Request for adding the Oracle OCI draw.io library to the standard product

[gvenzl]

• I agree to follow the Code of Conduct that this project adheres to.
• I have searched the issue tracker for a feature request that matches the one I want to file, without success.

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
This is a request to consider adding the Oracle OCI draw.io library to the standard product, just like it was already done for AWS, Azure, GCP, and IBM.

Describe the solution you'd like
Oracle already provides a Draw.io library in its OCI Architecture Diagram Toolkits public documentation.
It would be fantastic if that library would be available by default in the main product.

Describe alternatives you've considered
The alternative is to find the OCI library and manually import it.

Additional context
The OCI library is already available as part of https://docs.oracle.com/iaas/Content/Resources/Assets/OCI-Style-Guide-for-Drawio.zip, which contains a mxlibrary-based XML file.

[davidjgraph]

What is the license for the icons?

[gvenzl]

Hi @davidjgraph,

Apologies for not getting back sooner to you. I actually cannot find any information about the license that these icons are under, but given that they are part of the freely available documentation, I'd assume the icons are, too.

I'm happy to dig deeper into this unless you are already convinced of not adding them anymore, given that you closed this as not planned.

[davidjgraph]

Thanks for coming back to me. It'd be good to have a specific license attached. Oracle has a reputation for "in-depth legals", which I have experience of. I'd much prefer there to be an official license.

In terms of whether it would go in, though, I'd say it's unlikely, even with the license. The problem is I've never come across anyone outside of Oracle asking for them, and that's a bad indicator.

You might say the same thing about IBM and you'd be correct, literally nobody ever outside of IBM asked for them, but they were added many years ago before the overall size of the shapes collection became an issue. If it were possible, I would remove IBM.

[gvenzl]

Hi @davidjgraph,

That is fair enough, I would probably have similar reservations.
I will continue my work on that front, as a license would benefit every user of the icons.

Hmm, I see, but I cannot help but wonder whether the indicator might be misleading.
For example, my request for the inclusion of these icons was initiated by an Oracle customer request to me. It is not uncommon for customers to ask Oracle to take care of something rather than them chasing it themselves, so I wouldn't be surprised if other requests from Oracle in the past were initiated from similar backgrounds.

If it helps with the consideration and prioritization of including the OCI library in the main product, I'd be more than happy to direct customers to file their requests directly.
What would be the best way of doing that? Should they just open an issue on this repository or is there a better way for them to raise the request?

[davidjgraph]

There are three main things that would help your case:

1. Non-oracle staff telling me that they actively need this stencil set built-in. They can do that via https://drawio.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/16 referencing this thread.
2. The license for the set is simple and clearly stated.
3. The set file size is small.