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Hi Mark, Good point. I think I got confused about whether we were specifically trying to focus on open source solutions or not. Andrea > -----Original Message----- > From: The NDSA infrastructure working group list [mailto:NDSA- > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mark Evans > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 3:49 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE] Notes from the 1/31 Working Group > Call > > Andrea, > > The "Buy" option suggest that its a decision to use commercial > solution > or services, which could be built off either open source, proprietary > or > hybrid components. The essence being that its not a decision to > completely > make use of open source technologies. > > Therefore If we are including "Buy" then I think the decision tree > should > not be limited to open source only. > > M > > > > > > Mark Evans > Digital Archiving Practice Manager > Tessella Inc > 51 Monroe Street, Suite 702, Rockville, MD 20850, USA > E: [log in to unmask], T: (1) 240 403-7502, C: (1) 240 401 6256, > F: > (1) 240 403-7507 > > http://www.digital-preservation.com > > > This message is commercial in confidence and may be privileged. It is > intended for the addressee(s) only. Access to this message by anyone > else > is unauthorized and strictly prohibited. If you have received this > message > in error, please inform the sender immediately. Please note that > messages > sent or received by the Tessella e-mail system may be monitored and > stored > in an information retrieval system. > > > > > > > "Goethals, Andrea" <[log in to unmask]> > Sent by: The NDSA infrastructure working group list > <[log in to unmask]> > 02/03/2012 03:33 PM > Please respond to > The NDSA infrastructure working group list > <[log in to unmask]> > > > To > [log in to unmask] > cc > > Subject > Re: [NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE] Notes from the 1/31 Working Group Call > > > > > > > Hi all, > > Karen, Trevor and Jefferson - thanks for getting the project scope > started. I looked at the scoping the project section and made a few > purely > syntactic edits. When I got to the third point I started to word-smith > the > description but then realized I was confused and left it half done. I > wasn't sure what the decision support tool was going to cover. Is it > the > key decision points when deciding whether to build, buy or adopt open > source solutions; or is it the key decision points when deciding > whether > to build, buy or adopt open source or non-open source solutions? In > other > words, is the decision whether to build, buy or adopt, and the decision > that it be open-source is assumed? > > Thanks, > Andrea > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: The NDSA infrastructure working group list [mailto:NDSA- > > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bailey, > > Jefferson > > Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 1:18 PM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: [NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE] Notes from the 1/31 Working Group Call > > > > Hi all, > > > > We have posted draft notes from Tuesday's call on the wiki. There are > > available at this link and are pasted full-text at the bottom of this > > email: > > > > > http://www.loc.gov/extranet/wiki/osi/ndiip/ndsa/index.php?title=Tuesday > > ,_January_31,_2012 > > > > Feel free to tweak or make edits to the notes on the wiki page. > > > > Also, we have posted a first-draft towards scoping out a baseline > > description of our OSS project. Please take a look and edit or append > > the wiki or discuss over the listserv. The current text can be found > in > > the "Scoping the Project" section on project wiki page: > > > > > http://www.loc.gov/extranet/wiki/osi/ndiip/ndsa/index.php?title=Open_So > > urce_Software > > > > Lastly, our next call will be Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 2pm EST. > > > > Thanks, > > Karen, Trevor, & Jefferson > > _____ > > > > Infrastructure Working Group Call, January 31, 2012, 2pm-3pm > > > > ==Attending== > > > > *Trevor Owens, Library of Congress > > *Karen Cariani, WGBH > > *Dave MacCarn, WGBH > > *Jefferson Bailey, Library of Congress > > *Aaron Trehub, Auburn University > > *Mitch Brodsky, NY Philharmonic > > *John Spenser, BMS Chase > > *Martin Jacobson, NARA > > *Michael Sterling, Academy of Motion Pictures > > *Corey Snavely, University of Michigan > > *Micah Altman, Harvard University (soon to be MIT) > > *Nicole Scalessa, Library Company of Philadelphia > > *Dean Farrell, UNC > > *Elizabeth Perkes, Utah State Archives > > *Bob Downs, Columbia University > > *Joe Pawletko, NYU > > *Dan Dodge, Thompson Reuters > > *Priscilla Caplan, FCLA > > *Andrea Goethels, Harvard University > > *Linda Tadic, Audiovisual Archive Network > > *Shaun Nicholson, Michigan State > > *Martin Halbert, UNT > > > > ==Agenda== > > *Update on Storage Report activities > > *Discussion of our OSS project > > *Update on other NDSA WG activities > > > > ==Storage Report== > > *Two posts have been published on the NDIIPP blog highlighting and > > analyzing results from the NDSA storage survey. > > *Access: http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2011/12/diversity- > of- > > access-to-digital-preservation-collections-first-results-from-the- > ndsa- > > storage-survey/ > > *Cloud: http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2012/01/partly- > cloudy- > > trends-in-distributed-and-remote-preservation-storage-more-results- > > from-the-ndsa-storage-survey/ > > *Three more are planned: one (in draft form now) on fixity, one on > > administrative/managerial complexities, and one summary post that > will > > also included any stats/results that didn't fall into the previous > four > > posts. > > *We are still tossing around ideas for the form of a final product > from > > this project, so ping the list if you have ideas or would like to be > > involved in that effort. > > > > ==OSS Project== > > Discussion: > > *We are continuing to brainstorm on potential questions and who > exactly > > to pose them to as far as decision-making around open-source software > > use for digital preservation. > > *There is still a lack of clarity on who we want to invite to comment > > and how we proceed developing question. > > *One idea is to develop questions for ourselves first (meaning the > > working group), then refine the question, then post to the NDSA > > membership (much like the storage survey). > > *Would also be useful to talk to folks who are experts or have > > experience in this area to tease out issues before writing questions. > > *Are our questions around decision-making for using, or for > > participating in and contributing to projects? > > *One potential approach is to look at thinks like Lyasis' FLOSS > project > > and other the other resources on the wiki. Then we can comment on > what > > features or formats we like from those materials materials. > > *We need to figure out the scope of the questions -- should we make > > distinctions between types of software (there's a difference between > > file-renaming software and a full repository) - what's our focus? > > *One use-case: enterprise tools for long-term access/preservation. > That > > is a decision that involves a different time horizon (for long-term > > preservation in memory institutions) than a commercial, enterprise- > wide > > solution. > > *Also the case of OSS on top of commercial piece (combination of > build, > > buy, and adopt). > > *Also the case of "commercial open source" which is increasingly > > prevalent, underlying OSS but with pay-for features or support or > > implementation on top of it. > > *It would work best to hone the focus before we begin thinking of > > questions and/or communities/institutions to query. > > > > ==Other NDSA news== > > > > ==Innovation news== > > * Innovation members are planning on participating in the Google > Summer > > of Code project. If any Infrastructure members would like to take > part > > (which involves mentoring a student developer/programmer who will > write > > code for an open-source software project), contact Jefferson or > Trevor > > and we will provide more info on the project & requirements. > > *Innovation Awards: the annual awards program will be announced soon > > and more information will be disseminated NDSA-wide. Please submit, > and > > encourage others to submit, nominations for people, projects, > > institutions, or students/educators demonstrating innovation in the > > field of digital preservation and stewardship. > > > > ==Standards== > > *There is a "wiki project" in development to document digital > > preservation standards and guidelines on Wikipedia. > > *Another project is to conduct a staffing survey to see how > > institutions have staffed themselves for digital preservation: > numbers > > of employees, organizational structure, skills expected of > > employees/job applications, their ideal staffing levels, their > > projected staffing levels, etc. The survey will be of both the NDSA > > community and external institutions. > > *Another project is to conduct a survey of what standards are > currently > > in use around digital preservation tasks at NDSA institution and then > > track this information over time to determine trends, etc. > > > > ==Outreach== > > *Creating "digital preservation in a box," a collection of resources > > for digital preservation. > > *Storytellers series, which collects unique or evocative stories > about > > digital preservation. > > > > ==Content== > > *Working with WordPress to develop an "opt-in" plug-in which blog > > creators can activate to note their content is available/allowable > for > > harvesting. > > > > ==Action items== > > *Trevor/Micah will write a short, one paragraph statement scoping out > a > > baseline description for considering OSS when building digital > > preservation infrastructure for long-term access & preservation > [done] > > > http://www.loc.gov/extranet/wiki/osi/ndiip/ndsa/index.php?title=Open_So > > urce_Software > > *The group will review text posted to the wiki and comment over the > > listserv. > > *The group will continue reviewing, commenting on, and adding to the > > OSS resources currently posted to the wiki, especially anything that > > provides a good example or model of what we hope to provide. > > *Related: The Digital Dilemma 2 paper is now available for download > > *Next call will be Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 2pm EST > > > > ############################ > > > > To unsubscribe from the NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE list: > > write to: mailto:NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE-SIGNOFF- > > [log in to unmask] > > or click the following link: > > http://list.digitalpreservation.gov/SCRIPTS/WA- > DIGITAL.EXE?SUBED1=NDSA- > > INFRASTRUCTURE&A=1 > > ############################ > > To unsubscribe from the NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE list: > write to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > or click the following link: > http://list.digitalpreservation.gov/SCRIPTS/WA-DIGITAL.EXE?SUBED1=NDSA- > INFRASTRUCTURE&A=1 > > > > ############################ > > To unsubscribe from the NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE list: > write to: mailto:NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE-SIGNOFF- > [log in to unmask] > or click the following link: > http://list.digitalpreservation.gov/SCRIPTS/WA-DIGITAL.EXE?SUBED1=NDSA- > INFRASTRUCTURE&A=1 ############################ To unsubscribe from the NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://list.digitalpreservation.gov/SCRIPTS/WA-DIGITAL.EXE?SUBED1=NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE&A=1