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+#+COLUMNS: %40ITEM %10BEAMER_env(Env) %9BEAMER_envargs(Env Args) %10BEAMER_act(Act) %4BEAMER_col(Col) %10BEAMER_extra(Extra) %8BEAMER_opt(Opt)
+#+TITLE: Status update for the Deposit feature
+# does not allow short title, so we override it for beamer as follows :
+#+BEAMER_HEADER: \title[Deposit feature]{Status update for the Deposit feature}
+#+BEAMER_HEADER: \author{Antoine R. Dumont & Morane Gruenpeter}
+#+BEAMER_HEADER: \date[2018-03-12]{12 mars 2018\\Team status update}
+#+AUTHOR: Antoine R. Dumont & Morane Gruenpeter
+#+DATE: 12 Mars 2018
+#+EMAIL: ardumont@softwareheritage.org morane@softwareheritage.org
+#+DESCRIPTION:  Status update for the Deposit feature
+#+KEYWORDS: software heritage  preservation knowledge  technology deposit
+
+#+INCLUDE: "../../common/modules/prelude.org" 
+#
+#+INCLUDE: "../../common/modules/169.org"
+#+BEAMER_HEADER: \institute[Software Heritage]{Software Engineers}
+
+
+
+* Achieved
+** Achieved
+*** Milestones
+- 06/12/2017: in production on SWH server
+- 21/01/2018: poster at JSO2018 
+- 19/02/2018: in production on Hal-Inria (unannounced) 
+
+
+*** Actions done
+- deposit feature & documentation via SWORD v2
+- deposit client & walk-through presentation for FOSDEM 
+- poster submitted to Liber2018
+- software deposit & moderation guides 
+
+
+* Remaining
+** Remaining
+*** Development
+- elaborate error messages returning to Hal
+- create a dedicated deposit view when browsing on the web-app
+  
+
+*** Communication
+- poster at RDA's 11th plenary (21/03/2018) 
+- blog post about deposit (with events: JSO2018, RDA 11th plenary, Liber2018?)
+- announcement with Inria and the CCSD when the service is ready
+
+* Blockers
+** Blockers
+*** On Hal side
+- missing crontab mechanism (deposit sent to SWH only while in moderation)
+- missing error logs on the moderator view
+
diff --git a/talks-public/2018-03-12-deposit-update/Makefile b/talks-public/2018-03-12-deposit-update/Makefile
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+include ../Makefile.slides