2019.07.10 Community Meeting - OCFL/spec GitHub Wiki

Call-in Details

Welcome
Soliciting updates on implementations since Beta
- University of Technology Sydney implemented OCFL (ReDBox) without talking to editors to see if it could be done. (Spoiler: It was!)
- Archipelago: New York Consortium using OCFL (http://archipelago.nyc/)
- Invenio / Zenodo are looking at it
Feedback from Beta / Implementation plans
- Ben: Software for working with OCFL
  - Python? Could work with another language if necessary
- Aaron: Been on leave but will be getting back to the Go client
- Editors have been getting questions about versioning and clarifying how to version objects
- Feedback from Peter on RedBox: Was well written and could translate to code easily.
- Question about institutional planning:
  - Hopkins is exploring OCFL implementation. Fedora 6 client may require a Java implementation
  - Oxford is implementing export to OCFL objects
  - Emory is working with Hyrax and is looking forward to Oxford doing all the work. :)
  - Discussion on the Fedora 6 / Hyrax migration and impact on OCFL
  - Some interest in F3 to F6 migrations and pilot projects
Discussion of https://github.com/OCFL/spec/issues/351
- Proposal to add URIs and descriptions of ocfl_layout.json to the wiki
- Discussion will happen on the issue to open it up to broader input

Neil to contact NDSA group regarding openness of preservation storage in the "Levels of Preservation"