Apache Wave (Incubating) OverviewWave is a real-time communication and collaboration tool. Wave in a Box (WIAB) is a server that hosts and federates waves, supports extensive APIs, and provides a rich web client. This project also includes an implementation of the Wave Federation Protocol, to enable federated collaboration systems, such as multiple interoperable WIAB instances.The wave project is still in its infancy. To graduate from incubation we need to mature the code base, grow the community, provide better documentation, and make some software releases. We are currently driving towards our first stable release. If you are interested in joining the community please see the Get Involved page. https://incubator.apache.org/wave/get-involved.htmlApache Wave ProjectAWP_69da5cfa-4821-11e5-b166-3a02bd7835e9The Apache Wave project, like all Apache Software Foundation projects, is community driven. The community is made up of many dedicated and enthusiastic people from around the world who help support the development of wave in a variety of ways. In addition to those listed here, many others also contribute to wave through their participation in mailing lists, contributions of patches, or simply using wave.AWP Incubator MentorsThe following people are graciously helping see the wave project through the incubation process, hopefully on its way to becoming a top level project.Andrus AdamchikBen LaurieSantiago GalaUpayaviraVincent SivetonAWP CommittersThe following members are the current committers to the Apache Wave project. They are the primary developers of the project and each contribute in their own areas. You can become a committer if you make sustained contributions to the project with code, documentation, or otherwise. If you would like to contribute please consider subscribing to the Wave Developer List and please visit the Get Involved page.Alex NorthAnthony WatkinsDan DanilatosDan PetersonDavid HearndenMichael MacFaddenChristian OhlerJames PurserIan RoughleySoren LassenTad GlinesTorben WeisDavid WangJoseph GentleLennard de RijkYuri ZelikovGoogleOriginally unveiled at a Google I/O conference in May 2009, Google Wave was Google's attempt to create an integrated messaging system allowing real-time sharing of messages between selective groups of people. It communicated using the open "Wave Federation Protocol" with the intention that it could one day replace email, with many companies hosting their owns servers and exchanging messages with each-other seamlessly. This being a distinct advantage over other systems to selective share information, which almost all require the people communicating to hold accounts with the same company's server. (eg, Facebook, Google Plus) Google Wave was technically composed of 3 main parts, much of which was open source.Apache Software FoundationAfter Google announced they were going to stop developing Wave, it was handed over to the Apache Software Foundation, with the intention of continuing to develop it into a usable protocol with easy to implement servers - hopefully sparking a whole ecosystem of wave based clients and servers all using the WFP protocol. Apache Wave's main focus has been developing the Wave-In-A-Box project, designed to be a wave server that is relatively easy to install and run. While it is based on the FedOne source code released by Google, there has since been a lot of development. The WIAB has a working webclient, an example of which can be found at http://waveinabox.net._69da5e26-4821-11e5-b166-3a02bd7835e9To support real-time communication and collaboration_69da5f02-4821-11e5-b166-3a02bd7835e9CommunicationCollaborationSpeedConversations & DocumentsSupport conversations and documentation_69da5fca-4821-11e5-b166-3a02bd7835e91Wave is equal parts conversation and document. People can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, gadgets, robots and more.CommunicationEnable users to communicate_69da609c-4821-11e5-b166-3a02bd7835e91.1Text, Gadgets & RobotsEnable users to work together with richly formatted text, gadgets, robots and more_69da6164-4821-11e5-b166-3a02bd7835e91.2SharingEnable sharing_69da6222-4821-11e5-b166-3a02bd7835e92Wave is shared. Any participant can reply anywhere in the message, edit the content and add participants at any point in the process.RepliesEnable participants to reply anywhere in the message_69da62f4-4821-11e5-b166-3a02bd7835e92.1EditingEnable participants to edit content_69da63bc-4821-11e5-b166-3a02bd7835e92.2ParticipationEnable participants to add other participants_69da6484-4821-11e5-b166-3a02bd7835e92.3TransmissionSupport instantaneous transmission._69da654c-4821-11e5-b166-3a02bd7835e93Wave is live. With live transmission as you type, participants on a wave can have faster conversations, see edits and interact with extensions in real-time._69da6614-4821-11e5-b166-3a02bd7835e92015-08-21https://incubator.apache.org/wave/about.htmlOwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net