11 ppl attended
Organisational issues
- Members list on sslarch.github.io
- fine like it is, good to see so many people there
- new members can add themselfes to the list with a Pull Request against the homepage repository
- Twitter
- a Twitter account would allow for better communication with non-members and official endorsements of strategic partners, e.g. other Special interest groups
- Sophie and Zack will prepare a draft for a guidelines/code of conduct document how to handle the twitter account and present the result at the next meeting
- Logo
- collection of drafts at https://github.com/sslarch/logo
- redesign contest until the next meeting - submissions can be submitted directly to the repository
- Official email account
- the SIG got an official email address from CAA
- it redirects to Martins mail address
- Chat software
- in the future it might be useful to establish a group chat for the SIG
- so far it’s unclear which tool fits best: Slack, Discord, Gitter, Rocket.chat, …
News from the scripting languages world (Clemens)
- New R version 4.0.3 (2020-10-10): https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/NEWS.html
- New Python version 3.9.0 (2020-10-05): https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-390/
- GIS map making challenge: https://www.gislounge.com/november-map-challenge/
- New interesting R packages and package versions:
- Spell checking: https://github.com/ropensci/spelling
- Fixing coordinates: https://github.com/ropensci/parzer, https://github.com/ropensci/CoordinateCleaner
- WKT parsing: https://github.com/ropensci/wellknown
- Fulltext search in published papers: https://github.com/ropensci/fulltext
- JSON parsing: https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/code/rcpp.simdjson.html
- Unit tests: https://www.tidyverse.org/blog/2020/10/testthat-3-0-0/
- ODBC database interface: https://github.com/r-dbi/odbc/releases/tag/v1.3.0
- Fast in-memory data manipulation: https://arrow.apache.org/docs/r/index.html
- New open Books
- R Shiny web development: https://mastering-shiny.org
- R Javascript integration: https://book.javascript-for-r.com
- Improved Python interpreter now available in R-Studio: https://blog.rstudio.com/2020/10/07/rstudio-v1-4-preview-python-support
CAA 2021
- Software package (R, Python, etc.) development session + introductory workshop: https://groups.google.com/g/scientific-scripting-languages-in-archaeology/c/Fz0PKtbFFAE
- Session: Joe, Martin, Clemens (Joe comes up with an abstract proposal)
- Workshop: Sophie, Petr, (Clemens)
Practical implementation dissemination of teaching material
Open teaching material for archaeology: https://www.archaeopress.com/ArchaeopressShop/Public/displayProductDetail.asp?id=%7B48586A9F-7C7A-4840-97AD-3C33D17D6E2A%7D
