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Developers Meeting before OR13 on Mon, July 8, 2012

Face-to-face developer's meeting on topic of DSpace RoadMap before OR2013 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Who is invited?

If you don't fall into one of the above categories, you are still welcome to attend. However, be warned that discussion will likely get very technical at times (which is why we recommend you be a developer or have a technology background).

Space is limited. Please sign up on the Sign Up sheet below. If we begin to achieve capacity, preference will be given to Committers or DCAT Members. However, we welcome any interested DSpace developers to join us and take part in the discussion!

Logistics

General Agenda

Format of Meeting

This meeting will be organized as a group discussion. Although at times one or more of us may lead discussion sections, it is meant to be a group discussion and not a series of presentations.

Meeting Notes will likely be taken on PiratePad: http://piratepad.net/


AGENDA:

1:00pm : Introductions

  •  Name, Institution, How are you using DSpace / How have you customized DSpace
  • Assign a notetaker!

1:15pm : DSpace 3-5 Year Vision Initiative

  • Overview of Vision Initiative
  • Please read DSpace 2013 Vision Document before the meeting (At least the 5 Vision Statements, copied below – the Use Cases are still extremely rough)
    1. DSpace will focus on the fundamentals of the modern "Institutional Repository" use case. We are striving to meet the IR needs of the next 5-10 years.
    2. DSpace will be re-architected to be "lean", with agility and flexibility as primary goals.
    3. DSpace will include a "core" set of functionality that can be "extended" (think Wordpress-like plugins) or have "hooks" (integration points) to complimentary services/tools
    4. DSpace will be designed in such a way that it can be easily/quickly configured to integrate with new & future tools/services in the larger digital scholarship "ecosystem"
    5. DSpace will support low-cost, hosted solutions and deployments (by featuring an easy, "just works" setup)
  • Discussion:
    • Opinions on the draft vision document?
    • How to get Tech folks involved. Bridging communication between "visionaries" and technology team to build a longer term technology roadmap.
    • Keeping the discussion transparent

2:15pm : Empowering Individuals / Small Teams to tackle features/bugs rapidly

  • Initial Discussion at IRC Mtg dicussion on 2013-04-10 (starts around [20:32])
  • Want to avoid "blockages" or slowing down progress by waiting around for "widespread approval" on any proposal/idea.  Instead, we want to let small groups move/develop rapidly, and trust that they will build something "good enough" (which we can later improve on if needed). These small groups would still need to communicate their work/progress back to broader developer community (to keep others in the loop / receive ongoing feedback / avoid duplicate projects), but need not wait for an "official vote" before moving forward with their work.
  • Possible "quicker" workflow:
    1. someone raises an issue / feature idea
    2. several interested parties discuss it
    3. self-organized team presents an idea, hears objections and suggestions
    4. (if needed) team addresses immediate concerns and presents again
    5. (we hope) everybody is okay with amended proposal and work goes forward
    6. people talk about the work as it is progressing, and get more feedback
    7. finished work addresses all known issues and is voted in. If additional work is needed it may be voted in as a "beta" feature until it can be improved in future releases.

2:45pm : Break

3:00pm : Open Discussion Topics

4:15pm : DSpace 4.0  Planning / Updates

  • More detailed planning or updates around DSpace 4.0
  • Are there any areas of high interest that need volunteers/support (perhaps based on earlier discussion)? I.e. can we identify areas of "high priority" or potential "low hanging fruit" that needs a person or two to just help out?
  • Any topics coming out of today that could be targeted for 4.0?

5:00pm : End Meeting and Depart for Pub

Sign Up to Attend!

If you're planning to attend this meeting, please add your name to the sign up sheet. This will allow us to determine a proper headcount.

Sign Up Sheet - Will Be Attending

  1. Tim Donohue
  2. Mark H. Wood
  3. Hardy Pottinger
  4. Bram Luyten
  5. Andrea Bollini (CINECA)
  6. Sarah Shreeves (UIUC)
  7. Ivan Masár
  8. Andrea Schweer (LCoNZ)
  9. Sarah Molloy (QMUL UK)
  10. Ryan Scherle (will be 30 min late?)
  11. Maureen Walsh (OSU)
  12. Sid Byrd (Rice)
  13. Sarah Potvin (Texas A&M)
  14. Michael W. Bolton (Texas A&M)
  15. Jonathan Markow (DuraSpace)
  16. Terry Brady (Georgetown University)
  17. Aaron Helton (United Nations)
  18. Sarah Currier (Jorum, Mimas, University of Manchester)
  19. Anja Le Blanc (Jorum, University of Manchester)
  20. Richard Jones (Cottage Labs)
  21. James Evans (Open Repository, BioMed Central)
  22. Artur Konczak (Open Repository, BioMed Central)
  23. Peter Dietz (Ohio State)

Want To Attend / May Be Attending

  • (add your name here)

Will Not Be Attending

  • Valorie Hollister - arriving late, will try to join everyone at the pub

Meeting Notes

  • Official meeting notes/summary/links will go here.

 

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