Attendees
Amy Lana - University of Missouri
Bram Luyten - @mire
Elin Stangeland - Cambridge University Library
Iryna Kuchma - eIFL.net
James Evans - Biomed Central/Open Repository
Jim Ottaviani - University of Michigan
Sarah Molloy - Queen Mary, University of London
Sarah Potvin - Texas A&M University
Sarah Shreeves - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Valorie Hollister - DuraSpace
Time
- 10:00am Eastern/14:00 UTC
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Discussion Topics
| Topic | Discussion leader |
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1 | News / announcements / events, etc.
| Val |
2 | Proposed tweaks on how DCAT works together
| Val |
3 | Metadata improvements project:
| Metadata Sub-Team: Sarah P., Amy, Maureen |
Discussion Notes/References
1) News
DSpace roadmap meeting last week
- Val
- born from discussions at the sponsor summit in March - desire to plan for how DSpace can meet challenges in the next 3-5 years
- a dozen people from about 10 institutions got together - w/input from a few more
- group began discussion of what the future DSpace should look like and began to discuss the use cases that it would aim to serve
- will be on-going virtual discussions about what should be in core space - clear need to rearchitect it into a flexible, simple, extendable core that allows for integration w/3rd party svcs or add-on modules - needs have really changed from when it was originally designed
- group not prepared to offer vision/roadmap yet -- but will be working on it over the next several months
- next steps
- there will be some more communication on the mtg - both on the listserv and duraspace blog post
- more virtual discussions to develop vision
- presentation/discussion at OR - get more feedback from the community
- following having a vision/high level roadmap will be another set of discussions on governance - who will be paying for and shaping the next DSpace
- Sarah S.
- tension between DSpace that does 'everything' or DSpace that has core funtionality that is important for repository activities - find a way to scale back to core, but make more modular to allow for extensability, integrations
- DCAT is likely an appropriate group to help represent community
- silent majority - use older version of DSpace, don't upgrade, aren't involved/aren't communicating with community about needs
- active group - think and contribute to community
- pushing the boundaries group
- pushed back on DSpace as a Hydra head - for now - need vision before making any specific decisions about direction
- governance discussion needs to be separate from an 'ask' for support/resources - so that there is clarity in what the vision is
- Jim
- governance and how it relates to the vision
- vision requires a lot of buy in from active users - establish core use cases and construct DSpace so that it addresses those needs
- Sarah P.
- role of the hosted solution - DSpaceDirect - and how it may play into development
- looking to satisfy current DSpace users or attract more / broader users
- Amy
- DSpace / Fedora merge - might end up there - need to work on vision first
DCAT/Committer mtg - sign up on the mtg page, propose topics: DevMtg 2013-07-08 - OR13 Meeting
2) Proposed tweaks on how DCAT works together
- Val: re-visit the idea of DCAT working on JIRA tkts – or is being involved in projects like the metadata improvements project as much as we can manage?
- Bram: the value added to JIRA tkts varies - depends on individual's knowledge and time available, Bram works on documentation related JIRA issues
- Maureen: DCAT members could still work on JIRA tkts if we aren't working on other projects
- Elin: Objectives of doing 3 issues per month might have been too much – to much for everyone to read, think about and comment on
- Val: So is it reasonable to re-start JIRA review if we set reasonable objectives - maybe just one JIRA issue for all of DCAT per month? one discussion leader and one issue? (everyone generally agreed)
- Re-post/reminder of tools for JIRA discussions:
- Val: also want to talk at some point about joint mtgs between DCAT and committers - DCAT always welcome to attend cmtr mtgs can certainly get on the formal agenda. Propose putting on the potential mtg topics for OR mtg a proposal to have 4x a year cmtr/dcat mtgs.
3) Metadata improvements project
- Bram: confirmed taht checksum is not an issue
- No further work yet on proposal refinement and provocative questions
- Maureen: Would be good to have time to discuss this with the community – answer questions and discuss as opposed to present proposal
- Val: Will check on getting time for it
- Iryna/Bram: Might be good to get on OAI8 user group agenda - will discuss further together
Actions Items
Action Item | Assignee | Deadline |
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Info on DSpace governance: in-person mtg (info in notes from April 16 mtg) | Val | DONE |
Create (provocative) questions for community discussions - including brief description of what is planned and potential implications | Metadata Sub-Team: Sarah P., Amy, Maureen |
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Start discussion on the institutional profile for organizations that should be keenly interested in the metadata improvement project | Val to start | |