July 9th 2012, OR12 Committer Meeting

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The Fedora committers will hold our fourth annual face-to-face meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland, on July 9th – the day before Open Repositories 2012. At this meeting, technical contributors and committers will discuss the future of the core Fedora Repository software and improvements to our community-driven development process.

As more details develop, they will be added to this page.

Logistics

• Day: Monday, July 9th, 2012
• Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
• Where: Room 1.09 in Main Library, University of Edinburgh
• (George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LJ)
  • Google Map: http://www.ed.ac.uk/maps/buildings/main-university-library
  • Printable PDF campus map: http://www.ed.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.20490!fileManager/campus_maps.pdf|http://www.ed.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.20490!fileManager/campus_maps.pdf
  • Someone will be at the reception desk to direct you to the room. Instructions/Directions will be left at reception for any latecomers.
• Refreshments
  • Coffee / Tea / Caffeine: The Library has a Café (and others are nearby). Some coffee/tea will also be in the room.
  • Lunch will be provided from 12:30pm-1:30pm
• Attendance Limit: Likely 30 people maximum
• Wifi: Accounts are provided at the conference registration desk. But, as it's not strictly necessary to have registered before attending this meeting, accounts will also be available at the meeting.
• Expected Attendance: 10-15 (committers and guests)

Agenda

9:00 - 9:20: Logistics, Agenda Review, Etc. (Chris)

9:20 - 10:20: Fedora Architecture Principles, Part I

• Focus: Content Storage, Disseminations, REST, and SOAP

(10 min break)

10:30 - 11:30: Fedora Architecture Principles, Part II

• Focus: Content Modeling, Semantic Web, and Linked Data

11:30 - 12:30: Improving Development Process & Pace

• Models for getting significant work done
• Improving engagement for existing and new contributors

(1 hour for lunch, provided)

1:30-2:00: Discussion of Roadmap Process (w/Jonathan Markow)

• Stakeholder involvement
• Managed projects

2:00-4:00: Roadmap Priorities

• Our best guess. We'll bring this list to stakeholders to get input on their priorities.
• Two approaches: Focus on one major theme & get into detail (Perf & Scalability), or cast a wide net with less detail per item.
• Start with a brainstorm, narrow down to < 10.
• For each, assign priority (high, medium, low) and effort (hard, medium, easy) and articulate the value to stakeholders.

4:00ish: End Meeting & Depart for the Pear Tree House Pub for Food/Drink

• The Pear Tree House is in walking distance from the conference site, and has plenty of seating and a large beer garden.
  • Google Map
• Even if you were not able to attend all of the meeting, you are still more than welcome to join everyone at the pub for food, drinks or just interesting discussion!

Sign Up to Attend! 

Able to Attend

• Chris Wilper, DuraSpace - available all day
• A. Soroka, the University of Virginia Library
• Eddie Shin, Media Shelf
• Frank Asseg, Fiz Karlsrhue
• Asger Askov Blekinge
• Jonathan Markow, DuraSpace (second half of day)
• Steve Bayliss, Acuity Unlimited
• Martin Dow, Acuity Unlimited
• Jonathan Green, DiscoveryGarden
• Gert Schmeltz Pedersen - part time (I have registered for the Islandora workshops)

Unable to Attend

• ?

Notes

• Fedora Roadmap Discussion