Developer Meeting 2024-12-04, 14:00¶

Location: ACDH-CH, Bäckerstraße 13, 3D (next to 3rd floor kitchen)
Updated information in the course of the meeting is in color and/or marked with an ✅. Every participant is welcome to add and adapt.

Participants¶

• Alexander Watzinger (moderator)
• Bernhard Koschiček-Krombholz
• Katharina Wünsche
• Nina Richards
• Olivia Reichl
• Stefan Eichert

Administrative¶

• Welcome Katharina ✅
• Feedback round ✅
• Schedule next developer meeting -> 2025-01-29, 14:00 featuring Bernhard as moderator/host
• New OpenAtlas (dark mode) and THANADOS t-shirts arrived and were distributed (#2311)
• Olivia should be credited too for network graphic display in our office halls

Features¶

• #2369: Text annotation widget
  • Olivia presented the widget prototype which was well received
  • Requested changes includes to change the "description" label to "comment" and provide a text area instead of a line input
• #2390: Provide more hints about usage at sources
  • It was agreed to provide mouse over hints for tabs with something like "mentioned in the source"
  • Also the issue #1064: (Restructure UI for historical sources) was put on the roadmap again
• #1233: API: External Authentication
  • Bernhard gave an update and explained how it might work
  • We also wait for input of Christoph who sadly wasn't able to join the meeting
• Check roadmap ✅

Topics¶

• Nice coffee near ACDH-CH for spontaneous meetings (make a list to try out)
  • Cafe Prückel, Paremi
• Add a page for publications at https://openatlas.eu?
  • Yes, see #2419
• Join data of OpenAtlas demo versions
  • Alex will give it a shot, we will discuss outcome, possible challenges (e.g. merging type hierarchies, duplicates, ...) with first results, see #2420
  • Also a suggestion was made to make a demo version with self-descriptive entities, e.g. I'm an Person and I have a sibling named XXX.
    Not sure who made the suggestion but the person who made it should create an issue for it.
• Possible develop cooperation with TerraLID, one aspect was the request to add a CIDOC CRM extension
  • Stefan said he is now more open for CIDOC extensions
  • Alex pointed out possible difficulties in the future, e.g. an updated CIDOC which conflicts with a (not updated) extension. Difficult choice would be than between: not update CIDOC, removing related features or maintaining the extension ourselves
  • However, to test current effort to maintain the CIDOC core system an issue was created (#2421)
• OpenAtlas workshop in 2025
  • Yes, but discussing details postponed to next developer meeting
• Usage of Administrative units
  • Unclear if still needed or usable it that form (e.g. no possibility for geo-referencing)
  • One option would be to make it optional (e.g. in admin area), another would be to add geo-referencing.
  • Alex pointed out we might should look at offering places as subs for other places first (#2291: Structuring places).
  • Stefan hinted that the flexible adding of artifacts (to place, feature, ... other artifacts) already makes things challenging
  • Sadly, time run out before we could came to any conclusions