Final Phase RRN Development

I'd like to blog a little bit about Nick and my plans for the last phase of development before the project launch in March 2010.

Currently, we are in the middle of finishing the v0.7 release of the RRN. It will add new features such as boolean search, and an improved profile page which allows users to describe themselves, and a faster search.

Next up, we're hoping to have a meeting with Joanne and the Community Liasons in the coming weeks to determine what shape User Submitted Information and the Home Page will take in the final version. I'm also hopeful we can use that meeting to make sure everyone is focused on the launch date and that as little as possible gets forgotten about until just before launch.

Our other priority is to work with the Cross-Systems Mapping group to tweak the Item Record page and the mapping process to be more transparent and give the Partner Institutions a greater sense of confidence that their data is being represented fully and accurately. I'm hoping to participate in a Cross-Systems Mapping phone conference in the next two weeks where we develop our plan.

I'm sure that this doesn't cover all of the development that will happen before launch. I predict many sleepless nights for Nick and me, but hopefully this post will let people know what our current priorities are (and correct them if they need to be).