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• VIVO 2015 Conference Updates

  • Call for Apps opening soon
    • Each year, the VIVO conference sponsors a competition for software applications using VIVO data. The winner will receive an award and will be recognized during the conference. Start thinking of your submissions now and stay on the lookout for more information!

  • Early Bird Registration is open

  • • Registration is now open for the Sixth Annual VIVO Conference. The $375 Early Bird registration rate is only available through June 19th.

    • You can register for the conference and come back and do a registration for a workshop

  • More info on venue, workshops, etc at http://vivoconference.org/

  • Follow the conversation on Twitter at #VIVO15

• Project Director Mike Conlon's weekly email: 2015-05-03 17 VIVO Project Updates (archive)

• Tech Lead job description posted at http://duraspace.org/jobs

  Apps & Tools Working Group: next call May 19 at 1pm ET

• Link to presentation sign up sheet

Link to presentation template

• Ontology Working Group: next call June 1 2 at 1pm ET

  • When there’s no Apps & Tools or Ontology call, there’s usually an “office hours” call for informal, unscripted questions about the ontology

• Apps & Tools Working Group: next call June 16 at 1pm ET

  • Link to presentation sign up sheet

  • Link to presentation template

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: Mozilla Science Lab Global Sprint 2015

• Today's guest Bill Mills
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/billdoesphysics
  • "Bill Mills is a physicist, JavaScript enthusiast, community manager for the Mozilla Science Lab and Software Carpentry instructor."
• Mozilla Science Lab info
  • Home: https://www.mozillascience.org/
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/MozillaScience

  • "Helping Research Thrive on the Open Web"

  • "The Mozilla Science Lab helps a global network of researchers, tool developers, librarians and publishers collaborate to further science on the web."
• Global Sprint info
  
  • Info: https://www.mozillascience.org/global-sprint-2015
  • Planning Etherpad: https://etherpad.mozilla.org/sciencelab-2015globalsprint
  • Twitter hashtag: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23mozsprint
  • >30 sites from all over the world participating in our #mozsprint this year
  • an opportunity to highlight VIVO to the diverse community of developers, researchers, students, funders and librarians that the Science Lab convenes
  • some people run user testing and feedback sessions, conversations about possible new project directions - whatever strikes you as a valuable way to reach out to the community
• VIVO sprint ideas?
  • open JIRA issues - link to JIRA
  • open GitHub pull requests - link to these
  • VIVO tools and apps – link to wiki page

Questions?

• Can we still propose some VIVO projects/sprints?
• How can my physical site participate in the Global Sprint 2015?
• other??

Possible topics for discussion

• Planning for VIVO 1.8
  
  • Requirements: Java 8, other?
  • 1.8 and existing Apps & Tools?
  • Documentation and support
• New Installation
  • Useful tools: Docker, Vagrant, other
  • 3-tier build
• Upgrading an existing VIVO
  • Upgrading from VIVO 1.7
  • Upgrading from VIVO 1.5 or 1.6
  • Upgrading from earlier versions
• Configuration
• Modularity
• Contributing back
  • Vitro and VIVO pull requests
  • Documentation
  • Apps & Tools

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