A key Minerva Service is going to be WebDAV access to AFS. This will allow users on Macs and Windows machines to access AFS files as if they were networked file shares, and will also be an element of the Minerva Webtop, where users will be able to access AFS files thru the web browser.
The first step was a project by Joe Presbrey, an MIT student.
Original documents on this work are here:
Joe Presbrey has been hired as a student employee to investigate and develop a WebDAV interface to AFS.
Project supervisor: Bob Basch
Top issues for this week (Jan 22-28):
- server for Joe (done)
- develop scope statement
- communicate scope statement to ISDA
- communicate Joe's current progress to ISDA and TRB for comment and review
Top issues for next week (Jan 29-Feb 4):
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Scope
Requirements
milestones
project notebook
Going forward there will be a new project to make this a production Minerva Service.