<s>
OW2	B-Architecture
is	O
an	O
independent	O
non-profit	O
international	O
consortium	B-Application
dedicated	O
to	O
developing	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
code	O
infrastructure	O
for	O
middleware	B-General_Concept
information	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OW2	B-Architecture
federates	O
IT	O
vendors	O
and	O
users	O
,	O
universities	O
,	O
and	O
research	O
centers	O
from	O
Europe	O
,	O
Asia	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Americas	O
,	O
representing	O
IT	O
professionals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OW2	B-Architecture
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2007	O
as	O
an	O
independent	O
organization	O
to	O
foster	O
the	O
ObjectWeb	B-Language
code	O
base	O
of	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
middleware	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
ObjectWeb	B-Language
was	O
a	O
joint	O
project	O
launched	O
in	O
2002	O
by	O
INRIA	O
,	O
Bull	O
,	O
and	O
France	O
Telecom	O
;	O
in	O
2005	O
INRIA	O
signed	O
an	O
agreement	O
with	O
OrientWare	B-Architecture
,	O
a	O
joint	O
project	O
between	O
Peking	O
University	O
,	O
Beijing	O
University	O
of	O
Aeronautics	O
and	O
Astronautics	O
(	O
now	O
Beihang	O
University	O
)	O
,	O
National	O
University	O
of	O
Defense	O
Technology	O
,	O
CVIC	O
Software	O
Engineering	O
Co.	O
,	O
Ltd	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Institute	O
of	O
Software	O
at	O
the	O
Chinese	O
Academy	O
of	O
Sciences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
became	O
founding	O
members	O
of	O
OW2	B-Architecture
along	O
with	O
Engineering	O
,	O
Red	O
Hat	O
,	O
and	O
Thales	O
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OW2	B-Architecture
hosts	O
circa	O
100	O
open-source	B-License
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Projects	O
make	O
up	O
the	O
OW2	B-Architecture
code	O
base	O
and	O
are	O
foundation	O
of	O
all	O
OW2	B-Architecture
activities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Projects	O
can	O
be	O
submitted	O
into	O
the	O
OW2	B-Architecture
code	O
base	O
after	O
meeting	O
some	O
minimum	O
requirements	O
and	O
applying	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
point	O
,	O
a	O
Project	O
is	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
in	O
"	O
Incubation	O
,	O
"	O
the	O
first	O
of	O
OW2	B-Architecture
's	O
defined	O
lifecycle	O
stages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
is	O
then	O
reviewed	O
by	O
the	O
OW2	B-Architecture
Technology	O
Council	O
and	O
granted	O
mature	O
status	O
or	O
kept	O
in	O
incubation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
a	O
project	O
stops	O
evolving	O
and	O
updating	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
then	O
be	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
third	O
lifecycle	O
stage	O
,	O
"	O
Archive	O
,	O
"	O
where	O
it	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
active	O
but	O
can	O
use	O
OW2	B-Architecture
's	O
infrastructure	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
only	O
a	O
year	O
after	O
its	O
founding	O
,	O
OW2	B-Architecture
began	O
hosting	O
its	O
projects	O
via	O
Concurrent	B-Application
Versions	I-Application
System	I-Application
(	O
CVS	B-Application
)	O
and	O
Apache	B-Application
Subversion	I-Application
(	O
SVN	B-Application
)	O
using	O
GForge	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
CVS	B-Application
was	O
disabled	O
and	O
hosting	O
via	O
Git	B-Application
using	O
Gitorious	B-Application
began	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
only	O
a	O
decade	O
after	O
it	O
had	O
begun	O
using	O
it	O
,	O
OW2	B-Architecture
decommissioned	O
its	O
use	O
of	O
GForge	B-Protocol
and	O
SVN	B-Application
in	O
lieu	O
of	O
Git	B-Application
,	O
after	O
having	O
migrated	O
to	O
using	O
GitLab	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
OW2con	O
is	O
an	O
annual	O
conference	O
for	O
the	O
OW2	B-Architecture
community	O
,	O
organized	O
since	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
