This is the July 2016 edition of the Fedora Newsletter. This newsletter summarizes the most significant activities within the Fedora community over the last month.
Call for Action
Fedora is designed, built, used, and supported by the community. An easy and important way that you can contribute to the effort is by helping resolve outstanding bugs. If you have an interest in gaining a better understanding of the Fedora code base, or a specific interest in any of these bugs [1], please add a comment to a ticket and we can work together to move your interest forward.
Membership
Software development
Standards
Fedora API Specification
The Fedora community is working to establish a clearly defined specification for the core Fedora services [2]. 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 [8].
Community-driven Activity
Import/Export Tooling
Fedora/Hydra WebAC Alignment
API Extension Architecture
The API-X group has published a design document that will be ratified as of July 7. The group also met at Open Repositories to discuss how best to align the API-X work with ongoing Islandora CLAW development.
If you are interested in the API Extension Architecture, please join the discussion on the fedora-community mailing list [12] and attend the next meeting.
Performance and Scalability
The Performance and Scalability group has begun testing with ModeShape 5 and noted an ingest performance increase of about 15%. Tests with alternative databases (MySQL and PostgreSQL) have also been performed.
If you are interested in Performance and Scalability, please join the discussion on the fedora-community mailing list [14] and attend the next meeting [15] on June 24.
Conferences and events
Upcoming Events
Islandora Camp BC
Islandora Camp [18] is returning to Vancouver for the second iCampBC, July 18 - 20. All West Coast Islandorians and anyone else who would like to see beautiful British Columbia while learning about Islandora are welcome to attend.
South Central States Fedora Users Group Meeting
Archivematica Camp
Previous Events
Open Repositories
References
[1] https://jira.duraspace.org/issues/?filter=13122 [2]
