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Attendees

Amy Lana - University of Missouri 
Bram Luyten - @mire
Ciarán Walsh - Enovation Solutions, Ltd
Elin Stangeland - Cambridge University Library
helix84 (listening only because I'll be in open office)
Jacob Andersson - Malmö University
Jennifer Laherty - Indiana University
Jim Ottaviani - University of Michigan
Maureen Walsh - The Ohio State University
Sarah Molloy - Queen Mary, University of London
Sarah Potvin - Texas A&M
Scott Sidell Longsight
Tim Donohue - DuraSpace Sue Kunda - Oregon State University
Valorie Hollister - DuraSpace

STILL NEED SKYPE ADDRESSES FOR THE FOLLOWING DCAT MEMBERS:
Augustine Gitonga - Aga Khan University Hospital
Bharat M. Chaudhari -@ School Of Petroleum Management, Gandhinagar, India
Claire Bundy - BioMed Central
Dibyendra Hyoju - Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya/eIFL.net
Elena Feinstein - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Leonie Hayes - University of Auckland
Maureen Walsh - The Ohio State University
Sarah Potvin - Texas A&M 
Sue Kunda - Oregon State University
Yan Han - University of Arizona Libraries

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. October 9 September 4th (moved from Sept 11 due to conflict for Val and Tim)
      1. mtgs will continue to be on Tuesdays 10:00am Eastern/14:00 UTC
      2. DCAT members will select a topic during the mtg to discuss w/developers the following day during the weekly Developer mtg
      3. designated DCAT member will represent topic and as many DCAT members as possible will attend 1st 15 min of Developer mtg 4:00pm Eastern/ 20:00 UTC 
   2. October 10
   3. November 13
   4. December 11November 14
2. News 
   1. Last week to register for the E-Science Institute Registration Now Open
   2. Understanding Digital Curation: The Digital Curation Resource Guide from Digital Scholarship
   3. Does Your Organization Preserve 50+ TBs of Content?
   5. VIVO to Join DuraSpace Organization Incubator Initiative
   6. DSpace and the Webometrics Institutional Repository Ranking, July 2012
   7. DuraSpace at Seventh International Open Repositories Conference 2012
   8. NEW PUBLICATION: Aligning National Approaches to Digital Preservation
   9. DuraCloud Offers Reliable Digital Preservation at Affordable PricesNew DuraSpace Social Front Page on RebelMouse  
3. Webinars/Podcasts/Courses:
   1. Upcoming
      1. E-Science Institute - Launch webinar on Thurs, Sept 6
      2. DuraCloud Brown Bag, August 29, 2012
      New Recordings
      1. OR12 General Conference recordings - recording links available in conference program (DSpace User Group Mtg was not recorded, most of the presentation slides are available) September 26, 2012 
4. Events    
   1. ETD 2012 in Peru, Sept 12-14 
   2. Fall 2012 Internet2 Member Mtg in Philadelphia, Sept 30-Oct 4, 
   3. iPRES 2012 in Toronto, Canada, Oct 1-5
   4. PASIG in Dubin, Ireland, Oct 17-19

Minutes

1) Type based submission forms: JIRA DS-1127

• Maureen: having the type based submission override an item template for values an admin chose to hide using the type based submissions should generally be ok when well documented - Bram to post to JIRA/let Robin know
• Elin: confirmed with Robin that this won't bring the form administration into the admin UI. Andrea Swheer might be willing to work on this - Elin to create a new JIRA issue and link to DS-1127 

1. 1. 2012 Digital Library Federation Forum in Denver, Colorado, Nov 4-5
   2. EDUCAUSE in Denver, Colorado, Nov 6-9
   3. Berlin 10 Open Access Conference in Stellenbosch, South Africa, Nov 6-8, 
   4. 6th International Conference on Metadata and Semantic Research in Cádiz, Spain, Nov 29-30

Minutes

1) News 

2) News -no questions / comments

32) Action  Action Items

• Update current status on DCAT Discussion Schedule - a few done, everyone please complete
• Top DCAT feature/improvement priorities: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/dsforum/DCAT+Top+Priorities
  • Val: should we continue to have a space for top priorities/bluesky items?
  • general agreement that there should be a wiki space for this -- JIRA issues require clear, reasonably sized objectives -- some projects/ideas might be too large and developers won't know what to do w/them in JIRA -- wiki space will allow for brainstorming and will be more accessible to all community members
  • Val: proposed make use of the Development Proposal page, perhaps DCAT can help create some categories for the projects on this page which will make it easier to digest for anyone looking at the page and would also help link similar projects together
  • some wish list ideas that Bram heard repeatedly OR12: better support for digital preservation, support for research data, author profile and better reporting 
  • others suggested there should be a push email or a way to easily filter all bluesky projects
  • general agreement that we should put together a proposal about bluesky/larger projects not necessarily suitable for the creation of JIRA issue  for the developers to review - Val volunteered to write and post for the Thurs/Fri discussion this week
  • Elin: suggested that there should be a "JIRA for dummies" guide - show how the DSpace community uses JIRA, the workflow, etc.
  • Bram: created a video screencast a few years ago - perhaps update and include this in JIRA guide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPaz8L82DV4  
• Dublin Core update project
  • Sarah P: 1st draft of recommendations complete
  • Sarah/Amy: have several open questions -- like locking down the registry vs. leaving open - Sarah will post recommendations and relevant docs to DCAT Discussion Forum for the Thurs/Fri discussion this week

4) & 5) OR12 Developer Mtg summary and DCAT mtgs going forward

• Val: good discussions in developer mtg about collaboration - observation was made that the most productive collaborative work between DCAT and developers was generally as a result of Robin Taylor/the release coordinator  attending the DCAT mtg
• general agreement that we should find a time to overlap DCAT and developer mtg - suggested to overlap 15 min on weekly developer mtg once per month
• original thought was to move the day/time of DCAT mtg to Wed just before the developer mtg and then overlap 15 min - but this would generally mean Europe/UK members would not be able attend DCAT mtgs going forward
• Maureen: let's keep current day/time of DCAT mtg, decide together what topic we will talk w/developers about and also select specific DCAT members to attend developer mtg on the following day to represent the issue -- but all DCAT member encouraged to attend developer mtg
• likely have to limit to one topic since we only have 15 min, DCAT to let Tim know what the topic is and if there are relevant references immediately following DCAT mtg
• will start at next mtg -- Sept 4 -- DCAT mtg time unchanged -- still will be 10:00am Eastern/14:00 UTC

6) JIRA workflow improvements - did not discuss, will put it on the Sept 4 agenda

7) Thurs/Fri discussion

• 1. Bluesky/Development Proposal page proposal - Val
• 2. DC update - Sarah

-should reinforce DCAT interest DS-531 - Sarah P to follow up helix84

3) Updating Qualified Dublin Core 

Summary of discussion

1. Refining current DSpace DC according to 2005 QDC recommendations VS aiming for adding DCTERMS as a new schema

The  spreadsheet currently proposes the first approach. It's less intrusive and already helps to get closer to more uniformity. However, it seems like the DC community itself, with the DCTERMS namespace is already a bit further down a different path.

Adding a new schema and making it optimal for people to convert/migrate existing metadata to this new schema might in the end make it less intrusive than performing changes to the current standard DC which might affect everyone.

2. Definition of "locked" schema's

We started off with the question whether a potential standard schema should be locked on either the element level, or as far as the qualifier level.

Given the fact that DC allows extensions, it's my fear that if we don't allow people to add at least qualifiers, that we're being to severe. Therefor locking could mean that both standard elements and their qualifiers can't just be renamed or deleted from the user interface.

In terms of the element level, there seemed to be consensus that elements in a "locked" schema should be added, removed or modified.

3. Migration path

The usecase of someone starting with a new installation of DSpace with a shiny new standardized namespace seems very different from existing DSpace users who might be confronted with a lot of migration efforts & pain.

If we can't come up with a concept, either with or without help of the developers, to make migration painless & riskfree, there might be very little uptake (given that we would be able to get something in the code to start with).

Therefor, it might be a good idea to investigate in detail how far the impact goes when we start changing things here. A very quick list could be:

Any process that create new metadata in dspace

- submission forms

- spreadsheet importer

- command line import

- SWORD

- built in OAI-Harvester

Any process that displays metadata in the web user interface

- item pages

- search, browse, DSpace discovery

Any process that delivers the metadata (potentially via crosswalks) to other applications

- OAI server

- REST API

- ..

4) JIRA workflow - did not discuss

5) Overlap discussion

-check to see if developers need feedback on any features

6) Thurs/Fri discussion

-more on Updating Dublin Core 

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