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The Fedora community is working to establish a clearly defined specification for the core Fedora services. This specification will detail details the exact services and interactions required for a server implementation to be verified as "doing Fedora".
The draft specification has been published and is open looking for community comments. Following this round of input, we plan on an initial release of the specification in the spring of 2017.
Community-driven Activity
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The first milestone release of the API Extension Architecture is now publically available. A Docker-based demonstration of API-X with accompanying step-by-step evaluation guide has been prepared for those who are interested in concretely exploring API-X and providing valuable feedback. Please take a look at it, give it a try, and provide feedback by February 9. An introductory video providing an overview of API-X can also be found on YouTube. This milestone and demo represents represent the culmination of a year of design and development effort from a broad swath of the Fedora community, and has been helped along by an IMLS National Digital Platform grant.
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The annual Code4Lib conference, which takes place March 6-9 in Los Angeles, CA, is an annual gathering of technologists from around the world, who largely work for and with libraries, archives, and museums and have a commitment to open technologies. The conference will feature several Fedora-related workshops, including Fedora Import/Export, Islandora in the Wild, and Performance and Scale Testing of Fedora. Please register in advance if you plan to attend.
DC Area Fedora User Group Meeting
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