The VIVO Roadmap process is a key strategic element of the project, and a key enabler of VIVO value. The VIVO strategic plan and in particular, the VIVO value proposition:
VIVO provides an integrated view of the scholarly work of an organization
drive consideration of the work to be proposed in the roadmap. The process involves identification, refinement and prioritization of “features” -- high level improvements to VIVO that provide value to VIVO users, maintainers, and developers. A feature could be large (reporting suite) or small (improvements in the API). A feature may involve multiple use cases. A feature may be software, architecture, ontology, documentation, or more likely, a combination of each.
The roadmap will describe work to be performed over the course of a year. It may result in one or more releases of the software. The roadmap is not a description of a particular anticipated version of the software. Refinement of the roadmap will lead to description of features to be released in future software and ontology versions.
The roadmap is a description of prioritized effort to enhance the value of VIVO. Effort comes from the community. Community members who chose to contribute effort to a particular feature will always be able to do so.
The proposal below describes a process for creating a roadmap for review and adoption by the leadership group at the annual conference. There are twelve weeks available to produce a roadmap prior to the conference. A proposed duration for each step is indicated below.
