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- 2015 Targets - next six months
Background Discussion
Andrew
4.0 release greenfield
4.1 release - targeted for OR - get Fedora 3 to Fedora 4
Migration Discussion
4.1
squash bugs
new features
Migration
Establish pilots
which features need to be migrated
get many Fedora 3 institutions involved
documentation
needs
tooling
needs
approach - in terms of objects
use a connector, helps eliminates concerns
connector talks to Fedora 3 REST API
regardless of some configuration variables
will simplify the transfer of assets
need for parallel systems
will need servers and storage
can't do an in-place upgrade
- In terms of messaging
- Software Upgrade
- Content migration
it's a content migration
it's a software upgrade
What do we tell people who want to stay with XML vs. RDF?
You can't keep all forms of XML, like inline XML
Fedora 3 audit trail, can become XML data stream, but not inline
Break out Fedora 3 features
do some early analysis, what is going to be possible
requirements for Fedora 3 to Fedora 4
in training,
documented considerations for upgrades
security policies
versioning
disseminators
how data and functionality map from 3 to 4
Migration Scenarios -
greenfield installation
upgrade to Fedora 4 and replace functionality over time
Hydra
could have made Fedora 4 look like Fedora 3
strategic decision to move to Fedora 4 approach
continuum of migration options
consensus - quick analysis to determine migration needs
find common needs
migration working group - consensus
Migration Complexity
consensus it will take time to determine scope
Systems
Administrators
Application Functionality, Compatibility, Refactoring
Content Migration
Hydra and Islandora - will be easiest community to migrate
Penn State - looking at using Hydra as migration tool
What is possible in the next 6 months?
Moving Content to a new system
can play with content, even if you haven't moved to a new system
Have pilots
working through migration
specific features and capabilities
content
After 6 months
have a few examples of sucessful migration
- Documentation
- things you need to think about in planning transition
- HydraDocumentationHydra, Islandora, or Custom
Three Migration Types
- Greenfield
- Hydra/Islandora
- Custom
- Wild West
- Rebuild/Refactor - rewrite and ingest (Yale)
- New functionality - incorporate back into Fedora/Hydra
Promote the concept of community development when appropriate,
recognize and respect the need for institutions to locally customize
when required.
What if there are significant issues related to Fedora 3 migration?
- at some point the community will have difficulty in supporting
Fedora 3 beyond security patches
Migration consultancy
- At OR2015, have a room for migration support
"Upgration" - Migrate and upgrade - a new term
1. Survey
- collect information, quickly canvas the community
- identify use cases, common services and approaches
- keep as simple as reasonably possible
- some demographic data
- geography, size of installation
- intended for leadership group
- ship out after Monday January 12th
- get responses back by February 15, 2015
2. Establish Migration Working Group
- Code4Lib - awareness booth
- OR2015 - upgration booth
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