Grouper Developers Forum

["Jessica Bibbee" <>]

Grouper WG Conference Call
June 14, 2006

*Participants*
Tom Barton, U. Chicago (chair)
Blair, U. Chicago
Joy Veronneau, U. Cornell
Gary Brown, U. Bristol
Steve Olshansky, Internet2
Jessica Bibbee, Internet2 (scribe)

New *Action Items*
[AI] Tom will send out a weekly updated link to an export of the wiki in advance of the wiki going public.
[AI] Please give feedback to {Jessica} regarding general content, format, and/or navigation of the wiki pages.
[AI] {Jessica and Gary} will set up a time to discuss authoring documents in the wiki.

Carry-Over *Action Items*
[AI] {Blair} will send out an updated bug list for the 3^rd party libs. (31-May-06)
[AI] {Minh} will propose a test for sorting, and/or write the code and send to the list for discussion.  (3-May-06)

*Discussion*
{Gary} provided initial screenshots for how group math will be handled in the UI, with example XML at the bottom of the following page: <http://portal.bris.ac.uk/grouper-ui-docs/composite/>.  He explained how it is possible to save groups that are saved to the current session, and are then listed on the group summary page. A wizard-like approach might be useful to prompt the user through a series of tasks, but is too complex a feature for inclusion in the upcoming v1.0. A code freeze is still anticipated at the end of June.

The Grouper wiki is under construction, with a preview available at <http://home.uchicago.edu/~tbarton/GrouperWG-20060613-15_38_38.pdf>. [AI] Tom will send out a weekly updated link to an export of the wiki in advance of the wiki going public.  [AI] Please give feedback to {Jessica} regarding general content, format, and/or navigation of the wiki pages. [AI] {Jessica and Gary} will set up a time to discuss authoring documents in the wiki.

{Tom} is looking for suggestions on an approach for deployment: develop vs. production – targets under the UI. How should deployment be advised in production documentation? Which requirements are imposed on getting a Grouper instance up for deployment? {Joy} commented that configuration files represent the majority of changes made. {Gary} suggested having a single file to update - the properties file could define various elements, such as configuration values, database names, etc.

The next scheduled MACE-Dir-Groups WG call will be Wednesday, 12-Jun at 12pm EDT.