From the very beginning of OSLC, we thought that Eclipse would be one of the most important implementers of the interface specifications OSLC was working on. There are so many Eclipse-based tools and Eclipse users out there, it would be a huge boost for OSLC for them to be able to take advantage of OSLC for interoperability with each other as well as with non-Eclipse tools and open source projects.
Well, it looks like that expectation is starting to gather momentum with the announcement that the Mylyn project is proposing to restructure itself and, in the process, endorsing OSLC as its “reference standard” for external interfaces for integration with other tools. Mylyn, of course, is led by Mik Kersten of Tasktop fame, who has been one of the earliest adopters and strongest supporters of OSLC.
For more, see the full announcement and the formal proposal.
