June 6, 2014
Connect
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Attendees
Mike Friscia (Yale - Facilitator)
Chris Awre (Hull - Notetaker)
Robin Ruggaber (UVa)
Richard Green (Hull)
Steven Anderson (BPL)
Rick Johnson (Notre Dame)
Linda Newman (Cincinnati)
Mark Notess (Indiana)
Julie Rutter (Northwestern)
Agenda & Notes
Roll Call
Welcome New Folks
No one was new to the call on this occasion
Call for Agenda Items
Next Call
Date: July 11th
Facilitator: Steven Anderson
Notetaker: Linda Newman
Architectural oversight of Hydra core
Item on agenda as follow-up to last call
Tom to distribute notes from discussions in Stanford in April – Chris to follow-up on this
Focus of architectural work is on Fedora 4 at the moment
Work on Hydramata has highlighted aspects that feed into Hydra architecture
Noted that discussion will be ongoing – keep it on agenda as a reminder
Standing Community to-do's
Reports back
Hydra Camp, May 6-9 Minneapolis (and Hydra Camp, Dublin, 8-11 April)
Deferred – no one at the camp present
Next Partner and dev-centric meetings
OR2014
The large range of talks related to Hydra was noted, particularly in the plenary conference. A leaflet listing all has been created for distribution. The talks are also listed on the Events page
Hydra has a table, but staffing this needs arranging. Chris will create a sign-up sheet. Need to clarify where the table is and likely need for staffing.
Hydra Connect #2, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio: 9/30-10/3/2014 – see Hydra Connect 2 - Fall 2014
FYI: Ticket price is $55 and booking should open in the next 48 hours - details at Hydra Connect 2 - Fall 2014
Discounted hotel rates are available between now and 28 August - details and booking link on the same page
Emphasis was placed on the hotel deadline date
Training
Hydra Camp fall 2014 (Boston?)
Princeton are confirming.
Yale offered to act as back-up if required.
Projects & Working Groups
Hydramata Update
Three amigos triage, involving key staff, is being put in place to aid sprint planning. Still open on team size for sprints.
Re-architecture discussions. OR 2014 Fedora Interest Group talk will address this. Quite different architecture being proposed. Looking at how tightly ActiveFedora is tied to Rails layer. Trying to minimise number of calls to Fedora and Rails. General look to break things up more for flexibility.
Hydramata has been complex. Working through it has been beneficial to all involved, as has previous experience
Are lessons learned being documented? Agreed that it would be good to share these. Avalon is another example of such collaborative experience it would be good to share this experience. A panel at OR2014 will share some of the lessons, focusing on agile development techniques.
Hydramata Directors are talking next week to agree on re-architecture roadmap timing
Hydra RDF WG updates (if any)
No update
Hydra Archivists WG updates (if any)
No update
Hydra UX – Sending the emails to different lists is useful for different audiences
Hydra Digital Preservation WG kicking off at OR2014 next Wednesday
Robin and Rob Sanderson are working on guidelines for both working groups and interest groups – these will be surfaced at Connect
Strategic Plan
Stanford to-do list now created and being actioned. Hope to share in the near future for comment.
Status of information gathering on Fedora 3 -> Fedora 4 transitions (Migration messaging)
No update
The topic relates to a need to clarify messages about Hydra and Fedora 4
Chris Beer demo of Hydra over Fedora 4 at OR2014
Andrew Woods workshop at Connect
Prospective Partner Intel Sharing
Links to other sites were raised for information