Submit OAAX proposal

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+== Project Proposal Template
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+* Name of project -- or proposed name (must be unique within LF AI)  
+OAAX.
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+* Requested project maturity level: Sandbox | Incubation | Graduated.   
+Sandbox.
+
+* Project description (what it does, why it is valuable, origin and history, ongoing development).  
+OAAX (Open AI Accelerator eXchange) is a standard that aims to provide a unified  interface for using AI accelerators, enabling AI applications developers to write their applications **once** and run them on any AI accelerator that complies with the OAAX specification.  
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+* Statement on alignment with LF AI’s mission.   
+The OAAX standard is an open source and vendor-neutral initiave that is intended to promote adoption of AI accelerators by providing a unified interface for deploying trained AI models on them **with ease**. This aligns with LF AI's mission to promote open source AI projects and to foster collaboration and innovation in the AI space.
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+* Have you identified possible collaboration opportunities with current LF AI hosted projects (https://lfai.foundation/projects/)? Please explain.  
+    - ONNX: ONNX can be seen as a building block for OAAX, with OAAX benefiting from onnx/TurnkeyML’s tools to automate deploying and running runtimes across multiple remote devices, and at the same time, TurnkeyML’s modular structure can leverage OAAX’s hardware-specific runtimes to deploy ONNX models across multiple hardware.
+    - NNStreamer: OAAX and NNStreamer can streamline the deployment and execution of AI applications on edge devices, where efficient streaming and hardware acceleration are crucial.
+
+* License name, version, and URL to license text    
+Apache 2, version 2.0, https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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+* Source control (GitHub, etc.) - Please confirm tools in use.  
+Github.
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+* Does the project sits in its own GH organization?  
+Yes, all OAAX repositories are under the [OAAX organization.](https://github.com/OAAX-standard)
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+* Do you have the GH DCO app active in the repos?   
+No.
+
+* Issue tracker (GitHub, JIRA, etc) - Please confirm tools in use.   
+Github.
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+* Collaboration tools (mailing lists, wiki, IRC, Slack, Glitter, etc.) - Please confirm tools in use and state request for tools you'd like to use.
+    - Slack
+
+* External dependencies including licenses (name and version) of those dependencies.  
+    - ONNX Runtime (MIT license)
+    - RE2 (BSD-3-Clause license)
+    - CPUInfo (BSD-2-Clause license)
+    - nlhomann (MIT license)
+    - HailoRT (Unlicensed)
+
+* Initial committers (name, email, organization) and how long have they been working on project?
+    - Ayoub Assis (Network Optix)
+    - Josef Joubert (Network Optix)
+    - Maurits Kaptein (Network Optix)
+    - Robin Van Emden (Network Optix)
+
+* Have the project defined the roles of contributor, committer, maintainer, etc.? Please document it in MAINTAINERS.md.   
+No.
+
+* Total number of contributors to the project including their affiliations.  
+    - 4 contributors from Network Optix.
+    - A few contributors from Axelera, Hailo, and MemryX.
+
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+* Does the project have a release methodology? Please document it in RELEASES.md.   
+No.
+
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+* Does the project have a code of conduct? If yes, please share the URL. If no, please created CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md and point to https://lfprojects.org/policies/code-of-conduct/. You can use conduct@lfai.foundation as email for contact on this topic.   
+No. We'll be using the LF code of conduct.
+
+* Did the project achieve any of the CII best practices badges? A different badge is required depending on the requested incubation level.   
+No.
+
+* Do you have any specific infrastructure requests needed as part of hosting the project in the LF AI?   
+    - Container registry for OAAX toolchains.
+    - CDN for OAAX runtimes.
+    - Github runners for CI/CD pipelines.
+    - AI accelerators used to automate testing of OAAX artifacts.
+
+* Project website - Do you have a web site? If no, did you reserve a domain, and would like you to have a website created?   
+https://www.oaax.org/
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+* Project governance - Do you have a working governance model for the project? Please provide URL to where it is documented, typically GOVERNANCE.md.   
+No.
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+* Social media accounts - Do you have any Twitter/LinkedIn/Facebook/etc. project accounts? Please provide pointers.   
+No.
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+* Existing sponsorship (e.g., whether any organization has provided funding or other support to date, and a description of that support), if any.   
+This project is sponsored by [Network Optix](https://www.networkoptix.com/). They provided marketing and development resources to the project.