DCAT Meeting Notes October 9, 2012

Attendees

Amy Lana - University of Missouri

Claire Bundy - BioMed Central

Iryna Kuchma - eIFL.net

James Evans - Biomed Central/Open Repository

Jim Ottaviani - University of Michigan

Maureen Walsh - The Ohio State University

Valorie Hollister - DuraSpace

Guest Attendees

Sands Fish - MIT, 3.0 Release Team 

Time

• 10:00am Eastern/14:00 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

Actions from previous meeting

News & Events

1. Upcoming DCAT meeting dates: 
   
   1. November 13
   2. December 18 (conflict with original date of December 11)
   3. January 8, 2013
2. News 
   
   1. DuraSpace and SanDiego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) Partner to Provide Cost-Effective Cloud Storage and Preservation Services
   2. Dell and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Create Preservation Archive with Open Source Fedora Repository Software
   3. Last Chance to Become a DuraSpace Sponsor
   4. Help Define Levels for Digital Preservation: Request for Public Comments
   5. DuraCloud Helps to Ensure Future of World's Largest Archive of Social Science Data & Historic North Carolina Materials
3. Webinars/Podcasts/Courses:
   
   1. Upcoming
      
      1. Series Three: Get a Head on Your Repository with Hydra End-to-End Solutions - Sept/Oct 
      2. DuraCloud Brown Bag - Oct 31
   2. Gathering interest for future @mire webinars. Feel free to complete these surveys:
      
      1. Getting Started with DSpace
      2. DSpace 3.0 related topics 
4. Events    
   
   1. PASIG in Dubin, Ireland, Oct 17-19
   2. Open Access Week Oct 22-28
   3. Euro Med 2012 in Lemesos, Cyprus Oct 29-Nov 3
   4. 2012 Digital Library Federation Forum in Denver, Colorado, Nov 4-5
   5. Berlin 10 Open Access in Stellenbosch, South Africa, Nov 6-8
   6. EDUCAUSE in Denver, Colorado, Nov 6-9
   7. Berlin 10 Open Access Conference in Stellenbosch, South Africa, Nov 6-8, 
   8. 6th International Conference on Metadata and Semantic Research in Cádiz, Spain, Nov 29-30
   9. Coalition for Networked Information Fall Membership Meeting in Washington DC Dec 10-11

Minutes

1) News/info ?

• see helix84 email to DCAT list on the status of DS-531 and testing of unmerged issues 

2) Testathon help

• biggest changes in 3.0
  
  • Discovery changes - will be the default interface - regardless of using JSP or XML, although changes aren't identical there are common feature enhancements which will be documented
  • new version of OAI - should be backward comptable
• what features would be most helpful for DCAT to review?
  
  • Discovery - exercising all functions, try a bunch of searches or different passes through the interface - try to find specific content, exercising facets, noting any errors or behavior
  • documentation
    
    • check for completion, accuracy, - make note on JIRA ticket for that feature - or ask Tim Donohue for access to improve docs - flag problems
  • stats enhancements - (what is admin access on demo?)
  • "new features" and "improvements" on 3.0 Release Notes page
• how to / logistics
  
  • will start tomorrow or Thurs and run through Fri Oct 19
  • email out to the community, including instructions, links and demo DSpace account login and password 
  • backend changes can't be tested unless you download a test version yourself
  • if a new feature is confusing / don't understand it from the interface or documentation - then provide that feedback - ideally in the original JIRA issue or send an email to dspace-release@lists.sourceforge.net (Jim validated that this is what he usually does)
  • run through your (your team's) common tasks - make sure everything works as expected
  • Potentially getting general computer scientists involved from your institution (Amy says there is some discussion/intention about this at the University of Missouri)

3) Updating DC status

• Good discussion last month in DCAT mtg, but not much of an asynchronous follow up discussion - how can we best move this forward?
  
  • 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 2013 DCAT Discussion Schedule

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