2024.02.01 Editors Meeting

Call-in

See invite

Attendees

• Julian Morley (Stanford)
• Rosy Metz (Emory)
• Simeon Warner (Cornell)*
• Andrew Woods (Harvard)
• Neil Jefferies (Oxford)

(* indicates the notetaker)

Agenda & Notes

1. We have 4 PRs on the spec all long-overdue for merge

   • https://github.com/OCFL/spec/pull/640 - Merged
   • https://github.com/OCFL/spec/pull/641 - Merged
   • https://github.com/OCFL/spec/pull/643 - Merged
   • https://github.com/OCFL/spec/pull/644 - Merged

2. There is 1 PR on the fixtures

   • https://github.com/OCFL/fixtures/pull/107 - Merged

3. Discussion about our own institution's use of OCFL (carrying on from last time)

   • Oxford is using customised Hyrax & Samvera over Fedora 6. Also using LIBNOVA which has an option for OCFL.

4. Discussion on the final list of use-cases to be considered in v2.

Use Cases	Votes
#47 External identifiers in place of digests	-2
#46 Collapsing OCFL Object Versions	+1
#48 Large Inventory.json files	0
#45 OCFL as a formal standard	+1
#42 Support physical file-level deletion	+5
#43 Defining a repository from peer storage roots	-2
#39 Distributed Storage of objects and components	-1
#44 OCFL Object Forking	+3
#33 Package per version storage	+9
#14 Flagging file loss/corruption	0

• We have committed to keeping the poll open through end Feb 2024
• Determine next steps for the final list of use-cases; Consider prioritizing use cases based on votes, maybe not all of them are necessary to focus on for version 2.
• Add to the agenda for next editors meeting.

Standing agenda items

1. Spec
   1. Open PRs
   2. Open Issues
2. Extensions
   1. Open PRs
   2. Open Issues
3. Fixtures
   1. Open PRs
   2. Open Issues

Action Items

New Action Items

Previous Action Items

• Neil to submit a PR to address #626
• Rosalyn to send an email to remind the community about voting for use cases.