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====== VuFind Developers Call Minutes: July 26, 2011 ====== | ====== VuFind Developers Call Minutes: July 26, 2011 ====== |
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Attending: | Attending: Demian Katz, Eoghan Ó Carragáin, Sean Purcell, Graham Seaman, David Uspal |
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===== Agenda ===== | ===== Agenda ===== |
==== 1. New/Updated JIRA Tickets ==== | ==== 1. New/Updated JIRA Tickets ==== |
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* [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-199|VUFIND-199]] - Graham has offered to share code for implementing a Summon RSS feed using the Summon API; because his code differs greatly from the trunk, no patch is currently attached to the ticket. | * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-199|VUFIND-199]] - Graham has offered to share code for implementing a Summon RSS feed using the Summon API; because his code differs greatly from the trunk, no patch is currently attached to the ticket, but relevant code snippets are provided. |
* [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-420|VUFIND-420]] - Demian has committed a variation of this patch so that the YAML search specs can now be cached for improved search performance. | * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-420|VUFIND-420]] - Demian has committed a variation of this patch so that the YAML search specs can now be cached for improved search performance. |
* [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-421|VUFIND-421]] - This ticket has been opened to discuss the possibility of adding hierarchical navigation functionality to VuFind for browsing structured collections (i.e. archives). Please read and comment if you are interested in this feature. A patch from the National Library of Ireland is also attached. | * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-421|VUFIND-421]] - This ticket has been opened to discuss the possibility of adding hierarchical navigation functionality to VuFind for browsing structured collections (i.e. archives). Please read and comment if you are interested in this feature. A patch from the National Library of Ireland is also attached. |
* [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-422|VUFIND-422]] - A patch has been posted here to add CAS authentication support to VuFind; if you are interested in CAS, please test and comment. Some of the added features in this patch have helped influence Demian's design of the improved authentication mechanism for VuFind 2.0. | * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-422|VUFIND-422]] - A patch has been posted here to add CAS authentication support to VuFind; if you are interested in CAS, please test and comment. Some of the added features in this patch have helped influence Demian's design of the improved authentication mechanism for VuFind 2.0. |
* [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-423|VUFIND-423]] - EBSCO offers an article search API for free to database subscribers; it may be worth building a VuFind module to support this API as a complement to the existing Summon and in-progress Primo Central interfaces. This ticket is a reminder to look into that; Demian will be happy to help if anyone wants to do this but needs guidance on implementation details. | * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-423|VUFIND-423]] - EBSCO offers an article search API for free to database subscribers; it may be worth building a VuFind module to support this API as a complement to the existing Summon and in-progress Primo Central interfaces. This ticket is a reminder to look into that; Demian will be happy to help if anyone wants to do this but needs guidance on implementation details. |
* [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-424|VUFIND-424]] - Anna Headley has contributed some expanded Syndetics functionality; Demian will look into getting this committed shortly. | * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-424|VUFIND-424]] - Anna Headley has contributed some expanded Syndetics functionality; Demian will look into getting this committed shortly after the VuFind 1.2 release (it can't be done sooner since it adds new strings to the language files). |
* [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-425|VUFIND-425]] - Eoghan opened this ticket to demonstrate schema.org microdata integration (for better SEO) and to begin discussion on the idea of improved semantic structure within VuFind. | * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-425|VUFIND-425]] - Eoghan opened this ticket to demonstrate schema.org microdata integration (for better SEO) and to begin discussion on the idea of improved semantic structure within VuFind. |
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==== 4. New Mobile Theme ==== | ==== 4. New Mobile Theme ==== |
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No news. | Tuan was not able to attend the call, but he reported by email that he has some minor changes to the mobile themes that he plans to commit before the next release. |
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==== 5. Cart Functionality ==== | ==== 5. Cart Functionality ==== |
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==== 7. Other Topics? ==== | ==== 7. Other Topics? ==== |
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| Demian coauthored a new [[http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/5354|VuFind-related article]] in the latest issue of [[http://journal.code4lib.org/|Code4lib Journal]]. |
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===== Next Call ===== | ===== Next Call ===== |