Project Charter

The kdb+ project will curate common standards, tools, and libraries to facilitate collaborative development, ease artifact reuse, and improve usability and administration of kdb+ software in enterprise deployments.

Group Information

• 2019 Roadmap for kdb+ Project
• Task of the kdb+ Project
• Template - Minutes of the kdb+ Project
• Meeting minutes
• Enterprise kdb+ vs. Small Team kdb+.
• 2020 Roadmap for kdb+ Project

• Mailing list: data-tech-kdb@finos.org (web archive, subscribe by email)
• GitHub repositories:
  • https://github.com/finos/kdb
  • https://github.com/finos/kdb-studio
• Project monthly call:
  • Schedule:
    • Group meets Every Second Monday of Each Month at 9:30am EST / 2:30pm UK
    • Meeting link: https://finos.webex.com/finos/j.php?MTID=me61719ca3c3295a7cc76762d78392bc3
    • Meeting number: 2704 417 0390
    • Join by phone: 
      • +1-415-655-0003 US Toll
      • +44-20319-88141 UK Toll
      • Access code: 2704 417 0390

• Agenda: https://github.com/finos/kdb/labels/meeting

• KDB Metrics on FINOS
  • https://metrics.finos.org/goto/033b15c80f0d08cab70f40f4358932f6

Participation Requirements

(Requirements Approved by DT PMC on June 28, 2019)

• Participants are expected to have:
  • Experience at a FinTech firm that uses kdb+ "at scale":
    • dozens to hundreds of cooperating hosts running q processes
    • dozens to hundreds of users with different access levels to the data
  • Knowledge of the Q programing language.
• Familiarity with Software Development Lifecycle and Separation of Duties is also helpful.

The Team