Fedora Newsletter, October 2020
David Wilcox
News
Now Available: Annual Report
The 2019-2020 Fedora Annual Report is now available. Thanks to all who contributed content for the report. Highlights include progress toward Fedora 6.0 and migrations from previous versions, along with spotlights of important collections in Fedora repositories around the world.
IMLS Grant Update: Fedora Migration Paths and Tools
Work on the IMLS-funded Fedora Migration Paths and Tools project began this month with two pilot kick-off meetings: University of Virginia and Whitman College. The grant team met with each pilot institution to establish roles, responsibilities, goals, and timelines. The project plans are still being finalized, but you can follow the public GitHub project boards to keep track of progress on the pilots. In October the focus will be on preparing the University of Virginia's Fedora 3 data for migration, as well as progress toward a verification utility. Stay tuned for further updates!
Fedora Sprints
A Fedora sprint took place September 7 - 11. The outcomes include:
- Progress toward Fedora 4 & 5 → Fedora 6 migration (upgrade-utils)
- Integration of fcrepo-storage-ocfl into core
- Fedora API Alignment
- Prefer header (inbound references)
- Progress toward direct and indirect container support
Through December of 2020 we will be holding one-week-long Fedora 6 mini-sprints during the first week of each month.
This will allow for consistent progress towards the Fedora 6 release, as well as a clear schedule for you to plan towards participating on sprints. If you miss one month, you can join the next!
The current sprint takes place October 5-9 with the following goals:
- Add version upgrade from F4→F5 to complete F4→F6 migration path
- Amazon S3 Support
- Complete implementation of direct containers
- Improve instrumentation for identifying and troubleshooting bottlenecks
Please add your name to any of the upcoming sprint dates on the wiki.
Activities in Related Communities
Islandora
- A successful ISLE release party was held
- Several new Islandora 8 committers were added: Jordan Dukart, Bryan Brown, Alexander O'Neill, and Debbie Flitner
- The Documentation Interest Group (DIG) was re-established
Samvera
- Heather Greer Klein is the new Samvera Community Manager
- A new Hyku for Consortia blog post is available
Oxford Common File Layout
The latest OCFL community meeting took place on September 9. Notes from the call are available online. The meeting focused on editorial updates, including the proposed extensions review and merge policy, and reconsidering 'range' for string parameters. The next community call will take place on October 14th.
Conferences and events
In an attempt to simplify the task of keeping up with Fedora-related meetings and events, a Fedora calendar is available to the community as HTML and iCal .
If you have not already joined the fedora-project Slack workspace please start by visiting the self-registration form. Come join the conversation!
Access
Access is Canada’s premier library technology conference bringing librarians, technicians, developers, programmers, and managers together to discuss cutting-edge library technologies. It will take place online October 9-23. The program features a talk about Fedora and the Oxford Common File Layout.
Samvera Connect
Samvera Connect is a chance for the Samvera Community to come together with an emphasis on synchronizing efforts, technical development, plans, and community links. This year's conference takes place online October 22-28.
Membership
Fedora is funded entirely through the contributions of members that allocate their annual funding to Fedora. This funding supports full-time staff to work on Fedora and provide technical leadership, direct strategic planning, organize community outreach, and coordinate timely software releases. Membership also provides opportunities to participate in project governance and influence the direction of the software. If your institution is not yet a member in support of Fedora, please join us today!
Register Your Repository
Is your repository listed in the registry? Help us maintain reliable information on the community of Fedora users around the world by registering your repository today. You can also request an update to an existing entry by selecting your entry and filling out the online form.
Get Involved
Fedora is designed, built, used, and supported by the community. An easy and important way that you can contribute to the effort is by helping resolve outstanding bugs. If you have an interest in gaining a better understanding of the Fedora code base, or a specific interest in any of these bugs, please add a comment to a ticket and we can work together to move your interest forward.
