DCAT Meeting Notes May 3, 2011

Proposed Meeting Agenda - draft in progress

The meetings are Skype teleconferences accessed

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• Via Phone+: US Number: +1 (201) 793-9022, Room #7086940

1. News

   1. Housekeeping - mtg time going forward
   2. Google Summer of Code - 2011 Accepted Projects
      1. SKOS Authority Controls
      2. WebMVC (Freemarker) UI development
      3. Submission Enhancements in DSpace - ties into DS164
      4. New UI built over RESTful services
   3. DSpace 1.8 - 1.8.0 Release Notes
   4. DuraSpace 2011 Sponsorship Campaign launch
   5. New websites: DuraCloud.org and DuraSpace.org 
      1. based on Islandora - open source digital asset management system based on the combination of a Fedora digital repository and Drupal
      2. free DuraCloud trial accounts starting in June
   6. Open Repositories Conference, June 8-11, 2011
      1. DSpace developer/committer mtg on Mon June 6, all DCAT invited to the mtg, planning a informal cocktail hour after - click here for more info an to RSVP
   7. Other news?
      1. OAI7 DSpace User Mtg on June 21 - sponsored by @mire & DuraSpace

2. New issues

   1. DS-560 XMLUI News in config dir (Bram): discussion forum, JIRA
   2. Anyone who does not have an issue selected, please come with your selection: DCAT JIRA New Features

3. Update on previously reviewed items

   1. DS587 tombstone (Sarah): discussion forum, JIRA
   2. DS638 check file format/virus check (Elin): discussion forum, JIRA
   3. DS164 deposit interface for modifying input forms.xml (Jim): discussion forum, JIRA
      1. GSoC project - do away with "item-submission.xml and input-forms.xml and instead create an Admin UI that allows repo managers reorganize the submission UI
      2. need feedback from all DCAT on req'mts
      3. need a few volunteers to work w/closely Jim and GSoC mentors (Mark Diggory and Scott Phillips)

4. Meeting Attendees:

DUE TO OR11 OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON JUNE 14, 2011 at 9:00 am Eastern/13:00 GMT