Developers

• Feedback on structure of this meeting, what would YOU like?

1. Length - 2 1/2 days? Perhaps preceeded by a hands-on SERVER4 tutorial

1. Funding support? - who will need it?

OPeNDAP Developer's Meeting 2007

• Presentations by OPeNDAP core developers - hear what's new.

1. Dates - mid-late February 2007
2. Length - 2 1/2 days? Perhaps preceeded by a hand-on SERVER4 tutorial
3. Venue - Boulder
4. Funding support? - who needs it?

1. Serving in situ data
2. Using the Ocapi, with an emphasis on writing 'command extensions' for commercial applications

[ Of these, I think the first four are all really important. Can we cover four? I also think the user experiences stuff should be given a/the spotlight. I added two. James]

1. Length - 2 or 2 1/2 days? [I suggest 2 1/2 days. James]
2. Venue - Boulder? May depend on if we piggy-back on another meeting [Boulder; better to not piggy-back if we're going for a 2 1/2 day meeting unless the you mean we'd get together for a day or so before as an OPeNDAP Board meeting. James]
3. Funding support? - who needs it? [Do you mean support so people cn attend? James]

I suggest that we structure each day around a combination of presentations, all from people outside OPeNDAP about how the software is being used, providing them with a platform to say '...and here's what we wish it could do.' and tutorials where we can cover topics like 'How to develop a data handler for Server4.' I think each tutorial should have some sort of paper copy that people can take home.

For the web, I think those tutorials should go up once the meeting is over. An agenda should be posted on the web just before the meeting, along with abstracts for the presentations. All three of these things would be the web record of the meeting.

1. Server4 release and how to develop with it
2. Security (authorization, authentication)
3. Web services with OPeNDAP
4. Enabling semantics with OPeNDAP
5. OPeNDAP clients, GUIs
6. Client use-cases, user/developer experiences
7. TDS release and how to develop with it/use it
8. DAP4 status and plans
9. Strategies and directions
10. ADD yours here and we'll iterate this list

Logistics:

1. Dates -
2. Length - 2 or 2 1/2 days?
3. Venue - Boulder? May depend on if we piggy-back on another meeting
4. Funding support? - who needs it?
5. Advertising - what are the venues to get the word out (worldwide)
6. Program committee (want to join? have a say?)

OPeNDAP Developer's Meeting 2006

Feel free to edit this. Contact James Gallagher for an account.

Things we need to do to organize the meeting:

• Set a place and time. Suggestions: Boulder CO, date ?
• Topics developers would like to see addressed at the meeting.
• Presentations by the community: Tell others about what you've done.
• Open Forum: What changes would you like to see OPeNDAP make?

-- JamesGallagher - 30 Aug 2006