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• Overview of Vision Initiative
• .  Please read DSpace 2013 Vision Document before the meeting (At least the 5 Vision Statements, copied below – the Use Cases are still extremely rough)
  
  1. DSpace will focus on the fundamentals of the modern "Institutional Repository" use case. We are striving to meet the IR needs of the next 5-10 years.
  2. DSpace will be re-architected to be "lean", with agility and flexibility as primary goals.
  3. DSpace will include a "core" set of functionality that can be "extended" (think Wordpress-like plugins) or have "hooks" (integration points) to complimentary services/tools
  4. DSpace will be designed in such a way that it can be easily/quickly configured to integrate with new & future tools/services in the larger digital scholarship "ecosystem"
  5. DSpace will support low-cost, hosted solutions and deployments (by featuring an easy, "just works" setup)
• Discussion:
  
  • Opinions on the draft vision document?
  • How to get Tech folks involved. Bridging communication between "visionaries" and technology team to build a longer term technology roadmap.
  • Keeping the discussion transparent

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• DCAT proposal to improve metadata support in DSpace. ( Please read: Updating the Qualified Dublin Core registry in DSpace to the latest standards of the DCMI   )
• DSpace Add-on / Plugin Modularity
  
  • What new modularity do we need to ease the creation/maintenance of add-ons?  How can we make them easier to install?
  • Some known add-on "integration" points with DSpace: 
    
    • Additional configs (In [dspace]/config/modules/)
      
    • Additional dependencies (JARs)
    • XMLUI Aspects (add and configure/enable)
    • XMLUI Themes? (add and configure/enable)
    • DB Schema (Not a prevalent use case, but possible for complex add-ons)
    • Updates to metadata & format registries
• SHARE -  http://www.arl.org/news/arl-news/2773-shared-access-research-ecosystem-proposed-by-aau-aplu-arl
  
  • What would it take to implement SHARE in DSpace? This is likely to of most interest to US repository managers and developers.
• Other topics (time permitting)

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