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1. News

   1. Google Summer of Code
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      1. SKOS Authority Controls
      2. WebMVC (Freemarker) UI development
      3. Submission Enhancements in DSpace
      4. New UI built over RESTful services
   2. DSpace 1.8
   3. target date for Oct 2011
   Robin Taylor - release coordinatorwhat might be included: 1.8.0 Release Notes
   4. Open Repositories Conference, June 8-11, 2011
      1. DSpace user group mtg chair, Holly Mercer
      2. DSpace committer mtg on Mon June 6, all DCAT invited to the mtg, planning a informal cocktail hour after
   5. Other news?
      1. OAI7 DSpace User Mtg on June 21 - sponsored by @mire & DuraSpace
      2. Laos DSpace training - eIFL.net provided DSpace 1.5.2 training in Laos March - went well
      3. Sarah -- through Mortensen Ctr at Univ of Illinois she is going to Univ of Ghana in July to consult on repository policies, metadata, etc (not technical)

2. e-Forum

   1. participation low in last e-Forum
      1. Val to talk w/Alice about next steps
   2. SPARC's new e-forum on "subject repository development and success"
      1. subject repos a unique need, without a lot of resources - not a direct overlap w/the DSpace e-forum

3. DCAT new feature review process - please see last month's meeting notes

4. Update on previously reviewed items

   1. DS587 tombstone (Sarah): discussion forum, JIRA
      1. Proposed next steps:
         1. Jim to have Jose add note in JIRA indicating whether or not authorization groups / access controls (Mark Woods points) are/is included in his current JSPUI patch
         2. Sarah to talk w/Tim about someone reviewing Jose's latest JSPUI patch and whether or not there is someone available to help Jose create the XMLUI patch
   2. DS638 check file format/virus check (Elin): discussion forum, JIRA
      1. Proposed next steps:
         1. Elin currently working w/Robin to understanding the curation framework and investigating/figuring out a next steps
            1. virus check - is part of MIT curation tools planned for 1.8 (some in 1.7 already)
            2. file format - Elin to f/u w/Robin, possibly look at UofM implementation (done many releases ago - before other curation work done)
   3. DS164 deposit interface for modifying input forms.xml (Jim): discussion forum, JIRA
      1. Proposed next steps:
         1. Jim to build a strawman approach to breakdown the different ideas for how to improve input forms -- including a clear proposal of priority for each w/input from DCAT
         2. get community's response and feedback on strawman
         3. determine who has done / will do which work (sounds like a lot of interested parties)
         4. determine the gaps - are their improvements that we don't have a developer for?
   4. DS560 XMLUI news config/front page customization (Bram): discussion forum, JIRA 
      1. Proposed next steps:
         1. DCAT vote and assessment

5. Meeting Attendees:

   1.  Elin, Sarah, Val, Iryna, Ciarán, Jim

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