TWG meeting - Day 2
Today the meeting started at 9am, a little more of a shock to the system than yesterday. However, I managed to get there a few minutes early.
Most of the day was spent with Andreas Stanescu (OCLC) walking us through the analysis model. This was a useful process, as some of the document made a lot more sense after further description. There was detailed discussion about the domain model, which was reasonably self-explanatory, but it was decided that including the cardinalities on the relationships would provide extra useful clarification.
There was also a detailed discussion around the technical architecture of the system to be developed. OCLC have already developed an underlying service framework that they intend to use in the development, including use of the Berkeley DBXML database. Animated discussion ensued about whether it was a good idea to use LOCKSS as the synchronisation technology.
Much of the discussion ended in the realisation of the need for more work or further investigation before a decision can be made. Further discussion of the issues will be facilitated by the project wiki, and decisions will be taken from there.
At the end of the day several of us headed over to a nearby pub, the Harvard Inn, for a well-earned beer. After a couple of hours of more social discussion the group headed in separate directions. I went back to the hotel (on the "T" again) before heading out to find somewhere to eat dinner.
I discovered a shopping mall, which has been right under my nose all along (attached to the hotel building), and found it contained Legal Sea Foods - Restaurant & Oyster Bar, which has been recommended to me, but I hadn't found one that wasn't too busy on previous nights. The food was amazing! If you ever visit Boston, eating at this local restaurant chain is a must! The restaurants are scattered around the city and east coast USA. Apparently, the seafood around the Boston area is mainly clams and scallops, so they are the best/freshest to eat. I had a mixture of seafoods and I have to say it was all pretty good.
Most of the day was spent with Andreas Stanescu (OCLC) walking us through the analysis model. This was a useful process, as some of the document made a lot more sense after further description. There was detailed discussion about the domain model, which was reasonably self-explanatory, but it was decided that including the cardinalities on the relationships would provide extra useful clarification.
There was also a detailed discussion around the technical architecture of the system to be developed. OCLC have already developed an underlying service framework that they intend to use in the development, including use of the Berkeley DBXML database. Animated discussion ensued about whether it was a good idea to use LOCKSS as the synchronisation technology.
Much of the discussion ended in the realisation of the need for more work or further investigation before a decision can be made. Further discussion of the issues will be facilitated by the project wiki, and decisions will be taken from there.
At the end of the day several of us headed over to a nearby pub, the Harvard Inn, for a well-earned beer. After a couple of hours of more social discussion the group headed in separate directions. I went back to the hotel (on the "T" again) before heading out to find somewhere to eat dinner.
I discovered a shopping mall, which has been right under my nose all along (attached to the hotel building), and found it contained Legal Sea Foods - Restaurant & Oyster Bar, which has been recommended to me, but I hadn't found one that wasn't too busy on previous nights. The food was amazing! If you ever visit Boston, eating at this local restaurant chain is a must! The restaurants are scattered around the city and east coast USA. Apparently, the seafood around the Boston area is mainly clams and scallops, so they are the best/freshest to eat. I had a mixture of seafoods and I have to say it was all pretty good.
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