2023-11-16 TAC meeting notes

5 min

Attendance ice breaker

@Rachel Searcy

Icebreaker: Memorable piece of conference swag?

5 minutes

Program Update

@Christine Di Bella

• Interviews are in process

• Latest release of ASpace is moving forward

  • Due to timing of work coming in and testing, unclear on when new version will be coming. Likely 2024 rather than 2023.

• Dates for Virtual Member Forum. Call for presentations coming. Encouraged to participate on planning or presenting.

10 min

Sub-team Updates

Development Prioritization:
@Matt Strauss

Integrations:
@Elizabeth Dunham

Metadata Standards:
@Kevin Clair

Technical Documentation:
@Jenna Silver

Testing:
@Austin Munsell

• Development Prioritization:

  • Reviewed 4 bug reports and 3 feature requests (Passed=5, Awaiting more Info=2)

  • Discussed outreach ideas; potential presentation at Member Forum

• Integrations:

  • Working on figuring out Google Drive content

• Metadata Standards:

  • @Diane Biunno has agreed to be Vice Lead! Thank you!

  • Discussion about what their group may do for Virtual Member Forum in the spring

• Technical Documentation:

  • Established a pull request calendar.

  • Defined and approved lead/vice lead roles. Continuing discussion on what skills are helpful for these roles.

  • Discussing API endpoint authentication.

• Testing:

  • Testing team is currently working on a batch of 14 Jira tickets.

  • Eagerly anticipating full regression testing for 3.5.0 in the near future.

10 min

TAC Business

@Rachel Searcy

• Thanks to Kate and Kevin for responding to questions on the listserv!

• Quarterly Report to the Governance Board contributions due November 17

• Any sub-teams interested in pairing up with Member Engagement (UAC) for their December mixer on December 12 at 12pm EST? Contact Mary Pedraza.

  • “Your presentation can be as formal or informal as you wish. In previous years, we have had sub-teams present on how the community can get involved in your work, whether that is engaging with existing channels or simply letting the community know your team exists!”

• Discussion topic: Interested in hearing more from an ArchivesSpace developer? What would you want to know more about?

  • Understanding how a ticket that seems simple can be complex in the architecture - maybe use a sample ticket

  • Any tips on submitting good, clear tickets?

  • How do they consider User Experience?

20-25 minutes

Paired breakout rooms

Sub-teams

Sub-teams paired up in breakout rooms to discuss common workflows, use cases, platform/tool best practices, etc.

Breakout 1: Integrations and TechDocs

Breakout 2: DevPri, Metadata, and Testing

3 min

Open Mic

Suggestions from open mic:

• 2 tracks of development work - bug fixes and new features, would it make sense for the developer talk to speak specifically about each of those?

• Breakouts useful for getting understanding of different steps in processes

2 min

Closing Notes

@Rachel Searcy

• Reminder to add to the Governance Board report November 17th.

• No December meeting!

• Next meeting: Thursday, January 18 at 1pm EST / 10am PST