Present: Ron Jantz (chair), Dave Hoover, Samuel McDonald, Lynn S. Mullins, Robert E. Nahory, Jeffrey Triggs, Karen Wenk (recorder), Tom Frusciano, Anne Butman, Ann Montanaro, Michael Giarlo, and Yu Yang
Review of DAWG priorities:
1. Architecture priorities:
- Continuing architecture discussion for the digital repository as well as entering implementation phase for IMLS grant.
- Raise priorities for implementation of authentication (shibboleth) and CNRI Handle.
- Identify other content to ingest: Electronic NJ (which is tied to the IMLS grant), electronic journals (as they develop), and some discussion of including e-reserves, which would raise issues of authentication and permanence.
2. Infrastructure priorities:
- Authentication: Shibboleth used on MIC project.
- Mass storage: Need to go out to bid with different vendors.
- Server registry: more discussion is needed.
- Transfer of SCC databases to RUL: CamdenBase transfer is complete and the next transfer will be Past Masters collection in SGML format. Brian Hancock is the SCC contact.
3. Implementation
- DAWG will focus on implementation of Fedora in support of the IMLS grant.
- RUL will be a partner in Fedora along with University of Virginia, Tufts, and Northwestern. A meeting at University of Virginia is planned for May 12th and 13th to discuss partnership status.
Metadata:
We need deep thought about the underlying database:
Discussion of the underlying scheme that can hold metadata ingested using a variety of schema. It appears to be impossible and not desirable to map everything to one single scheme. MPEG7 may have to be expanded as other metadata schemas are introduced.
OpenURL (Ann Montanaro)
RUL Committee charged to look at OpenURL: Marty Kessleman, Myoung Wilson, Mary Page and Ann Montanaro have been looking at several vendor products. There will be demonstrations on May 14 and 21 of EBSCO and SIRSI products. DAWG members are urged to attend. Discussion followed about how OpenURL works as well as the possibility of looking at a total open source option or hybrid solution. Ann will raise this with the RUL committee.
Digital Object Workflow discussion:
Chart created thinking mainly of IMLS but also generic application
Comments:
Standards, quality control and a process for putting digital objects where they can be preserved and accessed with uniform metadata are needed.
Discussion of Fedora disseminators and how we can ingest objects with complex structure and hierarchy
Discussion of Graphical User Interface for ingest
Web portal: We will need multiple portals for different classes of users
Month 0: Target of October, 2003 for preliminary working model of Fedora for IMLS
Assignments:
Digital imaging standards and procedures:
Isaiah Beard, Sam McDonald, Ann Montanaro, and Judy Gardner
Digital imaging workflow:
Patrick Huey, Kalavani, Jeffery Triggs and Yu Yang
Ingest GUI:
Jeffery Triggs, Yu Yang, Patrick Huey
Authentication:
Dave Hoover, Michael Giarlo, Judy Gardner
CNRI Handle:
Michael Giarlo, Karen Wenk
Federated Search (formerly cross repository search):
Jeffery Triggs
Web Portal for IMLS:
Patrick Huey (as part of IMLS web portals team)
Complex objects:
Bob Nahory, Lynn Mullins
Other Business:
Ann Montanaro will take over as and co-chair when Ron Jantz is on sabbatical (July 1- December 31, 2003.)
Anne Butman will chair the DAWG Infrastructure subgroup.
Next recorders: Yang, Butman, Frusciano
Next meeting early June. Ron Jantz will send email with possible dates.
