Calls for papers, submission deadlines, upcoming meetings: Calendar of events
Any news items we should blog about?
ARK spec transition plan; what can we learn from the Outreach discussion?
Below are notes from the last Outreach WG meeting.
We've blogged about the upcoming change in the recommended form of newly published ARKs (starting on STARTDATE) – from ark:/12345 (oldform) to ark:12345 (newform)
what is STARTDATE? how do we determine what STARTDATE is?
when do we change documentation on the website and wikipedia?
recall that all sites producing newform ARKs must also serve all their ARKs in newform or oldform, regardless of production date, eg, 2025
at CUTOVERDATE, all sites should serve all their ARKs in either newform or oldform, regardless of production date, eg, 2006
Discussion notes on the above strawman (rf=Ricc Ferrante, mg=Maria Gould, jk=John Kunze):
rf: confused about CUTOVERDATES; does this mean we have to start normalizing to newform ARKs? do we leave old ARKs in oldform in our system? jk: nothing is intended to tell implementers about changing or normalizing internal representation of ARKs (eg, oldform or newform); we should make this clear and find language that is clear and minimizes stress rf: could we put out some use cases so that people can see what this change means in the real world? mg: yes, what are the implications for (a) our dev team and (b) our users; mg: also, is it up to the ARKA to decide? or do we need a focus group? rf: I like the idea of a focus group because it engages people and helps keep the community alive, but I have no energy for it jk: could use more Outreach members rf: I will float the idea out there for new wg members; Tom Creighton might be a good focus group wrangler
