Summary of 12th Sept community group call

Hi,

Thanks to everyone who joined our call yesterday. The slides with the
agenda and notes can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ijrA2aCZOtNTGNIT5o4ZrPmgW0KOe_Sl9_JKzg8rNOk/edit?usp=sharing

We discussed several things:

* progress and changes to the Open Booking API 1.0 draft
  https://www.openactive.io/open-booking-api/EditorsDraft/index.html#

* the technical approaches for how the booking API should support
cancellations initiated by booking systems and event organisers. The
current draft text is at:

https://www.openactive.io/open-booking-api/EditorsDraft/index.html#booking-system-originated-cancellation

* the requirements for advance booking and pre-payment. the summary of the
proposal is here:

https://github.com/openactive/modelling-opportunity-data/issues/98#issuecomment-420619983

Both of the latter issues would merit wider feedback and input from the
community, particularly the issue on handling of cancellations from event
organisers. There are several technical solutions available to us, with
different pros and cons.

My current feeling is that the cancellation issue will need to be resolved
before we can publish the 1.0. However the requirements around the advance
booking are simpler and so shouldn't significantly impact progress on
either specification.

Please take a look at the draft text and issue linked above and let us know
your thoughts.

Cheers,

L.


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Leigh Dodds, Data Infrastructure Programme Lead, theodi.org
@ldodds
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