Attendees

Amy Lana - University of Missouri
Bram Luyten - @mire
Elin Stangeland - Cambridge University Library
Iryna Kuchma - eIFL.net
Jim Ottaviani - University of Michigan
Sarah Shreeves - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Valorie Hollister - DuraSpace

Time

• 10:00am Eastern/14:00 UTC

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Discussion Topics

Discussion Notes/References

2) Debrief on Committer/DCAT mtg at OR13

• when through requirement on SHARE proposal - whether they were easy/difficult to implement - not so far fetched and DSpace could be a good candidate - 
• not so much discussion on DSpace 4 - most institutions are trying to sort out what can be done in time - uknown whether updates on SWORD interface, improved mobile access
• will be Dspace 3.2 out soon - bug fixes, security issue with JSP
• metadata improvements - cmtrs understand concept, general agreement that we need to do it, will be some pain points for upgrading

3)  Debrief on metadata improvements discussion at OR13 - next steps?

Notes from Val:

• embark on some educational webinars/resources
  
  • community needs best practices of how to make metadata changes - where, how - to maximize interoperability and keep schemas pure
  • community needs some education on what will happen after lockdown
• need to solicit specific help from community
  
  • need DC expert to help with crosswalk
  • need help determining what metadata, if anything, should be moved to the "admin schema"
  • need help identifying and addressing the affected areas: input forms, item pages, browse pages
  • need to develop/revise UI screens - agree what's included and create UI screens for other tasks

Notes from Sarah:

• My sense from the two discussions of our metadata proposal at OR (Monday developer meeting and Friday community discussion) was that there is definite support for the proposal. There are also real challenges to implementation. One community member on Friday noted that the technical challenges around the proposal are evidence for the real need for its implementation— changes need to be made to metadata in Dspace that will smooth future transitions. Some other suggestions we heard focused on documentation, the need to make the addition of new schemas easier, the need for a standard namespace URI for a local schema, emphasis on using existing schema rather than inventing solutions (this came up in the discussion about the potential use of PREMIS in the to-be-developed admin schema), the possibly of a tool that would show how making a migration change in metadata might affect other operations like indexes, crosswalks, etc., steps for locking down DC, and the potential addition of a standard ETD-MS schema. I'll add these suggestions with more detail to the wiki.

General DCAT agreement that an education component of the metadata project could be helpful in getting people interested, Val start discussion/wiki page to brainstorm out ideas: Metadata Project Next Steps

4) New JIRA issues

Bram working on DS-1583 to make translations easier, Bram to publish msg to community to promote effort and seek input/help  

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