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We would like to welcome the University of Graz, Centre for Information Modelling as our newest DuraSpace member in support of Fedora! We appreciate their generous contribution to DuraSpace and Fedora. Information on membership levels and benefits can be found on the DuraSpace website.
Upgrades
We would like to thank the National Library of Medicine for upgrading their membership from Gold to Platinum this year! NLM is a longstanding member of the Fedora community and we are thrilled that they were able to increase their contribution level.
Fedora and Samvera Camp in Berlin
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Community-driven Activity
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Tech Report: On the Road to 5.0
As part of the completion of the Fedora API specification, the current implementation will need to be brought into alignment with the documented specification. To this end, we are scheduling code sprints to complete the alignment work. There will be two sprints, of two weeks each:
- September 10-21
- October 1-12
We are now in the midst of the second code sprint to complete this work, and the technical team has written a brief report on the progress so far.
In the course of the first two-week sprint we closed 32 issues related to the core codebase, made progress towards completing the 5.0 documentation and added 80 tests to the compatibility test suite bringing the test count to 194. Presently the Fedora Specification is covered by the tests with the exception of coverage of the Messaging section (section 6). While there remain a handful of minor issues/bugs to resolve in the core codebase as well as the Compatibility Test Suite, we are feature complete regarding the specification and the development team is in an excellent position to start the last sprint of the year, which began October 1. This sprint will aim to tag a release candidate, a first cut of the Compatibility Test Suite with complete specification coverage, and complete documentation.
The full report is available onlineThis is an extremely important milestone for the Fedora project. If you are interested and available to participate in either or both of these sprints, please add your name to the sprint planning page.
Fedora 5.x Documentation
In tandem with the API alignment sprints, we are reviewing and updating the project documentation for the 5.0.0 release. Creating and maintaining accurate and up-to-date documentation is equally as important as software development, so please contribute to this effort.
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Upcoming Events
iPRES
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Samvera Connect
Samvera Connect will take place October 9-12 in Salt Lake City, Utah. This is a chance for Samvera Project participants to gather in one place at one time, with an emphasis on synchronizing efforts, technical development, plans, and community links. This year's conference will feature a Fedora workshop delivered by David Wilcox.
Islandora Camp San Diego
The last Islandora Camp of 2018 will be in sunny San Diego, CA from November 7 to 9, hosted by San Diego State University. The camp will feature general and introductory sessions about the software and the community that uses and supports it, hand-on workshop training with tracks for Developers and front-end Administrative users, featuring both Islandora 7.x and Islandora CLAW, and sessions on specific sites, tools, and topics of interest to Islandora users. Please register in advance to attend.
Past Events
iPRES
The 15th International Conference on Digital Preservation took place September 24-27 in Boston, MA. iPRES is the premier and longest-running conference series on digital preservation. This year's conference included a paper on the Oxford Common File Layout presented by Fedora Product Manager, David Wilcox. Slides from this presentation are also available.