2017-11-08 RDRIWG Virtual Meeting

Agenda

1. Summary from last time
2. Update on Todo’s and 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

• DataCrate has similar goals
• Spec available at GitHub
• Focus on machine AND human readability
• Uses schema.org and RDF-based content description in CATALOG.html|json files
• Pro
  • Allows more detailed description of bag content
  • Provides human readability
  • Suggests to provide also DataCite metadata if CATALOG files contain enough information
• Con
  • Early version, expected to evolve frequently but our WG will end soon
  • Defines its own BagIt profile, which is mandatory to support in compatible bags (conflicts with our plan to support custom BagIt profiles)
  • Metadata mapping from platform models to schema.org needed
  • Platform support not available, effort for creating CATALOG files might be higher than providing DataCite metadata
• Todo: Contact Peter Sefton about potential collaboration (Thomas)
• Todo: Contact DataConservancy people to check for potential collaboration (David)
• Todo: Create GitHub page (Thomas)

Topic 2

• Mailed to Peter
  • Positive response
  • Latest talk about DataCrate can be found here
  • General agreement that aligning our work makes sense
  • Peter would accept placing CATALOG.* e.g. in ‘metadata’ folder
  • Opened ticket at GitHub regarding support of multiple profiles by BagIt profiles
• Solution for complexity/metadata mapping issue might be to recommend DataCite metadata and provide tools/instructions on how to create CATALOG files from it (should be possible automatically)
• Solution for profile issue could be just to use the DataCrate profile if one wants a bag fully compatible with DataCrate and include datacite.xml as recommended by our WG
• David contacted Aaron Birkland with regard to DataConservancy. No response, yet
• GitHub Organization RDAResearchDataRepositoryInteropWG created
•  Internal structure/projects needed
• Start with:
  • Sample (contains example bag from recommendations)
  • Profiles (contains profiles, organization has to be defined)
  • Other projects, e.g. initial adoptions?
• Next steps
  • Reduce meeting frequency after next call, start adoption as planned for P11
  • Communication directly or via mailing list

Topic 3

• Next meeting at 29 November, 2 pm UTC