Samvera Community Wiki
Metadata Call 2020-08-25
Time: 3:00-4:00pm Eastern
Call-in Info: https://unc.zoom.us/j/211033358?pwd=WERUdnBWeHRqRVBRMmlOVWU3SlN0QT09
Moderator(s): @Nora Zimmerman and @Anna Goslen
Notetaker: @Nora Zimmerman
Community Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O9J1Hwt0z0YUfQa1rQXlgl0bMvBLCfUFqCuYwcNdJOw/
Attendees:
Anna Goslen (UNC Chapel Hill)
Julie Hardesty (Indiana University)
Annamarie Klose (Ohio State University)
Rebecca Pattillo (University of Louisville)
Nora Egloff (Lafayette)
Sarah Seymore (University of Oregon)
Gretchen Gueguen (PALCI)
Ryan Wick (Oregon State University)
Emily Stenberg (Washington University in STL)
Agenda:
Subgroup Reports
URI Selection Working Group
Ryan: no updates from this WG
Geo Predicates Working Group
no one from this group on the call; is this WG on hiatus?
Controlled Vocabularies Decision Tree Working Group
Julie: Decision Tree document is in good shape for review by SMIG members. Spreadsheet is also in a shareable place. The WG is on track for completing work by Samvera Connect as scheduled.
Hyrax Metadata Application Profile Documentation Review Working Group
Met Aug 13. Looking at testing and development of Hyrax 3 to see if any changes to MAP needed. A few changes related to title & alternative title. Looked at pages in the knowledge base, considering where things can go, ex. Linking to output from M3. Next meeting Sept 16.
Roadmap Council Update (Jen Young)
We will be interviewing the three candidates for Samvera Community Manager over the next week.
Also changing name to Roadmaps Alignment Group - more info coming soon.
Issues/Questions
Nurax QA testing has a spreadsheet for sign-up, which is being organized by Maria Whitaker. They are looking for volunteers to test end-user search and discovery (among other things) in different browsers for the Hyrax 3 release candidates.
Anna: has anyone gotten a WikiData or local WikiBase-like directory to work e.g. for an advisor field?
Ryan & Julie: Running a local Wikibase *is* theoretically an option, there have been some articles about this although not necessarily from Samvera-land. If there is any sort of linked data SPARQL endpoint then QA should be able to call it up.
Topics
Review of Controlled Vocabulary (CV) Decision Tree draft
Written up in a way with the intention of walking people through decision points in their content management systems that could flag the need for a controlled vocabulary. Also how to look for and evaluate controlled vocabularies.
The WG is still building up the ‘Further Reading’ list and would appreciate recommendations from metadata practitioners in the community
Review of spreadsheet of CV options
Intended as resource to help folks locate controlled vocabularies and gather options that are useful for certain subjects or communities, especially for marginalized groups
Columns indicate different criteria for evaluation of the CV
Are there other venues that might be good places to share/publish (Code4Lib community, DLF?)
Julie will send out an email to the metadata list to solicit additional feedback once the feedback from today’s discussion is integrated
Next Call : September 22, 2020 3-4pm Eastern