2020-12-10 Metadata Management Meeting notes

Agenda/Notes

Kelly Drake appealed for documentation. Laura will call for volunteers from MM SIG to write out simple documentation. Documentation helps with bugs - guiding users to what should happen vs. what is actually happening. 

Recommendation: Set "low bar" - don't feel like it needs to be great writing or exhaustive. Some documentation is better than none. Helpful for libraries considering FOLIO.

Can download .ics file from main meetings page

Also: no meetings December 24 & 31.

The data import development team has been working on supporting the OCLC/FOLIO api that Index Data has been developing.

Extend meeting time to include more demos in the New Year? Laura will set up a Slack poll asking if the group would prefer the added 1/2 hour to begin prior to the current meeting time, or after the current meeting ending time.

(from Jesse in the chat) If folks have a chance, please feel free to add your comments to our marcedit w/ folio efforts in this form: https://forms.gle/LmVvQVGq73QPXZum7

The new FOLIO User documentation website (WIP): docs.folio.org - Do NOT try to update this page. What we put into "Tips and Tricks" will inform docs.folio.org.

Tips and Tricks page can be used.

Suggestion to make a list of what documentation is most needed. Some prefer text, some video. Laura offered her workflow: create written instructions, then adapt that to become a script for a video.

Scratch environment for MARCcat?

Weigh in on requirements (add to tables, add comments, or just add text to the document)

Laura asked that people go beyond adding comments, but add to the document instead. 

The Technical Council is performing a code review to evaluate how far along MarcCat is.

Reasons for MarcCat delay:

• Repurposing pre-existing tool
• Small number of developers at "at Cult" who were not as in sync with other FOLIO developers, so possible lack of understanding as a result
• They never worked with MARC Holdings
• The main atCult shareholder sold share to Cassilini
• From Charlotte: "The Technical Council in collaboration with the PC Executive is already doing a code review of MARCcat. To get a better understanding off how much more work there is left in wrapping up the work on MARCcat Right now the project has too many Front End developers - and lack of Back end developers, So we could be in a good position handing over the UI development to another team"

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u1tvfVxn6i3fTImrWWCYHlh7RT5cf3_G7YgDuxKob4M/edit

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