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All DSpace meetings follow the Lyrasis Code of Conduct. We ask you to remain respectful in all discussions. We also encourage you to report any violations to Lyrasis (see Code of Conduct for details).

What is DCAT?

The DSpace Community Advisory Team (DCAT) represents the interests of repository managers and administrators across the globe and, indirectly, DSpace end users. DCAT is a permanent DSpace Working Group sponsored by the DSpace Steering Group that advises DSpace Program governance groups. We welcome feedback and participation from anyone in the community.

Date & Time

Tuesday, August 12, 2025, 12:00 Eastern Time
See the world clock to determine the meeting time for your location.
Meeting length: one hour

Join information:

We will be using the DCAT Chair's Zoom Room for our meeting.

Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/81605358751 (Meeting ID: 816 0535 8751 Passcode: dspace)

Additional ways to join: DCAT Chair Zoom Room

Agenda:

Announcements
- Housekeeping
  - Sign up for the DCAT Google Group: https://groups.google.com/g/DSpaceCommunityAdvisoryTeam
  - Do you have a DSpace wiki account? Email wikihelp@lyrasis.org for an account
  - DSpace Community Events Calendar: https://dspace.org/events/
- Security Notice
  - All DSpace versions are vulnerable to XXE and Path Traversal attacks via Simple Archive Format (SAF) imports (moderate severity)
  - See Tim Donohue's message from July 15, 2025: https://groups.google.com/g/DSpaceCommunityAdvisoryTeam/c/nu1vRF2W0q4
- The DCAT UX working group FINAL report is now available
  - Next steps: Awaiting feedback from DSpace Steering/Leadership
  - Presentation/discussion of the report will be scheduled for a future DCAT meeting

Upcoming Events:

- COAPI (Coalition of Open Access Policy Institutions ) Community Call, “Using OpenAlex to Support Campus OA Policy Outreach”.
  - Wednesday, August 13, at 11:00 AM CDT.
  - Registration: https://sparcopen-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/Ilh_QcfiS7OjbtmiXlxbpQ#/registration
  - Discussion with Kyle Demes, OurResearch COO, who will introduce you to OpenAlex and share details about how librarians can use the platform to enhance the work we do promoting open access scholarship on our campuses and across the globe.
- DSpace Virtual Coffee Hour with Holger Lenz
  - August 19, 2025: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT
  - https://dspace.org/events/dspace-virtual-coffee-hour-2-2025-08-19/
- US/CA DataCite Community Call: Assessing & Improving DOI Metadata
  - When: August 19, 2025: 1:00 pm EDT
  - Registration: https://lyrasis.zoom.us/meeting/register/aOacLoj9Tyy_cD12SzTh9w
  - Agenda: Guest speakers representing different perspectives and initiatives related to assessing & improving DOI metadata:
    - DataCite(Maria Gould, Product Director at DataCite)
    - OpenAlex(Kyle Demes, Chief Operating Officer at OurResearch)
    - Metadata Game Changers(Erin Robinson and Ted Habermann, co-founders)
    - COMET(Dione Mentis, COMET Project Lead)
- AI Discussions Group Solutions Showcase Series,
  - When: Thursday, August 28th: 10:30 am EDT
  - Registration: https://lyrasis.zoom.us/meeting/register/ITwAfGVFQdS2IF_0uCkTTA
  - Learn More: Solutions Showcase Series
- DSpace 9 Webinar Q+A
  - When: Wednesday, September 3rd, 9:30 am EDT
  - Registration: https://lyrasis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_stzDP5oUQa2gy4JN5osS6A#/registration
  - Learn more: https://dspace.org/events/dspace-9-webinar/

Discussion:
- Load Time Error Reporting Tips
  - Deroost, I., Lowel, A., Bondarenko, Y., & Droogmans, L. (2025, June 17). From Load Times to Bot Traffic: A Comprehensive Approach to DSpace Performance. Open Repositories 2025 (OR2025), Chicago, Illinois, USA. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15758644
    - Start with slide/page 23
  - Creating a Bug Ticket section from DSpace Community Event North America

- DCAT Input Needed:
  - Helper Text for Import Metadata
  - Editable Space at Beginning of Submission Forms
- Lunch and Learn - System Curation Tasks
  - Opportunity for people to report out any testing/learning since the last DCAT meeting
  - Follow up on Profile Bitstream Formats