Just a reminder that the DSpace Futures call on "DSpace and Hydra" is
today at 12:00pm Eastern (17:00 UTC). Details and dial-in info is below.
Meeting notes will be available later if you are unable to attend the
discussion.
- Tim
Begin forwarded message:
*From: *Valorie Hollister <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
*Subject: **DSpace Futures Calls*
*Date: *February 14, 2013 7:58:01 AM EST
*To: *[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>,
[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>,
[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
/Apologies for the cross-posting/
Dear DSpace Community,
Last month DuraSpace shared a report on the current "State of DSpace"
following a series of phone calls with sponsors, committers, DCAT
members, and service providers (http://www.duraspace.org/dspace-futures).
Among the many themes that emerged from these discussions, we have
identified three in particular that generated broad interest. We would
like to schedule follow-up conference calls for each of them in the
next few weeks. These topics, if they are to evolve into actionable
initiatives, will require active community participation and
leadership. If your institution would like to become involved, we
invite you and your colleagues to participate in the discussions that
interest you:
*REST API / Repository Abstraction Layer*. A number of people on the
calls felt that DSpace would benefit considerably from the creation of
its own full-featured REST API. This API would permit more flexible
and agile UI development and would ease integration with third-party
tools and applications.
A call to discuss the REST API is scheduled for Wednesday, February
27, at 2:00pm EST (19:00 UTC). Participants may want to review two
third-party APIs in advance of the call:
* Hedtek's DSpace REST API: https://github.com/hedtek/dspace-rest
* Wijiti's DSpace REST API: https://github.com/wijiti/dspace-rest-api
To join this call, dial +1 209.647.1600, participant code 117433#.
*DSpace and Hydra*. This discussion ranged from a vision of a DSpace
Hydra head--one that would duplicate DSpace functionality using the
Hydra framework (Ruby on Rails, Solr, Blacklight, Fedora)--to related
variations such as Hydra front-end development on top of the DSpace
back-end. Hydra Project partners are invited to attend this call, as
well.
A call to discuss DSpace and Hydra is scheduled for Friday, March 1,
at 12:00pm EST (17:00 UTC). To join this call, dial +1 209.647.1600,
participant code 117433#.
*Metadata Improvements.* Metadata enhancement was one of the issues
frequently raised in our telephone conversations. Coincidentally, the
DSpace Community Advisory Team (DCAT) was already working on a
proposal to improve the metadata support based on results of an
earlier community-wide survey
(https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Proposal+to+Update+QDC+Registry+and+Add+DCTERMS+Registry).
As the starting point for enhanced metadata support, DCAT is creating
a proposal that would lay the foundation for future improvements by
updating the existing Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) schema to
the current Qualified Dublin Core (QDC) standard. The proposal also
includes some suggestions for improving the protection of the schema
standards as well as laying the groundwork for some added flexibility
to add other standards. In folding this work into the DSpace Futures
initiative, DCAT is hopeful everyone with an interest in improving
metadata support in DSpace will get involved with the effort.
A call to discuss DSpace metadata improvements is scheduled for
Wednesday, March 20 at 4:00pm EDT (20:00 UTC). To join this call, dial
+1 209.647.1600, participant code 117433#.
There is no need to register in advance for these calls. We will
publish notes after each meeting for those who are interested but
cannot attend.
We look forward to speaking with you,
Michele Kimpton
Chief Executive Officer
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Jonathan Markow
Chief Strategy Officer
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Tim Donohue
DSpace Technical Lead
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Valorie Hollister
Director of Community Programs
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
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