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Attendees

  • in attendance: mark p., john c., john k., jefferson b., ricc f.

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Any news items we should blog about? Any calls for papers, submission deadlines, upcoming meetings we should note? Please add to Calendar of events.

nothing recent of note

Update on recent Workshops (IIIF, JCDL)John K.

Outreach group update: 

  • 4 tutorials done – c4l, iiif, dweb, jcdl
  • 2 coming up - science info partners, ipres (2 others in review)

Updates from Working Groups

    NAAN

    Outreach

    Technical


  • outreach
    • ricc working on template for interview-based blog post series
  • naan
    • south african effort to set up a blockchain-based naan registry? need tech help
  • technical
    • family search is doing dependency analysis for a tech migration
    • forum thread on metadata preservation (see below); questions for advisory group
    • URN namespace registration standardization work ongoing
    • new naan form processing and records retention
      • need a self-serve approach, as curators are taxed (63 new requests since last AG meeting)

Update on CDL Technical Work

John C.
  • CDL still maintain n2t resolver & naan registry, been refactoring
    • naan
      • use github and (github actions) for naan reg requests approval process
      • dave v. is leading tech work, coordinating with naan group
    • n2t
      • remove n2t from ezid, make ezid a web app with its own resolver (next gen resolver)
      • having n2t as a global resolver for pids beyond special handling of arks, currently resolves arks and hands off others pids
      • making n2t also handoff arks, resolver will live at arks.org; arks.org can be global resolution home specific to arks
      • timeline: contractor dependent, so unknown (aim: 3-6 months)
      • comms: position n2t as a global resolver of any pid
      • WGs have been involved; if further discussion needed, should be scheduled out as work is planned
Maintainers Group / Jessica Meyerson / EducopiaMark

Update on initial discussion with Jessica Meyerson

  • invite her to come to an AG meeting to talk community cultivation stuff
Moving arks.org from Wordpress to Github PagesMark
  • Mark offering UNT to help move content/website
    • goal for something to show by september
    • CDL / UNT to coordinate re redirects etc
Slack for ARKsJohn K.

Worth a shot. If it doesn't work, we can shut it down.

Lyrasis Confluence Costs / Google Suite UpdateMark

Lyrasis wants $2K/year for confluence use; use GH? get funding?

  • Smithsonian has an instance, potentially open to relocation/hosting
  • Update on possibilities re next meeting (need a plan by September)
Advisory Group MembershipMark

tabled until sept

ARK Alliance Costs DiscussionMark

tabled until sept

Metadata sustainability – thread on arks-forum April 18

A. Kohlbecker: "primary metadata redundancy should rather be established within the ARK community"

John K.

tabled until sept

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