P&S Monthly Telecon - March 12, 2012

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Minutes for: ESIP Products & Services Telecon - Monday, March 12 @ 2pm CST

Call-in details:

1-877-668-4493

Attendee Access code: 23140358#

WebEx online access: https://esipfed.webex.com/mw0306ld/mywebex/default.do?siteurl=esipfed

Note: the access code above (with no spaces or dashes) is the password for the online access

Agenda:

Updates on ESIP web infrastructure that will support the Testbed, as well as other ESIP functionality (Erin - should have warned her about this...)
Example "state of the art" documentation (Christine)
- And discuss ideas for other Testbed and ESIP documentation - ESIP Commons, etc.
Testbed Presentation Series - 2nd in the series
- Chen Xu and Phil Yang will present plans and current status of the NEW Testbed Portal
Next telecon - same day/time?
- Meeting notes are posted on the wiki.

Meeting Notes:

Participants: John, Nancy, Chen, Yuechen, Christine, Rezgui, Carol, Hook, (other lurkers)

Topics:

ESIP web infrastructure

Nancy asked about not having web code
Christine asked about github functionality
Ken will ask Erin to document hosting service and github instructions to be sent around

State of the Art Document

Christine walked through the Discovery Task example of this document
trying to address pain points of the activity
overview, problem statement, use cases, solutions, links to other information
Christine and Hook added "Use cases" and Benefits to ESIP as headings/sections

Testbed Presentation Series: Testbed Portal, Chen Xu

Comments
- status:
- roles and permissions -
  - what is difference between ESIP member and authenticated user?
    - what is the authentication plan for ESIP portal in general?
  - do multiple developers for a project have to be assigned by admin, or other manager?
  - Not sure of the purposed of "authenticated user" role - why is this necessary?
  - Carol pointed out having single sign-on for all ESIP portal functionality (Ajinkya is working on this issue)
  - What is the definition of "ESIP Member" in terms of the portal?
- Community topics could be sent to email lists (Hook)
- Are issues and comments the same (John?) - No
- Some members would like to get started using the development version (Nancy)
  - Chen can admit registrations now - I'll send around the link
  - http://199.26.254.190/esiptestbed/
Next month - Nancy Hoebelheinrich & Greg Janee (Preservation and Stewardship task)
Carol reminded everyone that the call for sessions at the Summer meeting is out and ready

Telecon Schedule - April 9th @ 2pm CT / 3pm ET