Meeting notes – 2026-05-27
Attendees
Please provide your name and the name of your organization so that we can get an idea of the scope of our activities (this information is publicly available and will be stored for future reference)
Ronald Steffen (FU Berlin)
Albert Krewinkel (FU Berlin)
Thomas Jurczyk (RU Bochum)
Thomas Wolgast (Software developer for academic workflows, openscientia.org)
Daniel Beucke (SUB Göttingen)
Agnieszka Wiktor-Sass (UAM Poznan)
Aris Goudouras (Oktana - https://oktana.dev/)
Elena Gandert (TU Berlin)
Marco Winkler (Universität Potsdam, Universitätsverlag)
Sebastian Schmidt (SLUB Dresden)
Stephan Meijer (DocSpec, LaSuite DINUM)
Xenia van Edig (TIB)
Lara Babic (UB Mainz)
João Martins (USB Köln)
Klaus Thoden (BBF | DIPF (Berlin))
Martin Haug (Typst)
Linda Groß (UB Bochum)
Agenda
Introduction
The SSPC
Community Goals
Goals for this meeting
Organizational matters
Communication: agree on a primary communication channel
“Base platform”: EDCH Forum (https://forum.edch.eu)
Question: Do you already have an EDCH forum account?
yes: 63%
no 31%
I plan to 6%
Question: Which is your preferred direct communication channel for discussions? (16 votes)
Chat (matrix) 38%
EDCH forum 38%
Mailing list 25%
Meeting modes: specialized topic meetings in-between our monthly meetings? Subgroups?
Planning of workflow presentations on our web site
Sharing workflows as an opportunity for collaboration and exchange of know-how
What are the key questions you expect to be answered?
What important characteristics of the workflow that need to be covered?
How will workflows be published?
First draft: https://docs.numerique.gouv.fr/docs/b3ed14d0-45b2-4114-bbc2-1f16c1a6c66e/
Notes
Attendees confirmed that presentation of workflows on the web page would be helpfull for all
Attendees that are running productive workflows confirmed they want to contribute
Comments on the template
Points to add: How do you communicate? Wow do you manage reviewers?
Article Metadata
Review
Author guidelines
Present the workflows in a table (overview)
Topic suggestions
Please add your topic suggestions for future meetings here or, preferably, at https://forum.edch.eu/t/topic-suggestions-for-upcoming-meetups/855
| Topic | Name (optional) |
|---|---|
| File formats and their uses | Albert |
Please contact Albert or Ronald if you want to moderate a discussion, present a tool, a workflow, or want to feature a topic in any other way.