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The core HTTP and notification services defined in this specification are listed below, along with the associated standards from which they are derived:
- Resource Management (Linked Data Platform)
- Resource Versioning (Memento)
- Resource Authorization (Web Access Controls)
- Notifications (Activity Streams)
- Extended Binary Resource Operations
- Fixity (HTTP headers)
- Referenced Content via message/external-body Content-Type
This announcement for public comment on the Candidate Recommendation marks the beginning of a projected two-month period within which time we are targeting the release of the full Recommendation. Minimum requirements for transitioning to releasing the Recommendation include:
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The inaugural discussion on the "Oxford Common Filesystem Layout" will take took place on Friday, Dec 1st at 4:00pm UTC (11am EST). The agenda and call-in information notes are available online, along with audio and video recordings. The “Oxford Common Filesystem Layout” initiative is motivated by the need for a preservation-centric, common approach to filesystem (or cloud) layout for institutional repositories. The goal of this effort is to establish or identify recommendations for how IR systems should structure and store files. One of the objectives of the call will be was to highlight relevant prior art, driving use cases, and active initiatives. , all of which are captured in the notes. The next meeting will be held on January 19 - please join the pasig-discuss mailing list for further updates.
Fedora 5.0.0
With Fedora's support for semantic versioning and the policy to limit the number of major releases to one per year, the primary change found in the next major release of Fedora (5.0.0) will be an alignment of the RESTful API with the Fedora API Specification. Two recent sprints made significant progress towards this goal, with the current focus being on exposing versioned resources per the Memento specification.
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In an attempt to simplify the task of keeping up with Fedora-related meetings and events, a Fedora calendar is available to the community as HTML and iCal .
Additionally, thanks to the community contribution of Michael B. Klein from Northwestern University, the fedora-project now has a self-registration form. Come join the conversation!
Upcoming Events
SWIB17
SWIB conference (Semantic Web in Libraries), which takes place December 4-6 in Hamburg, Germany, is an annual conference focusing on Linked Open Data (LOD) in libraries and related organizations. It is well established as an event where IT staff, developers, librarians, and researchers from all over the world meet and mingle and learn from each other. The topics of talks and workshops at SWIB revolve around opening data, linking data and creating tools and software for LOD production scenarios. This year's conference will feature a Fedora workshop, and a Fedora User Group Meeting will be held on December 7 following the conference. Please register in advance to attend - all are welcome.
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Representatives from CNI member organizations gather twice annually to explore new technologies, content, and applications; to further collaboration; to analyze technology policy issues; and to catalyze the development and deployment of new projects. This year's Fall meeting will take place on December 11-12 in Washington, DC. The programme program includes a panel on Fedora and digital preservation featuring a discussion on our community's approach via standards and specifications.
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