Rationale
The Profiles Affinity Group provides a forum for the development of Sinopia profiles, both shared and institution-based. It builds on the work carried out by the Profiles Working Group (November 2020 - June 2019). Members have developed training and some basic best practices in creating profiles, discussed and documented issues and limitations of the profiles and Sinopia itself, and spent a lot of time developing a shared set of profiles for cohort use.
Group discussions cover issues related to Sinopia base profiles management, institutional profiles development for Sinopia, and general profiles best practices and workflows on a collaborative cataloging environment.
The LD4 Profiles Affinity Group coordinates with format-based LD4 Affinity Groups (Serials, Rare Materias, etc..), the Sinopia developing team and the Program of Collaborative Cataloging (PCC) specific Task Groups as needed.
Logistics
- Co-chaired by Nancy Lorimer & Paloma Graciani
- Monthly calls
- 3rd Wednesday of the month
- Meeting minutes
- Communication
- Dedicated, open Slack channel in LD4 – #profiles (Join LD4 public Slack)
- Dedicated, open Google Group – ld4-profiles
- Documentation repository (public Google Drive): ld4-profiles
Useful links for Sinopia Profiles users
- Best Practices for Using the Sinopia Profile Editor (in process)
- Profiles on GitHub
- Enhancement requests and issues with Sinopia profiles - GitHub project
- Training
- Sample prep spreadsheet for Profiles
- Creating (sub)directories in GitHub PowerPoint | GoogleSheets
- Orientation to the Sinopia Profile Editor PowerPoint | GoogleSheets
- Creating a Profile from Scratch PowerPoint | GoogleSheets
- Creating a New Profile from an Existing Profile PowerPoint | GoogleSheets
- Uploading Profile into the Linked Data Editor PowerPoint | GoogleSheets
- Uploading a Profile to GitHub PowerPoint | GoogleSheets
- Uploading a Profile to the Profile Editor from GitHub or your Computer for Editing/Cloning PowerPoint | GoogleSheets
