Meeting Purpose
Discuss STAC Community updates, upcoming sprint planning, and address open issues.
Key Takeaways
- STAC Community Sprint in Rome planning underway; 10 priority invitations submitted
- Discussions on STAC profiles, roadmap, and ZAR extension development in progress
- Debate on splitting free text search extension; no consensus reached, to be escalated to PSC
- CF conventions extension needs refinement to focus on search-relevant metadata
Topics
STAC Community Sprint Planning
- 10 priority invitations submitted for Rome sprint
- Preliminary agenda draft expected by end of week
- Potential overlap with CZAR Summit being explored
- Focus on keeping STAC sprint independent while allowing for cross-group collaboration
STAC Profiles and Roadmap Development
- Julia drafting STAC profiles concept as layer between extensions
- Matt Hanson collaboration on STAC roadmap to begin
- Exploration of EOPF sample service and CZAR/STAC outputs ongoing
- Discussion on appropriate abstraction level for profiles (e.g., Earth Systems Model, satellite imagery)
ZAR Extension and Stack Browser Updates
- Julia created ZAR extension, considering move to STAC extensions for visibility
- Stack Browser Release 3.3.5 out; ORStack branch merged (OpenLayers integration)
- Stack Node Validator demo page created at
stackcheck.mojio.it
Free Text Search Extension Debate
- Ongoing discussion about splitting basic and advanced variants
- Concerns about compatibility and user expectations
- No consensus reached; to be escalated to PSC for decision
CF Conventions Extension Refinement
- Current proposal may exceed STAC's scope for metadata
- Need to focus on search-relevant metadata rather than complete dataset description
- Suggestion to slim down CF extension and utilize custom queryables for specific use cases
FIBOA and Fields of the World Data Clarification
- FIBOA datasets are full conversions of original sources
- Fields of the World data is a curated subset meeting specific quality requirements
- README updates needed to clarify relationship between FIBOA, FTW, and related projects
Next Steps
- Emmanuel to consolidate sprint agenda draft and share for subgroup organization
- Julia to share STAC profiles write-up and begin STAC roadmap discussions
- Matthias to address Stack Browser feedback and consider NPM package renaming
- Team to provide input on free text search extension PR for PSC decision
- Emmanuel to draft response on CF conventions extension refinement
- Michelle to update Fields of the World README with clarified FIBOA information
