5 min

Announcements

• Upcoming meetings (Tara)

5 min

Application Formalization

Tara

• A summary of what the Cross App SIG has discussed so far on this topic.

  • What information can we provide?

  • Who is requesting this information and who has the position to do something with it?

40 min

Application Formalization Questions

• See Below

How are dependencies being documented between apps? What are implications for dependencies across applications vs dependencies within applications? Is there a difference? If so, what is it?

• When people have workflows that cross apps, how are we ensuring that those workflows continue to function?

Tara+Laura

Is it better for applications to be more modular or more “Integrated”? What does “better” actually mean here?

Tara

Will most end users actually see or care about any of this? If executed perfectly (and if nothing is missed), does this affect functionality as we experience it at all?

Tara

What is the relationship between Eureka and Application Formalization?

Tara

Related to “Will most end users actually see or care…” – does the bundling into functional areas have any impact on how those functional areas are defined by users? (e.g., if I think all the MARC modules should be separated from the Inventory modules, and others think they should be together, does the formalization affect how we are able to work?)

Laura

Is it better to start out with larger bundles? How much of the decision-making happening now affects what we are and are not able to ask for or do in the future?

Laura

Is the aim that ultimately modules that are part of the same application will have access to a common database schema or set of database schema? If so, how do we get from the “formalisation” in terms of a definition of an app made up of multiple modules, to that more integrated sharing of data?

Owen

Will the mechanisms of app-to-app communication/messaging remain the same as the current module-to-module options (i.e. Kafka message queues)?

Owen

What specifically should the App interaction group be considering in relation to app formalisation (e.g. as opposed to POs or SIGs or Devs)

Owen

What is the timing for Application Formalization and how could App Interaction provide feedback in a meaningful way?

Kristin

Can app formalization follow a plugin model that allows the expansion of the core apps without spinning up a new container?

Thomas