New tool aims to help users understand and navigate the expansive edge computing ecosystem, requesting collaboration from the edge community.
Written by Molly Wojcik, Chair of the State of the Edge Landscape Working Group
A few years ago, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) introduced their CNCF Cloud Native Interactive Landscape, which quickly became a go-to resource for the cloud-native ecosystem. Using this as a guide and framework, the State of the Edge project has been building the LF Edge Interactive Landscape.
The LF Edge Interactive Landscape is dynamically generated from data maintained in a community-supported Github account. Based on user inputs and overseen by the State of the Edge Landscape Working Group, the map categorizes LF Edge projects alongside edge-related organizations and technologies to provide a comprehensive overview of the edge ecosystem.
The State of the Edge Landscape Working Group needs help from the larger edge community to continue to build out and improve this resource. Pull requests and issue submissions are welcome and encouraged, whether for new additions or for edits to existing listings.
How to Add a New Listing to the LF Edge Interactive Landscape
To add a new listing to the LF Edge Interactive Landscape, follow the steps using one of the options below:
Option 1: Submit a PR
- Visit the community Github repository at https://github.com/State-of-the-Edge/lfedge-landscape
- Open a pull request to add your listing to landscape.yml. Follow formatting of peer listings, making sure to include all required information and logo file:
- Name of organization or technology
- Homepage url
- .svg logo (Important: Only .svg formatted logos are accepted.) – see https://github.com/State-of-the-Edge/lfedge-landscape#logos for help converting/creating proper SVGs
- Twitter url (if applicable)
- Crunchbase url
- Assigned category (Descriptions for categories can be found in the README.md)
Full instructions available at https://github.com/State-of-the-Edge/lfedge-landscape#new-entries
Option 2: Open an issue
- Visit the community Github repository at https://github.com/State-of-the-Edge/lfedge-landscape
- Open an issue that includes all required information and logo file (reference Option 1).
Option 3: Email
- Email glossary-wg-landscape@lists.lfedge.org with all of the required information and logo (reference Option 1).
How to Modify a Listing in the LF Edge Interactive Landscape
To modify or make suggestions on an existing listing in the LF Edge Interactive Landscape, open an issue in the Github repository and be sure to include the following information:
- Name of organization or technology, as listed in the landscape.
- Detailed description of the modifications that you are requesting.
For more detailed information and instructions, you may refer to the README.md in the Github repository.
About State of the Edge
Founded in 2017, State of the Edge (recently acquired by LF Edge) provides a vendor-neutral, community-driven platform for open research on edge computing while also seeking to align the market on what edge computing truly is and what’s needed to implement it. State of the Edge publishes free research on Edge Computing, maintains the Open Glossary of Edge Computing and oversees the LF Edge Interactive Landscape. Follow State of the Edge on Twitter via @StateoftheEdge.
Molly Wojcik was recently appointed Chair of the State of the Edge Landscape Working Group. She is the Director of Education & Awareness at Section, an edge compute platform technology provider, an LF Edge member organization. Molly has been involved as an active contributor and facilitator within the Landscape working group since its beginnings with LF Edge in early 2019. If you have questions or would like to be involved int he LF Edge Landscape, feel free to email Molly at molly@section.io.
