Attendees

• Unknown User (escowles@ucsd.edu)
• Michael J. Giarlo
• Kevin S. Clarke
• David Lacy
• A. Soroka
• Chris Beer
• Michael Durbin
• Greg Jansen
• Benjamin Armintor

Talk Proposal (Submitted)

Behold Fedora 4: The Incredible Shrinking Repository!

• One repository contains untold numbers of digital objects and powers many Hydra and Islandora apps
• It speaks RDF, but contains no triplestore! (triplestores sold separately, SPARQL Update may be involved, some restrictions apply)
• Flexible enough to tie itself in knots implementing storage and access control policies
• Witness feats of strength and scalability, with dramatically increased performance and clustering
• Plumb the depths of bottomless hierarchies, and marvel at the metadata woven into the very fabric of the repository
• Ponder the paradox of ingesting large files by not ingesting them
• Be amazed as Fedora 4 swallows other systems whole (including Fedora 3 repositories)
• Watch novice developers setup Fedora 4 from scratch, with just a handful of incantations to Git and Maven

The Fedora Commons Repository is the foundation of many digital collections, e-research, digital library, archives, digital preservation, institutional repository and open access publishing systems.  This talk will focus on how Fedora 4 improves core repository functionality, adds new features, maintains backwards compatibility, and addresses the shortcomings of Fedora 3.

Pre-Conference Proposal Ideas

1. Fedora 3 to 4 Upgrade - Unknown User (escowles@ucsd.edu) (+1 David Lacy) (+1 Kevin S. Clarke) (+1 Ed Fugikawa)
2. Attendee-driven/unconference - Unknown User (escowles@ucsd.edu) (+1 Kevin S. Clarke)
3. Install Fedora4 on AWS - Benjamin Armintor
   
   1. Docker?
   2. Puppet?
4. Technical dive - Michael J. Giarlo