DCAT Meeting Notes December 18, 2012

Attendees

Amy Lana - University of Missouri

Jim Ottaviani - University of Michigan

Maureen Walsh - The Ohio State University

Valorie Hollister - DuraSpace

Time

• 11:00am Eastern/16:00 UTC

Dial-in

• (209) 647-1600, participant code 373133, host code: 560833 (can be done via Skype - for directions: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/cmtygp/DCAT+Conference+Call+Dial-in). 
• Please note that we have been having lots of connectivity issues with the "freeconferencecallhd.2096471600" Skype dial-in lately. Generally you can get on, but Skype seems to boot you off at regular intervals. To avoid the frustration we recommend dialing in via a Skype phone call -- simply use the Skype dial pad and dial the USA # 209-647-1600 and then the conference code # as prompted. You will need to have a Skype account with money in it in order to place this kind of call -- and it will likely be about 3 cents a minute, depending on where you are calling from. We are looking for other solutions to the problem -- and also for your suggestions if you know of other solutions.

Discussion Topics

1) Good discussion last month in DCAT mtg, but not much of an asynchronous follow up discussion - how can we best move this forward?Minutes

• • Amy: need to chat with cmtrs about limitations
  • Maureen: need more clarity of what direction we should go before taking w/cmtrs
  • Proposed process
    
    • 1) draft a proposal on updating DC from DC sub-team (Sarah P., Amy, Maureen, Maura)  - identify key areas to address for the update, identify proposed direction forward along with the benefits/drawbacks/outstanding questions for cmtrs and DCAT, should include:
      
      • Goal of update:
        
        • identify goal for the update - why is it important/why should it be done 
        • identify what specifically DSpace DC should be updated to - QDC vs DCTerms 
      • User Modifications: identify what if any modifications will be allowed 

      • Migration / Implementation: identify any areas/processes that will be affected (forms, imports/exports, etc.)

      • Other areas?
    • 2) hold targeted DCAT discussion - for December DCAT mtg have targeted discussion about the proposal - validating / revising DC sub-team's proposal - Val to poll DCAT to see if everyone is available on Dec 18 or if we need to re-schedule
    • 3) revise proposal based on DCAT discussion 
    • 4) discuss proposal with developers/cmtrs to understand limitations/pain points
    • 5) revise proposal based on developer/cmtrs feedback
    • 6) hold discussion / allow for feedback on proposal by DSpace community - and maybe the broader repository community

4) JIRA workflow improvements

• useful improvements that should make it easier to understand what needs to be done on JIRA issues
• more tweaks coming before implementing - more feedback welcomed (email Tim) - will discuss in detail at a later point

5) Topic for developer overlap mtg

• too early for DC discussion 
• priority for developers on 3.0 release, forgo overlap for Oct and possibly Nov unless something comes up

6) Topic for Thurs/Fri discussion

• nothing identified
• Val to contact each DCAT discussion leader to identify status on their issues on the DCAT Discussion Schedule

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