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DevMtg 2011-08-31

Created by Tim Donohue, last modified on Nov 03, 2011

Developers Meeting on Weds, August 31, 2011

Agenda

First 15+ minutes: JIRA Catch-Up – starting with issue DS-882
- Search for all Unresolved Issues (since DS-882)

Discussion: Latest updates on 1.8.0 (see below)

Areas we can use help in coming weeks

Updating 1.8.0 Documentation
- Updating Install / Upgrade instructions
- Updating Configuration section (especially after all the configs were moved to config/modules)
Reviewing JIRA tickets (especially bug fixes) which are marked for 1.8.0 & have attachments (patches)

Here's where we currently stand with 1.8.0:

Outstanding issues/features (may still be "in" or "out"):
- Tombstone Messages & Withdrawal Reason (DS-587, DS-996, DS-1004)

Current Known Major New Features (as of today):
- Configurable Reviewer Workflow (@mire)
- XMLUI SWORD Client (Robin Taylor)
- Media RSS Support – for iTunesU & similar (Peter Dietz)
- Reordering of Bitstreams (DS-749) (Kevin Van de Velde)
- Creative Commons Web Service API with the Submission Process (DS-964)

Current Known Major Improvements in 1.8.0:
- Split up 'dspace.cfg' file into various [dspace]/config/module/ configurations, to make them easier to manage
- Upgraded Lucene & Solr to most recent versions
- Improved Discovery Configuration
- Maven 3 Issues (DS-881)
- (Hopefully, we'll finally fix that annoying lack of 404 bug in XMLUI (DS-768). Kim Shepherd seems to be on track to do so)

Features which will be released as "AddOns" after 1.8.0
- REST API (alpha or beta release)
- Replication Task Suite (DS-876)
- Check files on input for viruses, and verify file format (DS-638)

Full list of 1.8.0 committed changes (including many smaller improvements & bug fixes): https://jira.duraspace.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&jqlQuery=project+%3D+DS+AND+fixVersion+%3D+%221.8.0%22+AND+%28status+%3D+Resolved+OR+status%3DClosed%29+ORDER+BY+priority+DESC

Topics in the Waiting...

Topics which are still on the "back burner" (which need someone to lead a "Special Topic" meeting around them)
- Do we want to schedule a meeting to go over proposed Modularization / Refactoring work in near future?
  - Restructure Trunk Projects
  - Refactoring the DSpace Domain Model
  - Others listed under Development Proposals
- Discuss improving how DSpace handles Metadata. Several ideas mentioned recently:
  - Updating to current DCMI standards: DS-805
  - Creating a new "dspace" internal usage schema (for administrative, or non-DC metadata)? Formalize the "dc" schema to be strictly valid QDC/DC?
  - Metadata on all DSpace objects (not just Items)
  - Per discussion at OR11, DCAT is going to make recommendations on Metadata Schemas that DSpace should support.
- Discuss forming a "Documentation Management Team"? Or reworking our procedures for managing/reviewing/approving Docs on the Wiki.
- More discussion of Proposed RoadMap to 2.0
  - In meantime, feel free to forward thoughts on to Tim or everyone (via dspace-devel or dspace-commit).

Meeting Transcript

Full IRC Transcript is available at - http://irclogs.duraspace.org/index.php?date=2011-08-31

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