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Date

19 Dec 2018 from 16:00-17:00 UTC (One hour later than normal)

Location: https://duraspace.zoom.us/my/dspace (Meeting ID: 502 527 3040).

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Agenda

(5 mins) General development / planning updates (Tim)
(10 mins) Quick updates on Angular UI tickets and/or PRs (Art)
(10 mins) Quick updates on REST API tickets and/or PRs (Andrea)
(30 mins) General Discussion Topics
- OR2019 Presentation / Workshop planning. Proposals are due January 9
  - Possible OR2019 Workshops
    - DSpace 7 Upgrading / Configuring / Customizing workshop (for Users – Repo Mgrs and Developers). (Possible Presenters: Tim Donohue?, Art Lowel?, Andrea Bollini?, others?)
      - This will be two 1/2 day workshops:
        First 1/2 day will concentrate on DSpace 7 from a "technician" perspective. How to install /upgrade / configure DSpace 7. How to do minor customizations like header/footer/theme changes.
        Second 1/2 day will concentrate on DSpace 7 advanced customization (for developers). How to enhance the UI via Angular. How to use the REST API, etc.
    - DSpace + Docker Workshop. How to demo/play/develop with DSpace in Docker (both DSpace 6 and 7). (Presenters: Terry Brady & Pascal Becker)
      - Ideally this would not conflict with main DSpace 7 workshop, or we'd find a way to tailor each to different audiences.
  - Possible OR2019 Talks
    - General "Introducing DSpace 7" talk. What's in DSpace 7? Higher level overview, flashy demo, references to other "deep dive" talks. (Possible Presenters: Tim Donohue? Others?)
    - DSpace 7 - The Power of Configurable Entities. Overview of new feature, how to configure & customize your DSpace via Entities (Possible Presenters: Lieven Droogmans)
      - a DSpace-CRIS 7 talk is expected as continuation of the Configurable Entities talk
    - DSpace 7 - Enhanced Submission & Workflow. Overview of new features & deeper dive on configuring/customizing/using (Possible Presenters: Andrea Bollini? Others at 4Science?)
    - DSpace 7 - Open for integration. REST API talk (Possible Presenters: Andrea Bollini, ...)
    - DSpace 7 - High quality software. Developer best practice (Possible Presenters: Andrea Bollini, Giuseppe Digilio, Terry Brady (Docker), Tim Donohue)
    - DSpace 7 - Angular User Interface
- Planning for 7.0 Preview Release (end of January)
  - Development Planning Spreadsheet. Any updates needed here?
- Discussion of deletion of EPeople for GDPR compliance (from Pascal)
  - Pending merger of : https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/2229. NOTE: item.getSubmitter() will return null if EPerson deleted.
- DSpace 7 installation/customization process. Documenting our plan/goal for 7.0
  - Updates on "One Webapp Backend" PR: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/2265 First example of a webapp (SWORDv1) that fully integrated & configurable.
  - Also updated docs at: DSpace Backend as One Webapp
(5 mins) Agenda items for next meeting?

Attendees

Notes

(Notes below copied from last meeting. Details will be updated during this meeting.)

General Updates (Tim)
Angular Team Updates (Art)
- Merged PRs:
  - Entities PR: https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/pull/315
- In Progress tickets / PRs:
  - Kristoff creating & editing Communities, Collections & Items
- Tickets / PRs requiring review:
  - https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/pull/335 (May have more updates once the REST Contract is finalized)
  - https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/pull/337 (On hold until after Preview: Restructures imports. Nice idea, but likely needs rescheduling until we can enforce or reschedule it)
  - https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/pull/330
  - Several small PRs from Bram (reviewed by Art, waiting on updates)
    - https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/pull/329
    - https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/pull/324
  - Submission/Workflow PR: https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/pull/279
    - Giuseppe says this wIll be ready in the next week or so. Goal is still to have done in December
  - Dynamic Menus PR: https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/pull/338
    - Design at Menu Mockups
- REST Team Updates
  - Open PRs: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22REST+API+v7%22+sort%3Aupdated-desc
  - Merged PRs:
    - https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/2128 (OpenSearch)
    - https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/2253
  - In Progress tickets / PRs:
    - https://github.com/4Science/DSpace/pull/37 (Still waiting on Andrea to find time to create a PR from this
      - After that PR, we also will have a MyDSpace PR to complete the REST API side of Submission & Workflow
  - Tickets / PRs requiring review:
    - Lots of tickets open and waiting for final reviews
      - https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/2129 (More feedback to take into account. Nearly ready to go.)
      - https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/2257 (Feedback given by Andrea. Needs updates from PR creator)
    - Contract Tickets needs finalization:
      - https://github.com/DSpace/Rest7Contract/pull/33 (Needs updates as the concept of "owningCommunity" has no meaning for Communities/Collections)
        See also this comment: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/2277/files#diff-601b55536dca517a800fcafc9026a3ebR70
      - https://github.com/DSpace/Rest7Contract/pull/34 (Needs examples from REST Contract or Integration Tests. Ben is unclear of request from Andrea Bollini (4Science) )
      - https://github.com/DSpace/Rest7Contract/pull/35 (Comments need clarification. Ben is unclear of request from Andrea Bollini (4Science) )
      - https://github.com/DSpace/Rest7Contract/pull/17 (Needs final comments, however this is scheduled for BETA. So, not as high priority)
    - Metadata Registry (8.1) - Needs Reviews
      - JIRA:
      - Contract: https://github.com/DSpace/Rest7Contract/pull/38
      - REST: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/2291
    - Administrative Edit Item (metadata, bitstreams, assign roles) (7.13) - Needs Reviews
      - JIRA:
      - Contract: https://github.com/DSpace/Rest7Contract/pull/37
      - REST: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/2290
      - Tim asked about whether Admins should be able to create Items directly (bypassing workflow) via POST requests?
        Others note this seems to already be possible in the Java API (via bulk CSV import?)
        However, all agree that it's not a high priority
        If this turns out to be complicated, we should drop POST from this endpoint. If it's easy enough, we can implement, but it should be restricted to Admins
        Also POST needs to somehow take in the Collection, as you cannot create an Item without a Collection
- OR2019 DSpace 7 Presentations
- Discussion of EPerson Deletion (from Pascal-Nicolas Becker )
  - Ticket:
  - PR: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/2229
  - Some disagreement over whether the approach of "null" EPersons is the proper one, or if it will turn into requiring more code than a "ghost user" would.
  - ALL will add comments/thoughts to DS-4036 so we can finalize a decision on whether "null" EPersons are OK or not.
- (Did not discuss) DSpace 7 installation/customization process.
  - Updated PR could use more eyes: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/2265
  - See also early docs at: DSpace Backend as One Webapp
- Development planning/updates in Development Planning Spreadsheet.
- The Next Meeting will be Thurs, Jan 3? or 10? at 15:00UTC (10:00am EST) in DSpace Meeting Room
  - Upcoming Vacations/Holidays
    - Tim Donohue is out of the office from December 20 through January 2. Returning to office on January 3.