20240213 Scientific Board Meeting Minutes

Attendees:

Dan, Darren, Flavio, Hilde, Ingo, Jared, Wendy

Apologies:

Simon, Wolfgang

1. Admin

Dates for virtual Annual meeting of the Scientific Community
- Proposal: Week starting May 20th.

Decision: May 21st at 9:00 - 11:00 EDT

2. EB/SB call report: Draft strategic plan and the way forward – material to follow (Darren)

Comments to the plan by Darren in advance.
Feedback sought from SB members.

Jared informs that the EB hopes to get it out to the members in the beginning of March.

SB to provide comments by the 27th.
Darren to follow up.

Flavio, comments on alignment: Explain how products align and look for synergies.

Decision: Darren and Hilde to follow up.

3. Slide deck ‘DDI Foundational Metadata’- review

Decision: Slide deck approved - Flavio to communicate this to the Training Working Group.

4. Glossary Working group - review procedure and continuation

Decision: We are very happy that this is now out for review. To follow the review procedures for scientific documents.

5. TC infrastructure document

Darren informed.

6. TC contact and routines.

Decision: Darren takes over for Ingo as the SB contact for the TC.

7. URN resolution updates

Achim’s URN resolution document has been officially published. A practical URN resolution example is worked out in connection with the CV infrastructure update. More to follow.

8. Way forward with the Scientific Work Plan

Decision: Darren to update the draft of the Scientific Work Plan to align with the pillars of the Strategic Plan (draft).