Hello DSpace Community,
You may recall, in late 2015, we held a DSpace User Interface (UI)
Prototype Challenge. From our amazing developer community, we received a
total of nine UI prototype submissions, using a variety of technologies
(e.g. Java web frameworks, client side Javascript, Ruby on Rails).
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/DSpace+UI+Prototype+Challenge
*Video demos of UI prototypes / technologies*
In January and early February, each of the developers (or teams) who
submitted a UI prototype demoed their work to our DSpace UI Working
Group [1] and Committers [2]. These presentations consisted of a
demonstration/walkthrough of the prototype's technology/features (30
minutes), followed by general Q&A/discussion with attendees (30
minutes). All sessions were recorded and have been made available at:
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/DSpace+UI+Prototype+Challenge#DSpaceUIPrototypeChallenge-PrototypePresentationSchedule
*Public feedback on UI prototypes / technologies*
As of this week (Feb 8), we've begun the formal evaluation phase of
these UI technologies/prototypes. */To ensure all the voices in our
DSpace community are heard, we'd like to offer each of you the
opportunity to provide your institution's feedback into this evaluation
process./ *To this end, we've created a public evaluation form where we
are asking you to enter your thoughts or feedback on any of the proposed
technologies/platforms demonstrated in any of these prototypes.
Public Evaluation Form:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XWxEERh0UXCOo7LhocMMaqbY2u4b6oI11oWOjSp_aSQ/edit
*Please add your feedback to the Evaluation Form!
*The Evaluation Form has several tabs (sections), and /you and your
institution can provide as much or as little feedback as you desire.
Minimally, we recommend providing higher level thoughts/comments on the
"Technology Feedback" tab/. Anonymous feedback is also welcome (though
we'd prefer if you add your name/institution, in case we have followup
questions).
* The "Overview" tab summarizes the evaluation form, and provides the
timelines for making a decision on a new UI platform (those
timelines have been copied below for your reference).
* The "Technology Feedback" tab provides general (summary-level)
questions, which relate to the common themes/technologies presented
in these prototypes. This tab gives you an opportunity to comment on
things like the new UI technology (Java, client-side Javascript,
Ruby on Rails, etc) and higher level design choices.
* Following these two tabs, we have a single tab per UI Prototype,
which provides the opportunity to comment on specific prototype
ideas/concepts/technologies:
o At the top of each prototype tab is a "Public Comments" section
which is meant to collect any public, subjective thoughts on the
prototype's technologies as a whole.
o Below that is a "Criteria Scoring / Discussion" section, which
the UI Working Group has been using to begin to "score" each
prototype. You are welcome to provide your own feedback/scores
to this section as well.
As our community is so large and widespread, if possible, /we'd
recommend having only one person enter feedback per
institution/university/. We encourage you to discuss this within your
institution (and with any technology staff you have supporting your
DSpace installation).
/Any feedback entered into the Evaluation Form will be passed along to
our DSpace Steering Group and Leadership Groups when the final decision
is made. Therefore, if there's anything you want them (and us) to
consider during this process, please ensure it is entered in the
Evaluation Form./
*Evaluation Timeline / Schedule*
Our timeline for deciding on a UI platform is ambitious, so we'd ask
that you try to add your initial feedback as soon as you can (you are
welcome to enhance it later as needed).
* /Week of Feb 8-12:/ Begin collecting oral and written feedback on
prototypes, focusing on "Advantages, Concerns & Questions"
* /Week of Feb 15-19:/ Resolve pressing questions. Select a shortlist
of 2-3 architectures for consideration.
* /Week of Feb 22-26:/ Select no more than 2 finalist architectures,
which might include combinations of technologies from the various
prototypes
* /Week of Feb 29-March 4: /Select an architecture for recommendation;
validate it against our criteria (see evaluation form)
* /March 16-17:/ Presentation of recommended architecture to DSpace
Steering & Leadership groups at the DuraSpace Summit Meeting for
their feedback and/or approval.
Per the DSpace RoadMap [3], once the final decision is made, the new
User Interface will be developed and released in DSpace 7.0 (likely in
2017). This new UI will replace the existing XMLUI and JSPUI interfaces
as the single, out-of-the-box DSpace User Interface.
*Questions / Concerns?*
If you have questions or concerns during this process, please don't
hesitate to ask them on the mailing lists, and we'll ensure they get
answered. We are trying to keep this decision process as transparent as
we can. You are also welcome to keep an eye on the wiki page (linked
above) and Evaluation Form in the coming weeks, as we'll be keeping them
as up-to-date as possible as we narrow down the list of choices.
Thanks for your time and your feedback!
Sincerely,
Tim Donohue
[1] DSpace UI Working Group:
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/DSpace+UI+Working+Group
[2] DSpace Committers:
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/DSpace+Committers
[3] DSpace RoadMap: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/RoadMap
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Tim Donohue
Technical Lead for DSpace & DSpaceDirect
DuraSpace.org | DSpace.org | DSpaceDirect.org
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