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2025 05 13 Technical WG Agenda and Notes

John A. Kunze edited this page May 13, 2025 · 5 revisions

Attendees

  • Karen Hanson, Curtis Mirci, John Kunze

Goals

  • continuation from last time -- arks.org and google site search, modern vs classic ARKs, .suffixes

Discussion items

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Announcements all
  • 1571 ARK orgs (approx 1 new NAAN per day)
  • new ARK spec (41) with simplified normalization per Feb 11 discussion
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Any news items we should blog about? Any calls for papers, submission deadlines,
upcoming meetings we should note? See Calendar of Events (ARKA-Calendar).
all
  • upcoming tutorials at IIIF (Leeds) and Europeana Pro (Warsaw)
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possible use of PageFind for site search of arks.org John/Dave
  • static indexes built by GH actions could enable search functionality (similar to what we had under Wordpress)
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proposed stakeholder sign off approving new form ARKs (ark: vs ark:/) all
  • approach option 1: previous letter of consent

  • approach option 2: googleform (unpublished) for feedback

  • k: feedback from form can gauge attention; form seems easier to respond to than an email

  • c: agree, seems a clearer and more organized way to give feedback; even if they don't respond, it gives them a choice; a better title might be "Upcoming changes from Classic to Modern ARKs"

  • j: ways to learn about the changes? 1. email to arks-forum (french, spanish/portuguese), 2. individual emails to all the NAAN holders, 3. newsletter

  • c: mailchimp for bulk emails?

  • k: link for advanced implementers should be added to the form

  • c: form should be main place (clearinghouse?) for all links

  • k: yes, the email should be shorter to get people to the heart of the info in the form

  • j: which fields should be required?

  • k: don't require NAAN because it might discourage legit NAAN holder who doesn't want to bother looking it up; minimize roadblocks

  • j: are the form questions complete enough?

  • all: yes

  • c: I'd be happy to do final review

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New action items

  • jk: revise form, ask ARKA WG members to review, and to fill it out themselves as a trial

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