This is the October 2016 edition of the Fedora Newsletter. This newsletter summarizes the most significant activities within the Fedora community over the last month.
Fedora Camp in NYC
We are pleased to announce that Fedora Camp in NYC [1], hosted by Columbia University Libraries, will be offered at Columbia University’s Butler Library in New York City November 28-30, 2016. 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.
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Fedora is funded entirely through the contributions of DuraSpace members that allocate their annual funding to Fedora. The 2016 membership campaign has so far raised $522,250 from 67 members. The annual goal this year is $580,000, so we are over 90% of the way there. We will continue to coordinate with members of the Fedora Leadership Group to expand the pool of DuraSpace members supporting the Fedora project and build a sustainable funding base for the future. If your institution is not yet a member of DuraSpace in support of Fedora, please join us [4]!
Software development
4.7.0 Release Candidate
The Fedora 4.7.0 release candidate is now available for testing [5]. This release upgrades versions of the underlying persistence application, which will require a straightforward backend data migration. If you have an existing Fedora 4 repository, you are requested to test backing up your existing repository, followed by restoring it into an installation of the 4.7.0 release candidate repository. See RESTful HTTP API - Backup and Restore [6] for more details.
Standards
Fedora API Specification
The Fedora community is working to establish a clearly defined specification for the core Fedora services [87]. 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 [98].
Community-driven Activity
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API Extension Architecture
The API-X group has completed the review process for the non-developer overview documentstakeholders met on September 15 [12] , which will be moved to the main design page [13] on the Fedora wiki. The technical design documents have now been moved to GitHub [14].to discuss progress and plan activities for the next few months. An API-X milestone/demo is planned for early October to demonstrate the functionality that has been developed so far.
If you are interested in the API Extension Architecture, please join the discussion on the fedora-community mailing list [1513] and attend the next meeting.
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The Performance and Scalability group met on August 15 [16] to review a summary of all the tests that have been performed so far and note any tests that should be re-run using different parameters. Tests will be re-run in order to maximize the number of resources created and test the current upper-limits of FedoraSeptember 26 to review progress so far. The group agreed that test results should be aggregated and summarized, including summaries of improvements between different runs of the same test. The team would also like to develop an automated system for performance testing.
If you are interested in Performance and Scalability, please join the discussion on the fedora-community mailing list [1714] and attend the next meeting [1815] on September 26October 24.
Conferences and events
Upcoming Events
Hydra Connect
Hydra Connect [2316] 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 [24] for the event can be purchased online.
iPRES
The 13th International Conference on Digital Preservation (iPRES) [2517] 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 [2618] will be offered on October 6, and a Fedora User Group Meeting [2719] will take place on October 7. Please register in advance for the tutorial and user group meeting.
Islandora Camp Missouri
Islandora Camp [2820] will be visiting Kansas City, MO this Fall. October 12 - 14. The camp will be held at the University of Missouri-Kansas City for three days and will include Islandora sessions, workshops, and community presentations. Register online [2921] to attend the camp.
DLF
The 2016 DLF Forum [3022] will be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 7-9, 2016. Digital Preservation 2016 [3123] will be held in conjunction with the Forum, from November 9-10. An Introduction to Fedora 4 workshop [3224] will be offered on November 8, along with a project update [3325] on November 7.
Previous Events
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The 20th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries [1926] took 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 featured an introductory, hands-on tutorial on Fedora 4 [2027] delivered by David Wilcox, the Fedora Product Manager.
DC Area Fedora User Group Meeting
The DC Area Fedora User Group Meeting [2128] took place on September 22-23 at the USDA National Agricultural Library. . The first day of the meeting consisted of community presentations demonstrating exciting Fedora 4 developments from the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University. The second day was split across discussions around object and metadata modeling as it relates to Fedora 3 to 4 migrations and hands-on exploration of the new Import/Export utility.
Penn State Import/Export Sprint
The week of September 19 - 23, a group of 16 developers from various institutions got together in State College to work on on three initiatives with the goal to provide desired functionality back to the community. The import/export team started working on a BagIt implementation design including Bag Profile support for APTrust and MetaArchive. Their work included reviewing and updating documentation, and squashing bugs related to importing Fedora resources from the filesystem to prepare for an initial round of stakeholder feedback.
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