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Fedora is designed, developed, and supported by a global community of stakeholders. Organizations that use and benefit from Fedora join DuraSpace as members [2] and direct their membership funding to Fedora. In 2015, the Fedora Leadership Group [3] set a goal of achieving $560,000 in membership funding, and we are happy to report that we have met that goal with just over $563,000 in funding from 76 member institutions [4]! Thank you to all of our members - your continued support helps fund two full-time staff members, the Product Manager and the Technical Lead, as well as training and outreach, hackfests and community meetings, and other initiatives as decided by the Fedora Leadership Group.
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API Extension stakeholders have held numerous meetings over the last few months, and have collected 30 developed a list of high-level requirements [5] based on the use cases [6] related to the API Extension Architecture. The group has agreed on a methodology for evaluating use cases, and has begun to review them in order to distill a set of requirements.that have been submitted and reviewed. An initial proof of concept will be generated, with development sprints anticipated to start in late January or early February.
If you are interested in the API Extension Architecture, please join the discussion on the fedora-community mailing list [7] and attend the next meeting (TBD).
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Improved performance and scalability is one of the primary goals [118] of Fedora 4 development, and a number of tests [12] have already been performed. However, as software development proceeds, it is necessary to continuously test performance and scalability to establish benchmarks and validate use cases. To this end, a group of stakeholders has gathered to review and validate past test results, document additional use cases, and establish new benchmarks [13]. 9]. The group has achieved consensus on the test plans [10], and a team has been assembled to implement an initial JMeter Test.
The stakeholders last met on December 21 [11]. If you are interested in participating, please attend the next meeting [12] on January 11.
Conferences and events
Past Events
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Mid-Atlantic Fedora Users Group Meeting
The first meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Fedora Users Group will take place [13] took place on November 30 - December 1 at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia, PA. The meeting will feature featured presentations and project updates from regional Fedora users, along with a Fedora 4 workshop materials delivered by David Wilcox. More information, along with an agenda, Presentation slides and workshop materials can be found on the meeting website [2914].
Fedora Camp
The first Fedora Camp, a three-day, intensive Fedora 4 training workshop, will be held on November 16-18 at Duke University in Durham, NC. Training will begin with the basics and build toward more advanced concepts–no prior Fedora 4 experience is required. Participants can expect to come away with a deep dive Fedora 4 learning experience coupled with multiple opportunities for applying hands-on techniques working with experienced trainers and Fedora gurus. An agenda, along with details on the event, can be found on the wiki [28]. More Fedora Camps are planned for 2016 and beyond so stay tuned for announcements!
Upcoming Events
IDCC
Fedora enthusiasts from around the US and Canada got together to teach, learn and get to know one another at the recent Fedora Camp held at Duke University Libraries on November 16-18. Five instructors including Aaron Coburn, Amherst College, Esme Cowles, Princeton University Library, Mike Durbin, University of Virginia, David Wilcox, Fedora Product Manager of DuraSpace and Andrew Woods, Fedora Tech Lead of DuraSpace led camp sessions. The curriculum led the group through in-depth technical “deep dive” sessions as well as question and answer discussions regarding features, migrations, data modeling, indexing for search and discovery, extending Fedora, and more. Slides and other materials from the camp can be found on the wiki [15].
Upcoming Events
IDCC
The 11th International Digital Curation Conference [16] (IDCC) will take place in Amsterdam February 22-25, 2016. This year a Fedora 4 Workshop will be held as part of IDCC on Feb. 22. This full-day workshop will demonstrate Fedora 4's capabilities through hands-on instruction, including data modelling, linked data best practices, and integrations with search applications and triplestores. The workshop will be presented by Aaron Coburn, Amherst College and Neil Jefferies, Oxford University. No prior Fedora 4 experience is required. Please register in advance [17].
Hydra Camp and Regional Meeting
Data Curation Experts will lead a four-day Hydra Camp hosted by the University of California Santa Barbara Library on February 22-25, 2016. Hydra Camp is open to all developers interested in building skills working with the Hydra technology framework. The 4-day course costs $925 and can accommodate 30 participants. For more details, and to register, please click here [18].
Following Hydra Camp, UC Santa Barbara will host a regional Hydra meeting on Friday, February 26.
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