This is the October November 2019 edition of the Fedora Newsletter. This newsletter summarizes the most significant activities within the Fedora community over the last month.
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Islandora and Fedora Camp in Arizona
LYRASIS and the Islandora Foundation invite you to attend the first Islandora and Fedora Camp at Arizona State University, February 24-26, 2020.
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Recent Islandora Camps include the Switzerland camp at Lib4RI, the California camp at San Diego State University, and the Halifax camp at Mount Saint Vincent University. Recent Fedora Camps include the Atlanta camp at Emory University, the NASA camp at Goddard Space Flight Center, and the Texas camp at UT Austin.
The camp curriculum will provide a comprehensive overview of Islandora 8 and Fedora 5 by exploring such topics as:
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The curriculum will be delivered by a knowledgeable team of instructors from the Islandora and Fedora communities, including:
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Register today and join us in Arizona! Register by January 13, 2020 to receive a $50 early bird discount using the promo code: FC20EB.
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Fedora 6
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Overview Webinar
Fedora 6, the next major version of Fedora, will focus on digital preservation by aligning with the Oxford Common File Layout (OCFL). The OFCL is an application-independent approach to the storage of digital objects in a structured, transparent, and predictable manner. This provides many benefits, including content that is parsable by both humans and machines and the ability to rebuild the repository from the files it stores. Fedora 6 will replace the current ModeShape backend with a more scalable and performant implementation that persists data in accordance with the OCFL specification. This webinar will provide an overview of the Fedora 6 design, including a brief introduction to the OCFL and how it is being implemented, along with a summary of development progress to date and the anticipated timeline for the 6.0 release.
Register for the webinar, which will take place on Tuesday, December 3 at 10am EST.We are making our preparations for the last Fedora 6 Sprint of the year and there is still an opportunity to sign up to participate. The wiki page contains lots of information, including a clear statement of sprint objectives, roadmaps, useful design documentation as well as the list of sprinters (which you are invited to add your name to). We can really use additional help with development, testing, and documentation so please sign up to participate!
Documentation Review Outcomes
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