NGI0 Review is a support service oriented programme within the Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative to support projects that are part of ongoing or previous NGI programmes. It is aimed to support these projects with services that are of importance to deliver secure, trustworthy, usable and resilient software or hardware. Core services are:
- security audits
- accessibility scans
- standardization strategy and support
- preparing for localisation/i18n
- reproducible packaging
- copyright compliance and best practices
- testing
- support in setting up governance models
In addition the NGI Zero Review programme offers more general forms of mentoring with regards to community building, conflict mediation and improving diversity and inclusion. The overarching goal is to strengthen these free and open source efforts and the community behind them and make them more resilient for the future.
The main objective of NGI0 Review is to provide a best-of-breed “greenhouse environment” (analogous to but distinct from what an “accelerator” does for for-profit initiatives) across the NGI portfolio. We want every project to be usable by and useful to actual users as early as possible. Where possible, we help create synergy among the different projects funded within NGI, and within the wider technical community. We also contribute to capacity building within the community, through programmes like the Summer of Nix.
As a secondary goal we have taken it upon ourselves to deliver an open collaboration environment (web portal) with access to the knowledge created within the services of NGI0 Review. We will also automatically derive other relevant information about projects, and publish the bundle as LinkedData with a dedicated ontology. In order to ensure the origin of any claims, this ontology will feature digital signing and federated publication of information.
