Attendees
Amy Lana - University of Missouri
Claire Bundy - BioMed Central
Iryna Kuchma - eIFL.net
James Evans - Biomed Central/Open Repository
Jim Ottaviani - University of Michigan
Maureen Walsh - The Ohio State University
Valorie Hollister - DuraSpace
Guest Attendees
Sands Fish - MIT, 3.0 Release Team
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
| Topic | Discussion leader |
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1 | Questions/comments/additions to news/events update | Val |
2 | DCAT Testathon help | Sands Fish |
3 | ?Updating the Qualified Dublin Core registry in DSpace discussion? | Sarah P. |
4 | ?JIRA workflow improvements? | Bram/Val: further work on this is expected after the 3.0 release work. |
5 | Select topic and DCAT representatives for DCAT/developer overlap mtg for Wed (1st 15 min of Developer mtg 4:00pm Eastern/ 20:00 UTC) - directions for getting onto the IRC | ALL |
6 | Select topic for DCAT discussion this Thurs/Fri? | ALL |
7 | Other items? | ALL |
Actions from previous meeting
News & Events
- Upcoming DCAT meeting dates:
- November 13
- December 18 (conflict with original date of December 11)
- January 8, 2013
- News
- DuraSpace and SanDiego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) Partner to Provide Cost-Effective Cloud Storage and Preservation Services
- Dell and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Create Preservation Archive with Open Source Fedora Repository Software
- Last Chance to Become a DuraSpace Sponsor
- Help Define Levels for Digital Preservation: Request for Public Comments
- DuraCloud Helps to Ensure Future of World's Largest Archive of Social Science Data & Historic North Carolina Materials
- Webinars/Podcasts/Courses:
- Upcoming
- Series Three: Get a Head on Your Repository with Hydra End-to-End Solutions - Sept/Oct
- DuraCloud Brown Bag - Oct 31
- Gathering interest for future @mire webinars. Feel free to complete these surveys:
- Getting Started with DSpace
- DSpace 3.0 related topics
- Events
- PASIG in Dubin, Ireland, Oct 17-19
- Open Access Week Oct 22-28
- Euro Med 2012 in Lemesos, Cyprus Oct 29-Nov 3
- 2012 Digital Library Federation Forum in Denver, Colorado, Nov 4-5
- Berlin 10 Open Access in Stellenbosch, South Africa, Nov 6-8
- EDUCAUSE in Denver, Colorado, Nov 6-9
- Berlin 10 Open Access Conference in Stellenbosch, South Africa, Nov 6-8,
- 6th International Conference on Metadata and Semantic Research in Cádiz, Spain, Nov 29-30
- Coalition for Networked Information Fall Membership Meeting in Washington DC Dec 10-11
Minutes
1) News/info ?
2) Testathon help
- biggest changes in 3.0
- Discovery changes - will be the default interface - regardless of using JSP or XML, although changes aren't identical there are common feature enhancements which will be documented
- new version of OAI - should be backward comptable
- what features would be most helpful for DCAT to review?
- Discovery - exercising all functions, try a bunch of searches or different passes through the interface - try to find specific content, exercising facets, noting any errors or behavior
- documentation
- check for completion, accuracy, - make note on JIRA ticket for that feature - or ask Tim Donohue for access to improve docs - flag problems
- stats enhancements - (what is admin access on demo?)
- "new features" and "improvements" on 3.0 Release Notes page
- how to / logistics
- will start tomorrow or Thurs and run through Fri Oct 19
- email out to the community, including instructions, links and demo DSpace account login and password
- backend changes can't be tested unless you download a test version yourself
- if a new feature is confusing / don't understand it from the interface or documentation - then provide that feedback - ideally in the original JIRA issue or send an email to dspace-release@lists.sourceforge.net (Jim validated that this is what he usually does)
- run through your (your team's) common tasks - make sure everything works as expected
- Potentially getting general computer scientists involved from your institution (Amy says there is some discussion/intention about this at the University of Missouri)
3) Updating DC status
- Good discussion last month in DCAT mtg, but not much of an asynchronous follow up discussion - how can we best move this forward?
- Amy: need to chat with cmtrs about limitations
- Maureen: need more clarity of what direction we should go before taking w/cmtrs
- Proposed process
- 1) draft a proposal on updating DC from DC sub-team (Sarah P., Amy, Maureen, Maura) - identify key areas to address for the update, identify proposed direction forward along with the benefits/drawbacks/outstanding questions for cmtrs and DCAT, should include:
- 2) hold targeted DCAT discussion - for December DCAT mtg have targeted discussion about the proposal - validating / revising DC sub-team's proposal - Val to poll DCAT to see if everyone is available on Dec 18 or if we need to re-schedule
- 3) revise proposal based on DCAT discussion
- 4) discuss proposal with developers/cmtrs to understand limitations/pain points
- 5) revise proposal based on developer/cmtrs feedback
- 6) hold discussion / allow for feedback on proposal by DSpace community - and maybe the broader repository community
4) JIRA workflow improvements
- useful improvements that should make it easier to understand what needs to be done on JIRA issues
- more tweaks coming before implementing - more feedback welcomed (email Tim) - will discuss in detail at a later point
5) Topic for developer overlap mtg
- too early for DC discussion
- priority for developers on 3.0 release, forgo overlap for Oct and possibly Nov unless something comes up
6) Topic for Thurs/Fri discussion
Actions Items from this meeting
Action Item | Assignee | Deadline |
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test new features / improvements and provide feedback | ALL | Oct 19 |
draft a proposal on updating DC from DC sub-team | Sarah P., Amy, Maureen, Maura | Dec 1 |
poll DCAT to see if everyone is available on Dec 18 | Val | Oct 12 |
contact each DCAT discussion leader to identify status on their issues on the 2013 DCAT Discussion Schedule | Val | Oct 19 |
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