Hey folks:
Pursuant to the first of these calls, does anyone know of a public instance
running any version of DSpace with an exposed REST API (any flavor)?
It might be useful for analytic or educatoinal purposes.
Thanks,
Richard
On Feb 14, 2013, at 10:10 AM, Tim Donohue wrote:
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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