2016-04-18

Time

Item

Who

Notes

5 min

Roll call

All

5 min

Thanks to TAC members for recent listserv contributions:

• Answering questions on the listserv

• Code, documentation and bug reporting contributions

@Sally Vermaaten (Unlicensed), all

Thanks to TAC members who have helped out colleagues and/or contributed to email list discussion since our March TAC call:

• @Noah Huffman

• @Patrick Galligan (Unlicensed)

• @Phillip Suda (Unlicensed)

• @Kari S. (Unlicensed)
  
  

And thanks to TAC members and others who have assisted with specific testing of some facets of the process for converting ArchivesSpace instance to the new container model:

5 min

Program update

ArchivesSpace Program:

• Development:  

  • Distributed release candidate on 4/15/2015

  • User documentation completed

  • Guidelines for preparing, converting, and reviewing are ready (https://github.com/archivesspace/archivesspace/blob/master/UPGRADING_1.5.0.md)
    
    

•  Training: 

  • George Eastman Museum, 3 days of consulting, March 16-18.

  • Keystone Library Network, webinars 1-3 completed
    
    

• Conferences / Presentations:

  • New England Archivists, April 1

  • Society of California Archivists, April 8

15 min

Committer Oversight sub-team update

@Terry Reese (Unlicensed)

Have just started a code review of NYU location management additions to core code - aim to complete review by 22 April.

There was a brief discussion about Hudson Molonglo's code base being out of sync with the main ASpace branch. @Esmé Cowles (Unlicensed) created a fork and @Mark Cooper (Unlicensed) reported that he had success with a clean rebase to should make it easier to isolate the location management changes.

Technical documentation sub-team update

@Ann Cooper (Unlicensed)

The group has completed a review of topics of discussion in 2015 on the Member listserv to identify and cull the most frequently asked questions and answers.

Features Prioritization sub-team update

No April sprint so team did not meet.

Testing sub-team update

No April sprint so team did not meet.

Migration sub-team update

Group is working on a schematron import validator, detailed spec for a feature to add a schematron validator to the application and Archon FAQ. They also are discussing default 'publish' status on import / export and what the group can do in the coming year to support EAD 3 in the application.

Bug Wrangler sub-team update

 @Mark Cooper (Unlicensed)

Bug Wranglers are waiting for stable v.1.5 release.

Integrations sub-team update

 @Max Eckard (Unlicensed)

No update - will be having their call in the next 1 - 2 weeks.

5 min

Upcoming release and what TAC can do to help

@BradleyW (Unlicensed)

Test release on your data; share your results - positive or negative.

Critically read and feed back on documentation.

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Do we want to shift general TAC calls to every 2 months?

@Sally Vermaaten (Unlicensed)

There was support amongst a few call members for shifting from a monthly call to a call every 2 months.

ACTION - Sally to follow up about this question via email so the group can weigh in.

5 min

Open floor announcements / questions

Anyone with a discussion point or question

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Next meeting time - Monday, May 15 - @Former user (Deleted) on deck for notes

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