Meeting Notes

Following are notes from the meeting. Colored text indicates a response (answer to a question, decision change, etc.) to preceding, non-colored text.

Discussion regarding "2 jars + common services" versus "1 giant jar" implementation model.
- For now, stick with "2 jars + common services"
- This way, we can concentrate on a "fresh" implementation, while at the same time maintaining what we've already got.
Assets/Records/Parts definition
- Create all new Assets, Records, Parts definitions based on Citation Schema.
Authorization issues...
- how do we keep non-University members from accessing licensed metasearch engines?
MetaLib Repository OSID Implementation
- Assets/Records/Parts
- session management
- asynchronous search with X-Server
- pagination
- experiment with custom record presentation
- setting up a testing framework (JSP/Servlet)
SingleSearch
- Assets/Records/Parts
- session management
- asynchronous search with Web2
- weak data...

Assets/Records/Parts
Configuration
- perhaps use a Java Object (such as org.osid.OsidContext or a java.util.Properties object for RepositoryManager.assignConfiguration()) to maintain and modify configuration settings.
Search Syntax (CQL?)
others... (continue to add to this list)

What is the purpose of creating a new Repository each time a search is conducted?
Authorization within OKI?
What is it we can change/not change?
- Repository Federator
- SRW Repository Implementation
- Do we have to use RepositoryManager.properties (resolution conflict)?
- OSIDRepositoryTool Servlet

Session management
- Experiment with RepositoryManager's OsidContext object to hold session state.
- who's the person to talk to about Sakai's SessionManager? Glenn Golden (ggolden@umich.edu)
What is the future of the Twin Peaks tool? It is being thrown out completely.
- will it be around (ported to use the new editor)?
- user interface changes
How to setup Sakai 2.2 properly?