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• Metadata for All Objects: In the Developers Meeting on Jan 30, 2013, those in attendance discussed a need to release an updated version of this "Metadata for All" pull request (#12).  However, we may need the following:
  
  • An updated version of the pull request based on current "master"
  • We like the suggestion to rename "schemas" to "namespaces"
  • We'd like it to use "metadatavalue" (and similar) tables rather than creating a new set of Metadata tables specific to other objects.   We understand this may be more disruptive, but it seems odd to have different metadata namespaces
  • If possible we'd want this change to be "backwards compatible" with existing UIs. The goal would be to perform this change in stages – first update the APIs to allow for metadata on all objects, then update each UI one-by-one.  Hopefully we can get all of the UIs done before 4.0
  • We also obviously could use some basic documentation / overview of the thinking behind it, so that we can vote this through sooner rather than later.
• REST API: We would like to have a stable, tested, read/write, documented, standards based REST API available. Already a working group has been formed to review the existing API's, and to evaluate the existing API's, and to research development of a new API. The API will either be included with the out-of-the-box DSpace, or it will be released a module to be enabled separately. The API working group will host a discussion panel at OR13 during the DSUG track. An API available will enable further re-use of repository data. Existing use-cases of the project range from building JS widgets to spit out a researcher's publications in repository to building a frontend web application.

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