[Isis-users] ABCD - news about next release

[Raman Nair R]

Dear Ernesto Spinak
We can test teh new veson i a Small Library of Centre for South Indian
Studies and provide suggestions and comments.
Keep their e-mai: indiastudies at gmail.com also in your mailing list


Regards
Raman

On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 10:00 PM, spinaker <spinaker at adinet.com.uy> wrote:

>  *Mensaje en español se envió aparte*
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> This message is to update you with the information about ABCD and
> obviously, calling again for volunteers to help with many different tasks.
>
> Last week we were in Caracas working with Guilda and organizing the
> remaining tasks to release an updated ABCD.
> As you may recall, last March we posted a request in this forum asking
> suggestions, opinions, comments, etc., about which things you considered
> that should be corrected, changed, or added to the current version. We
> received dozens of messages, wich compiled we used as input in the Antwerp
> meeting held in the week of May 23th.
>
> In that meeting we identified that there were not many significant changes
> in programming and structure, but many dozens of small and simple cosmetic
> changes. The biggest problems were the migration of PHP 5.2 to 5.3,
> problems that occurred with the newer versions of Mozilla and Chrome, and
> data entry simplification in MARC21.
>
> With the approved workplan in Antwerp we have been working these months
> with the cooperation of some colleagues who generously offered their time.
> We also have to say that, unfortunately, of the many colleagues offered in
> June only a dozen people made the task that had been committed.
>
> For the initial release, in 2009, we have over 50 people working together
> somehow. This year we had just a dozen volunteers, so we have not advanced
> as quickly as we wished. It's a bit strange, because in 2009 ABCD was only
> a promise, whereas now it is a reality and there are many institutions and
> colleagues who are using it, the enthusiasm for sharing efforts is less.
>
> Well, let's open a new instance to cooperate, we need volunteers for three
> kind of tasks
> a) try and translate the new FDT definition of MARC21
> b) complete the translation of ABCD messaging (en, es, pt, fr)
> c) Test the new version, review the online helps and make suggestions for
> updating
>
> Tasks (a) and (b) can begin right now
>
> Those interested to cooperate send me a private mail indicating what task
> you want to do, and experience with ABCD.
> In 10 days we will begin with these activities.
>
> We will have a first "packaging" for Windows and Linux test after
> completion of the tasks (a) and (b)
> Then we'll turn to the task (c) and supposedly we'll release the next ABCD
> after that
>
> Regards
> Ernesto Spinak
>
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