between Standards development and open source communities to allow for the advancement of nimble and creative technical solutions at a faster pace * A safe open space with an enforced code of conduct ### Wrapping Up It’s obviously a good thing to have more platforms to potentially amplify the exposure of open-source projects – hence, IEEE’s initiative sounds promising to start with. What do you think about it? Let me know your thoughts! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- via: https://itsfoss.com/ieee-open-source-collaboration-platform/ 作者：[Ankush Das][a] 选题：[lujun9972][b] 译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) 校对：[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) 本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译，[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 [a]: https://itsfoss.com/author/ankush/ [b]: https://github.com/lujun9972 [1]: https://www.ieee.org/about/index.html [2]: https://standards.ieee.org/content/ieee-standards/en/initiatives/opensource/ [3]: https://mattermost.com/ [4]: https://itsfoss.com/open-source-slack-alternative/ [5]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/pages/ [6]: https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-institute/ieee-products-services/ieee-standards-association-launches-a-platform-for-open-source-collaboration [7]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertsfish/ [8]: https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ieee-opensource.jpg?ssl=1 [9]: https://www.ieee.org/profile/public/createwebaccount/showRegister.html [10]: https://opensource.ieee.org/ [11]: https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ieee-gitlab.jpg?ssl=1