September 15, 2023 Architecture Team Meeting Notes
Attendees
@PSRAMKUMAR
@Trev Harmon
@Steve Conrad
Apologies
Agenda | Presenter | Duration | Discussion |
Technical Reviews of BB specs | @Steve Conrad | 10 minutes | Update on review process:
Wes to review Wave 3 BBs to ensure that they are aligned to the template. Ramkumar to work with Wave 3 teams to get complete list of contributors. @Steve Conrad - Set up meeting with eMarketplace so that we can articulate the current and future scope, as well as what procurement functionality should be included (either current or future) Specific question for Architecture team: https://govstack-global.atlassian.net/browse/MKT-154 |
PAERA Update | @Aare Laponin @PSRAMKUMAR | 15 minutes | Update on changes to PAERA document and progress/next steps Working draft: Ready for review and comment (Sections 1-3). Steve and Wes to review. Need to decide where this lives for the upcoming release (GitBook, linked, PDF)?
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Capabilities/Service Blocks | @Wes Brown | 15 minutes | Review service block (capabilities) template Need clear definition of distinction between building block and service block. |
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Future Topic - September | @PSRAMKUMAR |
| Go through key learnings from Egypt deep dive and Kenya roadshow and map out how to address them in the architecture documents
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Future topic - Fall 2023 Manage Access Authorization to BB APIs | @Jaume DUBOIS | 30 minutes |
From Technical Committee Meeting: BBs should not own RBAC - the calling applications are responsible for it. Are we using token based authorization within the request to BB? How to get candidates bypass its own RBAC?
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Action Items
Ramkumar to connect with Hani/Nico on infra requirements
Future Topics
Define a standard set of APIs that are needed for any BB to indicate that they are running, configured and ready to use in the sandbox (or test harness). Do we need a BB registry?
Decoupling BBs into smaller pieces, as well as talking about an approach for existing products which span multiple BBs
SSO and how we provide functional IDs
Identify experts that can do reviews of all Wave 1, 2, 3 BBs and map out process for external reviews
How to articulate the different levels/scopes of building blocks - foundational/DPI, functional, and possibly application (things like eMarketplace). This should be clearly articulated in GovStack documentation. Also articulate how service blocks fit in to this paradigm.
Identify BBs that are missing/needed and develop plan to address those new BBs - get feedback from Egypt and Kenya meetings