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We would like to thank the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries [3] for supporting Fedora at the Gold level this year. MIT has been a DuraSpace member for some time but this is the first year they have allocated funding to the Fedora project. We appreciate their commitment to the long term sustainability of DuraSpace and Fedora.
For more information on membership and benefits please see the DuraSpace website [4].
Governance
Fedora is governed by representative, community-based groups of members who have made the greatest commitments to the project. More information on project governance can be found on the website.
Steering Group Election
We recently completed the annual Fedora Steering Group election, where three Leadership Group members were nominated and elected to join the Steering Group for a three year term.
Software development
Standards
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The Fedora community is working to establish a clearly defined specification for the core Fedora services [5]. This specification will detail the exact services and interactions required for a server implementation to be verified as "doing Fedora".
You are invited to comment on and contribute to the draft specifications [6].
Community-driven Activity
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The API-X group has completed the review process for the Design Overview [11] and Extension Definition and Binding [12] documents. Two additional documents, Service Discovery and Binding and [13] and Execution and Evoking Services [14] are now available for review. Additionally, a separate document on URIs in API-X [15] has been created to clarify the use of URIs in the API-X context.
If you are interested in the API Extension Architecture, please join the discussion on the fedora-community mailing list [16] and attend the next meeting meeting [17] on August 4.
Performance and Scalability
The Performance and Scalability group met [18] to report on a number of test results from Virginia Tech, Princeton, and York University.
If you are interested in Performance and Scalability, please join the discussion on the fedora-community mailing list [19] and attend the next meeting [20] on August 15.
Conferences and events
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The Code4Lib New York State (NYS) regional [21] regional meeting & unconference will take place on August 4-5, 2016. This meeting will be held at Mann Library, Cornell University. The 2 days will be a mix of scheduled/planned and impropmtu sessions, workshops, lightning talks, and break out sessions. A Fedora 4 workshop, led by Esmé Cowles and Andrew Woods, will take place on Thursday, August 4.
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The first ever Archivematica Camp [22] will be hosted by the University of Michigan School of Information in Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 24 – 26, 2016. Inspired by similar events like Hydra Camp, Islandora Camp and Fedora Camp, this event is intended to provide a space for anyone interested in or currently using Archivematica, to come together, learn about the platform and share their experiences. The last day of the camp will be dedicated to hacking on integration(s) with Hydra/Fedora/Islandora and Archivematica.
TPDL
The 20th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries [23] will take place in Hannover, Germany September 5-9. TPDL constitutes a leading scientific forum on digital libraries that brings together researchers, developers, content providers and users in the field of digital libraries. The conference will feature an introductory, hands-on tutorial on Fedora 4 [24] delivered by David Wilcox, the Fedora Product Manager. The tutorial is open to all conference attendees.
DC Area Fedora User Group Meeting
The next DC Area Fedora User Group Meeting [25] will take place on September 22-23 at the USDA National Agriculture Library. Please register in advance [26] - the event is free to attend. The meeting on September 22 will feature presentations and discussions on topics selected by members of the DC area Fedora community. The workshop on September 23 will focus on Fedora 4 but we are still looking for feedback on particular areas of interest. Please use the registration form to suggest topics for the workshop.
Hydra Connect
Hydra Connect [27] will take place October 3-6 in Boston, MA. It is a chance for Hydra Project participants to gather in one place at one time, with an emphasis on synchronizing efforts, technical development, plans, and community links. The meeting program is aimed at existing users, managers and developers and at new folks who may be just "kicking the tires" on Hydra and who want to know more. Tickets [28] for the event can be purchased online.
iPRES
The 13th International Conference on Digital Preservation (iPRES) [29] will take place in Bern, Switzerland from October 3-6, 2016. iPRES is the longest standing digital preservation conference in the world. This important event brings together key theorists, researchers and practitioners to explore the latest trends, innovations, policies and practices in digital preservation. An introductory Fedora 4 tutorial [30] will be offered on October 6, and a Fedora User Group Meeting [31] will take place on October 7. Please register in advance for the tutorial and user group meeting.
Previous Events
Islandora Camp BC
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The first annual meeting [23] of the South Central States Fedora Users Group took place July 18-19 in Norman, OK. The meeting included conversations regarding current implementations, work underway at peer institutions, discussion for users considering the tool, and a Fedora workshop led by Andrew Woods.
SHARE Community Meeting
SHARE held a Community Meeting at the Center for Open Science in Charlottesville, Virginia, July 11–14, 2016, to build SHARE’s community and technology. The meeting also featured discussions on the Open Science Framework, including current and future work to integrate Fedora with OSF.
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[1] https://jira.duraspace.org/issues/?filter=13122 [2] http://www.duraspace.org/become_a_member [3] |