19 July 2016

In Attendance

Carola Fanselow (Free University Berlin)
Clinton Graham (UPitt)
Jeanette Anne Hatherill (Chair; UOttawa)
James MacGregor (PKP)
Chris Maden (Illinois)
Alec Smecher (PKP)
Marco Tullney (at-large member)
Dulip Withanage (at-large member, Heidelberg University)
one other (who?)

Quick Updates

Clinton Graham (Pitt)

Finally got Crossref and PLN tasks working in cron
Preparing to move journal's DOI registration from CrossRef to EZID.
Looking at next task:
- Single word names for authors?
- Pluggable, hierarchical authentication?
- Contributor roles?
Chris interested in authentication work
Alec has put all three tasks forward as possible work for the next sprint

James MacGregor (PKP)

Mail changes incorporated into OJS 2.4.8

Release Progress (Alec)

OJS 2.4.8-1
- Translation updates merged (thanks, Marco—pt_PT)
- CrossRef changes merged (thanks, Bozana, James, and MNason)
- Encoding issues in PLN plugin still in progress
- Expect to release 2.4.8-1 late this week or early next.
OJS 3.0
- Down to 48 issues (currently) from approx. 58 last week
- Production UI/UX review to begin approx. August 1st
- Translation content from OJS 2.4.x merged forward (thanks, Marco!!!)
- Looking very good, still targeting “summertime”
OMP 1.2.1 / OMP 1.3
- Not specifically scheduled but likely to follow soon after OJS 3.0.

Help / Manuals (Kevin/Alec)

OJS 2.4.8 manual updated
- currently in wiki, but plans to move it to GitBook
OJS 3.0 built-in help forked from OMP and undergoing active work

Translation (Marco)

OJS3: building translations on top of OJS2 locales, automatically updated these translations
OJS3: expect significant updates (i.e., complete locales) for ca_ES, de_DE, es_ES, expect updates before or after release for pt_BR, will have to look further into fr_CA
OJS2: see above, updated locales, removed redundant code
in general: after OJS3 release focus more on recruiting more translators, remove outdated translations, getting translations in better shape
translation should be the last issue closed before release, so that translators have time to catch up with final changes in functionality, especially in plugins

UI/UX (Kevin/Alec)

Production stage UI/UX review to begin approx. August 1st
CrossRef / permanent identifier work on OJS 3.0 merged and reviewed
Chris has feedback from U of Illinois usability lab to share

Sprint (Alec)

Early October 2016
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Invitations etc. to follow soon

Next meeting

Tech Committee Meeting Minutes 16 August 2016