All, I wanted to send out a note regarding our discussion in yesterday's DSpace Services Framework Special Topic Mtg, for those who were unable to attend.
Yesterday, Mark Diggory led us in discussion of the DSpace Services Framework -- in particular, how it is used in 1.6.x and other areas we could begin to use it in the future (1.7 and beyond). This discussion was extremely informative (thanks Mark!), and I encourage everyone to read through my Meeting Notes and the Full Transcript: http://wiki.dspace.org/confluence/display/DSPACE/DevMtg+2010-05-26+-+DSpace+Services+Framework Also look at the main wiki page for this work: http://wiki.dspace.org/confluence/display/DSPACE/DSpace+Services+Framework The main resolution we all came to was the this work seems promising. However, before officially voting on this as a future direction, I'd like to give us all a few weeks to "dig in" further and make up our own minds. *Your Homework* Over the next few weeks, I'd like *all committers* and interested, active developers to take a closer look at the DSpace Services Framework code and design. In our Developer Meeting on *Wednesday, June 9,* I'd like us to try and come to a consensus on a path forward regarding this DSpace Services Framework. This doesn't have to be a simple "yes" or "no" answer. (For example: If you find that you like most of it, but disapprove of a few key areas, that's also perfectly fine -- just write up your thoughts in an email or on the wiki). I also encourage more public discussion (i.e. on dspace-devel) of this DSpace Services Framework over the next few weeks as we all begin to dig further into the code/concepts. As you learn, also feel free to help improve on the wiki page/documentation for us all. Please, ask questions, post your doubts/constructive criticism, and post what you like/dislike. The more public we can make this discussion, the better off we will be going forward. Thanks all! I look forward to the discussion! Tim Donohue Technical Lead for DSpace Project DuraSpace.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Dspace-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-devel
