The summary from the PKP Turin Sprint, hosted by the CRAFT-OA project in October 2024, is now available.
Sprints involve PKP community members joining diverse groups to work on PKP software and support. In October, the CRAFT-OA project and the University of Turin hosted eight working groups at the PKP Turin Sprint. During the two days of the Sprint, 54 participants worked on diverse topics that the community identified as relevant for the improvement of PKP software.
In case you missed each group’s update, the following list includes links to each summary where you can learn more about the discussions and results achieved during the event.
This group worked on documenting a more effective workflow to manage software translations into new languages, a process that can be shared between institutions and regions.
Group 2. Plugins and Error Handling
This working group focused on addressing challenges that PKP users face with plugins in OJS, such as compatibility issues, server crashes, and error handling.
The group tried to enumerate the relationships between hyperlinks and metadata and then categorized these relationships.
This group’s main result was to create a list of considerations and a specification for anonymizing metadata for data privacy regulations compliance.
Group 5. Non-Euclidean workflow
This group discussed and explored the possibility of introducing a non-linear workflow within OJS to better support evolving practices such as open peer review.
The group aimed to outline a workflow where tools like FidusWriter could improve the editorial process, automate HTML generation, and support JATS XML output.
The work of this group was to review the OMP Workflow step by step and identify problems that can feed into PKP’s current OMP research.
The group identified the different types of Open Peer Review and discussed which existing practices and tools could be implemented into the OJS workflow.
Thank you
We once again thank the Sprint host institutions, and all participants for their valuable contributions to the PKP user community. Special thanks to the CRAFT-OA Project and University of Turin for their support and partnerships.
