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  • OCLC Linked Data / Entities Advisory Group
    • Request for UI and API testing from Jan 25
    • Lynette has Cornell key (a WSKEY) for testing
    • Call discussed seeding of data. Data for person includes VIAF and other sources;  place includes geonames. Steven, Huda, Jason and Lynette signed up for user testing
    • 2021-01-29: User testing happening now
  • PCC - Sinopia collaboration
    • 2021-01-15 Looking at support required to engage PCC libraries (documentation, mentoring program, etc.)
  • PCC Task Group on Non-RDA Entities
    • 2021-01-15 PCC reviewed proposal but no decisions made yet, looking at description wrt cataloger use, discussion will continue
  • Default branch name - WAIT until we can use github tools January 2021
    • Lynette is signed up to be a beta tester for github. Target for public release is end January
    • Github have provided the change button, Lynette has provided feedback as a beta tester. There is an issue that after the change to `main` someone can repush the `master` branch, has suggest a deny list of branch names. Links in comment will get forwarded to `main` unless there is a new branch with the old name
    • For forked repos there will be a message 
    • What will it take to make the change to `main` for LD4P repos?
      • Lynette has documented HERE
      • Lynette will rename for qa_server, work with Greg on qa_server container; document on LD4P wiki
      • For our blacklight fork we should wait until the D&A team change
    • 2021-01-29: no updates. working group for Samvera meeting next week... Samvera is discussing moving away from GH as a whole. QA server investigation – quite a few forks off QA server so not sure it is the best to start - Lynette will reach out to the fork owners and document the aspects. Tech side is not challenging, community side is.

Upcoming meetings

  • https://kula.uvic.ca/index.php/kula/announcement/view/1 .  Call for Proposals - Special Issue: "The Metadata Issue: Metadata as Knowledge".  Due January 31, 2021 (abstract 300-500 words).  Includes "The use of linked open data to facilitate the interaction between metadata and bodies of knowledge" and "Cultural heritage organization (libraries, archives, galleries, and museums) and academic projects that contribute to or leverage open knowledge platforms such as Wikidata"
    • 2021-01-15 Huda will start a google doc.
    • Folder Link, CFP + Brainstorming
      • Brainstormed a bit and put together a draft
    • 2021-01-29: Draft (linked above); Claire has pointers in brainstorming doc and Huda started a narrative thread. Work done to make discovery better, here are examples and then questions about how bringing in data sources relates to how we perceive catalog data curator... and whether that prevents us from taking advantage of making connections more visible. Is this a project update OR a scholarly article that goes into what we think of library data and the space. Consider it an article! ADD COMMENTS BEFORE END OF DAY. Huda will then submit (deadline Sunday)
  • code4lib - virtual next year
    • Steven/Tim/Tracey submitted something about Discogs work
    • Lynette proposed a talk on QA and API WG work
    • Voting happening now
    • Expecting to attend: Huda, Steven, Lynette - Simeon to follow up with discretionary spending and arranging payment
      • 2021-01-22 SImeon Simeon to actually do this, registration is open
      • 2021-01-29 Spending approved
  • Lynette doing a QA presentation at Samvera partner call in June June
  • Mann  All-Staff : Huda (Dashboard), Tim (Discogs) and Lynette (QA) presenting next Wednesday at Mann All-Hands meeting (2/7)

Next Meeting(s), anyone out?:

  • 2021-01-29 FOLIO community governance meeting next week at 10am, reschedule LD4P3 for 9-10am2/5: all here