Apologies for the cross-posting -
Ithaca, NY Many in the DSpace community are aware of the DSpace Global
Outreach Committee's (DGOC) efforts over the past few years. With the guidance
and support of the DuraSpace organization, the DGOC has developed several
resources for the community. Most recently the launch of the monthly e-forum
hosted last week by Alice Platt, was designed by DGOC member Ronee Francis. The
most notably DGOC project was the expanded user registry, which provides a
browse/search of the DSpace user community database based on various criteria.
The DGOC has also helped to pull together some of the large DSpace user group
meetings. For more about the DGOC accomplishments, you can visit their wiki
page.
Development Proccess Proposals
Last summer in collaboration with the DSpace Committers, the DGOC authored a
proposal for a new community group that would have more direct involvement with
the DSpace development process. As agreed to by the Committers, the goal of the
new group would be to
1) Provide the community an opportunity to have direct input on new features in
future DSpace releases
2) Provide support to the Committer group in producing releases
More information about the various proposals are available on the wiki.
DGOC Transition
Over the past few months the DGOC has been working on behalf of the community
and the Committers to design a process to facilitate the above goals. In this
effort, it became clear that while the DGOC's previous activities centered
around community resource development, that the biggest need in the community
was helping to facilitate the development process. As a result, rather than
start another seperate project group, the DGOC, in consultation with the
Committers, has decided to reconstitute itself into the new group, called the
DSpace Community Advisory Team (DCAT).
DCAT Begins
DCAT started this month reviewing new feature requests from the DSpace
community issue/feature tracking tool, JIRA. The aim is to review all new
feature requests in JIRA and facilitate community-wide discussions on those
requests that appear to have the broadest appeal or would have the biggest
impact for the community. Part of the goal of the community discussion is not
only to solicit more feedback and gather specific requirements, but also to
find project groups or stakeholders who could work on the development of the
features. You can see the first few issues that have been reviewed by DCAT on
the new wiki-based DSpace discussion forum. DCAT anticipates using this same
wiki discussion forum for the community-wide discussions and anyone in the
community should feel free to add their thoughts. Announcements and updates
about the community discussions will be posted regularly to the mailing lists.
The community should note that there is currently over 40 new feature requests
in JIRA and it will take the DCAT several months to optimize their review
process and get through the backlog.
DCAT Membership
While all the existing DGOC members will now serve on DCAT, the group would
very much welcome new members. The time commitment is minimal and most of the
work can be done asynchronously via email and wiki/JIRA postings. More
specifics about the member activities are on the wiki. This is a great
opportunity for non-developers to get involved with the community and be a part
of the development process. In an effort to represent the breadth of the
world-wide DSpace community, DCAT is specifically interested in recruiting
members from Europe and Asia.
New Feature Request Process
For anyone who would like to learn about how to make a new feature request and
what the general process is for new feature development, please visit the wiki
page that describes the process and provides helpful information and
suggestions.
Feedback
As always your feedback is welcomed! Please contact Valorie Hollister at
vhollis...@duraspace.org if you are interested in getting involved with DCAT or
have any questions/feedback.
Valorie Hollister
Director of Community Programs
DuraSpace
vhollis...@duraspace.org
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