The Advisory Group will provide a means for transitioning the management of the ARK specification from the California Digital Library to a community supported and managed project. Planning is underway for an initial meeting of the group to review the goals, proposed timetable and roles drafted so far, as well as to launch working groups dedicated to pursuing objectives related to outreach, technical best practices, and fundraising. 

ARKs in the Open Advisory Group members:

• Sayeed Choudhury (Johns Hopkins University)
• Kurt Ewoldsen (California Digital Library)
• John Howard (University College Dublin)
• Frédérique Joannic-Seta (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
• Martin Kalfatovic (Smithsonian Institution Libraries)
• Brian McBride (University of Utah)
• Mark Phillips (University of North Texas Libraries)
• Andrew Treloar (Australian National Data Service)
• Kate Wittenberg (Portico)

Agendas and meeting minutes for each Advisory Group meeting are publicly available.