DCAT Meeting July 2025

Code of Conduct

All DSpace meetings follow the Lyrasis Code of Conduct. We ask you to remain respectful in all discussions. We also encourage you to report any violations to Lyrasis (see Code of Conduct for details).

What is DCAT?

The DSpace Community Advisory Team (DCAT) represents the interests of repository managers and administrators across the globe and, indirectly, DSpace end users. DCAT is a permanent DSpace Working Group sponsored by the DSpace Steering Group that advises DSpace Program governance groups. We welcome feedback and participation from anyone in the community.

Date & Time

Tuesday, July 8, 2025, 12:00 Eastern Time
See the world clock to determine the meeting time for your location.
Meeting length: one hour

Join information:

We will be using the DCAT Chair's Zoom Room for our meeting.

Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/81605358751 (Meeting ID: 816 0535 8751 Passcode: dspace)

Additional ways to join: DCAT Chair Zoom Room

Agenda:

Announcements
- Open Repositories 2025 materials now available:
  - https://zenodo.org/communities/openrepos/records?q=&l=list&p=1&s=10&sort=newest
  - Heather Joseph's opening keynote slides and video are available here: https://zenodo.org/records/15790586 ; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15790586
  - Ben Zhao's closing keynote video and slides are available here: https://zenodo.org/records/15790708 ; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15790708

- DSpace Virtual Coffee Hour
  - July 15, 2025: 9:00 am - 10:00 am EDT
  - https://dspace.org/events/dspace-virtual-coffee-hour-3-2025-07-15/
Working Group Updates
- UX Working Group Update: (Erica Johns, Colin Lukens - Co-chairs). The UX working group is finalizing the UX report, and it should be out very soon (like this week or next). The group will send a message to the DCAT Google Group, update the WG wiki page, and can update the community next month and answer any questions.
Lunch and Learn - Metadata Registry and Format Registry
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/10qoPnaH9tNFc-Kn8xKOMF4rdAoQwW9FiYKfdBczgN90/edit?usp=sharing