2017-07-19 RDRIWG Virtual Meeting

Agenda

1. Summary from last time
2. Discussion
3. Next steps

Materials

[1] https://docs.google.com/document/d/13BBJ_G-eprhRadIwtDm-GY1duwP7SkrAf8aAvxF4jl0/edit?usp=sharing

[2] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VmmhNMl4ie5zqbCKkf3NDNRHtgdb2SgYF_cEn58zt7g/edit?usp=sharing

[3] https://docs.google.com/document/d/155lA2BcixTl-zwJHGfLkxsmg7WmQbBK00QWyP8QggkE/edit

Topic 1

• Aim for adoptable recommendation
• Start document for next deliverable (done)
• Created slack team for direct communication (done)
• Send around collection of data packaging formats for content exchange (done)

Topic 2

• Do we have preservation systems in mind, e.g. ApTrust (institutional preservation systems)?
  • https://github.com/NCSU-Libraries/APTrust-Bagit
  • Not primary, but they may also benefit from recommendations
  • If there are major differences, they could be covered in a follow up group
• Dat projects/IPFS
  • Lack of packaging description
  • Maybe extend use cases?
  • Existing use cases are challenging enough for this WG, maybe in follow up group
• BagIt usable for syntactic interoperability
• ORE + BagIt = next level to introduce semantics
• Invite DataOne or Research Objects people to group meetings?
  • Check primer for contacts
  • https://gitter.im/ResearchObject/ResearchObject
• BagIt and Datacite quite common and might be applicable to legacy platforms, so what about recommending:   
  • Generic bag + Datacite as minimum requirement (à positive feedback in round)
  • Define extension points for special needs, e.g. ORE
• TODO: Check existing packaging formats from list for applicability
• TODO: Put ideas about format description to the recommendations document 
• TODO: Try to invite adopters of packaging formats for information exchange

Topic 3

• Next meeting at 2 August 2017