MPDL AB Meeting 2008-10-09

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 * Date: 09.10.2008
 * Participants: Tom Endres, Michael Franke, Natasa Bulatovic, Tobias Schraut, Wilhelm Frank

Last meeting

 * Outcome available at MPDL_AB_Meeting_2008-09-10

Test Cleanup

 * check with FIZ on SUPER SUPER account able to wipe-out all objects
 * We need to precise our requirements, and put in Bugzilla
 * TODO: after release R1 of the FW --Natasa 15:35, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Documentation

 * Points from WishList


 * Service inventory
 * see http://colab.mpdl.mpg.de/mediawiki/ESciDoc_Services:application_services
 * see http://colab.mpdl.mpg.de/mediawiki/ESciDoc_Services_CitationStyleManager with extension to offered interfaces
 * Links to more detailed design from EA report pages


 * System design
 * Check EA current status
 * Define EA level of documentation
 * check automated export if possible?


 * TODO: start cleaning up current EA and define diagrams, Tom will create seaparate project and propose new doc structure


 * --Natasa 15:43, 9 October 2008 (UTC) (on behalf of the team)
 * Due to current releases pressure these tasks are not started
 * To make the process of deployment and releases more effective, developers will be asked to:
 * when making more substantial changes on the common logic - integration tests must be run
 * test reports will be send by email to accelerate the tests which are not running properly to be reworked


 * Improved JavaDoc
 * Checkstyle use
 * --Natasa 15:43, 9 October 2008 (UTC)(on behalf of the team)
 * Check style is used mostly are warnings
 * dev team should take care of the code quality
 * Tom will set-up maven plugin to generate check-style reports and reports on duplicate code that are available for devteam

Other

 * Code discussions
 * --Natasa 15:52, 9 October 2008 (UTC)(on behalf of the team)
 * each Monday, 14.00-15.00
 * dev-team members participate in accordance with their interest
 * code discussions are meant to select a part of the code for a service, go through it and explain some decisions, also take improvement proposals --Natasa 15:52, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * first topic: Named Entity Service


 * Instant eSciDoc
 * --Natasa 15:52, 9 October 2008 (UTC)(on behalf of the team)
 * current image can be wrapped into an installer
 * it is much more important to have automatized installing procedure of the core infrastructure


 * Topics for Workshop 14-15
 * --Natasa 15:52, 9 October 2008 (UTC)(on behalf of the team)
 * new topic to be added regarding pre-release 1.0 - stability and reliability at present after 1-2 days it becomes terribly slow


 * Topics for next AB meeting
 * XML transformation alternatives - JIBX + other design issues